Photography + Film Photographer Maripol Once Brought Live Bunnies Into Studio 54 Nov. 12, 2019 To a certain degree anyone can pick up a Polaroid camera and make an instantly beautiful image. But Maripol — a photographer who has worked with everyone from Dior to W Magazine — has made an art out of it. »
Photography + Film David LaChapelle on Climate Change and His 2020 Lavazza Calendar Oct. 23, 2019 Since 1993, Lavazza has sought out photographers like Helmut Newton, Annie Leibovitz, and Platon to create glamorous, often provocative calendars that reinforce the brand's deep connection to the arts. This time around they gave LaChapelle — who was also tasked with the 2002 edition and contributed to 2012 — free reign to celebrate nature however he saw fit. »
Art + Culture Studio Drift reduces plastic bags into blocks for Materialism installation Oct. 22, 2019 Amsterdam-based Studio Drift has created an installation of 3,000 blue blocks, which each represent the plastic used to make an individual supermarket bag, at the Van Abbemuseum for Dutch Design Week. »
Art + Culture A Look Inside the Homes of Dries Van Noten, Rick Owens and More Oct. 18, 2019 The photographer François Halard’s new book documents the private spaces of some of the world’s most influential creative forces. »
Art + Culture Marco Brambilla Transforms Iconic Duchamp Painting for a Public Installation in Paris Oct. 18, 2019
Style + Design Iris Van Herpen At The Bazaar Capsule: “I believe science can inspire fashion” Oct. 11, 2019 "We have only explored 5 per cent of the water of our seas. That's how I see fashion. We have a whole world to explore and I'm eager to see what's out there" »
Art + Culture Wes Lang Is “Taking off for Other Dimensions” in New Copenhagen Exhibition Oct. 7, 2019 Acclaimed LA-based visual artist Wes Lang is currently displaying a new body of work at Copenhagen’s Eighteen Gallery. Spearheading a collagist approach, Lang unveils character-packed paintings for his fifth solo show with the Danish dealer titled “Taking Off For Other Dimensions.” »
Art + Culture Jonah Freeman & Justin Lowe Present Alternate Environments in Immersive London Installation Oct. 7, 2019
Art + Culture Frieze London: Jonah Freeman + Justin Lowe’s Colony Sound Exhibition Oct. 7, 2019 Jonah Freeman and Justin Lowe have created an 11-room immersive installation (on now through 19 October) that takes up both floors of the gallery. The invite promised a multi-sensory experience of COLONY SOUND, with Ghetto Gastro responsible for “finesse.” »
Art + Culture Kehinde Wiley Subverts Confederate Monuments with First Public Sculpture in Times Square Oct. 7, 2019 An equestrian statue portraying a young Black man wearing Nikes. »
Art + Culture When A Pot Finds Its Purpose Oct. 7, 2019 Glenn Kaino’s work, When A Pot Finds Its Purpose is a meditation on hope, aspiration, and the nature of human progress—and a cautionary tale of the risk of stagnation and the assumptions of infinite expansion. »
Who Is Iris Van Herpen? Oct. 1, 2019 Iris Van Herpen’s technically-advanced designs are true pieces of art. A guest member of the Parisian Syndicale de la Haute Couture, the Dutch-born designer is known to for creating fantasy couture collections which she showcases during Paris Couture Week. »
Style + Design Iris van Herpen Designs for Nature Oct. 1, 2019 The Dutch couturière applies her skills to the revamped Naturalis Biodiversity Center in Leiden. »
Art + Culture Kehinde Wiley’s Times Square Monument: That’s No Robert E. Lee Oct. 1, 2019 Artist Kehinde Wiley’s new 30-foot-tall sculpture ”Rumors of War” was unveiled in New York City’s Times Square. »
Art + Culture KEHINDE WILEY’S FIRST MONUMENTAL SCULPTURE UNVEILED FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27 Sep. 26, 2019 Kehinde Wiley’s Rumors of War, will be on display this fall on the Broadway Plaza between 46th and 47th Streets. »
