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LUMPEN: A multi-medium platform born out of Stefano Mancin’s London flat
Reframing the narrative: «I am trying to bring more people into digital publishing – it is often overlooked or people think only of Kindle or eBooks»
Paper Café, Nairobi: a patron for arts through visuals between Africa and Europe
Michael Mugambi founded Paper Café in Nairobi in the summer of 2022 to promote the crossbreed of European independent magazines and the African cultural scene
UVNT Art Fair, Madrid: from Street Art to the New Figurative in the Chueca neighborhood
Founded and directed by Sergio Sancho, the UVNT Art Fair is at its seven edition, inviting mid-career and emerging artists to the Contemporary Art Scene in Madrid, Spain
Franck Boclet, Rock’ N Raï: the gardens of Majorelle, Berber scarves and Chefchaouen
«Spending days in Turkish baths and walking through rooms filled with rose oil, reminiscing the essence while enjoying the taste and aroma of orange water all around you» – Franck...
Galerie Fakhoury: Rachel Marsil – identities of the people we’ve never met
«I needed those pictures to have a geographical proof that I am related to the African continent as much as I am related to the European one». Rachel Marsil's origins
KIDZ, Paris: be childish – nothing is complicated and every problem has a solution
To celebrate the launch of the 2022 book, Anna Gardere and Raphaëlle Bellanger organized an event at 3537, an art center owned by Rei Kawakubo, creator and founder of Comme...
Palazzo Grassi – Punta della Dogana, Venice: a 2023 of art and events on the Grand Canal
Chronorama, a show dedicated to Twentieth century photography, and Icônes, a collective exhibition featuring works of the Pinault Collection that develop the theme of spirituality – in conversation with Mauro...
Loft Art Gallery, Morocco: mapping intangible cultural heritage with Amina Agueznay
Once she came back to Morocco, Agueznay collaborated with government agencies to support artisans in their search for innovation and to help them commercialize their products
Lorcan O’Neil, Rome: Dualities Suspended – Wired by Sam Taylor-Johnson
Wired by Sam Taylor-Johnson were taken in Joshua Tree National Park in California and explore the precariousness of life among success and the vulnerability of human conditions
The Dikan Center: Africa’s biggest photography library in Accra, Ghana
As Africa has always been narrated by outsiders, Ghanaian photographer Paul Ninson brings the continent’s visual history back home to start an inside narrative
Fotomuseum, Winterthur: reflecting on the vernacular practices of our digital era
Founded in 1993 by writer and journalist Urs Stahel, critic and publisher Walter Keller and philanthropist and collector George Reinhar, Fotomuseum Winterthur is located in a former factory
Grand Hotel et Des Palmes, Palermo. A Sicilian story, with English roots
Two years of renovation bears the signature of Giuseppe Corvaia – Grand Hotel et Des Palmes gives back to the city, recovering Ernesto Basile's Art Nouveau interventions but stepping into...
The 10th anniversary of Investec Cape Town Art Fair – Dr. Mariella Franzoni and Natasha Becker
The 2023 Tomorrows/Today section is titled ‘In and Out of Time’ and represents an homage to the African American poet Maya Angelou’s poem about everlasting love and suffering
Septieme Gallery, Paris: Julie Banâtre and Léa Perier Loko, the second location in Benin
Situated in the Rue de l’Université of the 7th Arrondissement area, the building was built in the Haussmannien style – the gallery is an amalgamation of tradition and modernity
Deep Coffee, Marseille: reviving the old newsstand kiosk
In 2022, the city of Marseille launched a contest to give kiosks a new lease on life in order to prevent them from falling through the cracks – the only...
Ambre Chromatique, Maison Crivelli: Thibaud Crivelli introduces the Slow perfume
Thibaud Crivelli worked with the French perfumier Quentin Bisch to transform the memory of a night trek in a tropical forest into a fragrance – everything starts from a synesthesia
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam: an aristocratic start to modern art in Museumplein
The history begins in September 1895, when the local government bodies and private buyers coalesced their know-how and interest in the arts and founded the museum
ZonaMaco, Mexico City: the art scenario in Latin America by Zélika García
Blending international figures with Latin American galleries and artists, ZonaMaco founder Zélika García shares her insights for the 2023 edition of the fair
König Galerie, Berlin: real-life optical illusions with Mona Ardeleanu
König Galerie's main program focuses on interdisciplinary, conceptual, and space-based multi-media forms including painting, printing, photography, sight, sound, and performance art
Louis Vuitton presents LV Dream: a 160-year-old multisensorial journey of the Maison
Halfway through LV Dream exhibition, there is ‘The World of Vuitton According to Rei’ conceptual room, a homage to Comme des Garçons artistic director, Rei Kawakubo
Art Rotterdam: Fons Hof in conversation with Lampoon
The 24th edition of Art Rotterdam, annual Dutch contemporary art fair, will take place from 9 to 12 February 2023 under the guidance of Fons Hof, former director of Galerie...
East Market, Milan: to educate on circular economy through the vintage market
Linda Ovadia and Gianluca Iovine were collectors with nowhere to sell their pieces so they founded East Market: the first place where vintage stores and hobbyist can sell their antiquities
Rupture, Paris & Marseille: the silk road with Alexandre Sap and Anne-Marie Gaultier
Rupture started a renovation that uncovered the original structure of Le Corbusier’s idea – they decided to use only glass, cement, and ceramic materials for the store
Eau de Californie, Celine: Hedi Slimane’s home in Beverly Hills
Hedi Slimane pays homage to his love affair with California: summers on the beaches of San Clemente and San Onofre, the scent of Connolly leather on a Rolls Royce Corniche
Fashion B.E.S.T: Cittadellarte‘s project as an application of Michelangelo Pistoletto’s ideas
An effort against eco-unconsciousness since 2009 – the Third Paradise is the third phase of humanity, a balanced connection between artifice and nature to ensure the survival of humankind
59th edition, FILO – Paolo Monfermoso, abandoning the notions of trends
For the 59th edition of the event, with its ‘Imaginary geographies’, FILO proposes textile themes focused on product research in a creative dialogue with its exhibitors
Safelight Paper, Berlin: the new direction of Nicolas Blanchadell
Editor-in-Chief and Creative Director, Nicolas Blanchadell, explains his personal mood board and Slow Photography of Safelight Paper
Galleria Sozzani, Max Vadukul, The Witness: Climate Change – the planet will survive but humankind will not
«There can be creativity in artistic reportage that tells the truth without manipulation if it is done with feeling and instinct»
Armani Libri, Milan: Walther König and Giorgio Armani – the publishing affair
The only bookstore in Italy managed by Walther and Franz König Bookshop: Armani Libri is a temple for fashion and visual culture, at the gateway of Via Monte Napoleone
Sant Ambroeus, Milan – new guise: New York City to Milan, back and forth
Historic café-restaurant Sant Ambroeus, Milan, reopened to public after having been acquired and renovated by Italian-American entrepreneurs Gherardo Garducci and Dimitri Pauli
Areadocks, Brescia – a chamber of wonders: design, art, food, hospitality and more
In Brescia, Italy's Capital of Culture 2023, Alberto Marengoni has made a multifunctional space possible that has been a hub of entertainment and hospitality since 1995. Latest openings: a boutique...
Globalization through Journalism – the effort by Air Mail, NYC
Offering a weekly dose of modernization for the global citizen, Air Mail moves closer to its readers
Albereta, Franciacorta: the lands of Franciacorta as the lands of Champagne
The link between a hotel and its territory: the Albereta has given Franciacorta more than Franciacorta has given Albereta, in terms of image and message
Libreria delle Donne, Milan: a key role in gathering, disseminating feminist ideas
Libreria delle Donne, Milan: where theories of feminist philosophy were born: interview with Giorgia Baschirotto and Laura Giordano, of Libreria delle Donne
Sable Nuit, Armani Privé: an untold story between Armani and the Middle East
The unisex Armani Sable Nuit has been created by the perfumer Nicolas Beaulieu as an homage to nature and its contrasts - an olfactory oxymoron
DjArch, London Xmas: a party in design showrooms, where the architects are DJ-ing
After the September edition in Milan, DjArch will come back with a smaller project, in the city of London, involving seventeen architecture studios, and four showrooms
Boutique de la Prensa, Madrid: the selling model is making the difference for the Boutique
An old press store is becoming a centre for independent international magazines, owner Antonio Torán recounts the publishing selling system in Spain
Domus Academy, Milan: Multiculturalism, and Upcycling – Identities 2022
Founded in 1982 from the Domus magazine, Domus Academy has created a method to prepare the designer of the future through multiculturalism, identities, and upcycling
Costello and Friends, London: Nicole Costello on overconsumption and capitalism
Citing capitalism as an inevitable force in this lifetime, the thesis of the store exists as a space to highlight creatives and their work while also compensating them for it
Big Soup, Rome: «a museum for fanatics», the first physical sneaker resale store in Italy
«The more ingredients you use that are in harmony, the better the soup is», according to Big Soup founders, Sebastiano Fazioli and Stefano Paolini
Luigi Rovati Foundation Museum, Milan: a path from Etruscan to contemporary art
The Luigi Rovati Foundation Museum restored the interiors of the building, made by Filippo Perego in the Sixties according to the taste of the Milanese bourgeoisie: colors explosions, golden doors,...
Dr Vranjes Firenze, Rosa Tabacco: natural is not synonymous with safety
«I created the first perfume for myself, the second for my loved ones and the third for the public», in conversation with Dr. Paolo Vranjes
Brown Jerusalem: in the heart of the city of gold, copper and light
With thirty three locations across the mediterranean, Leon Avigad has established Brown Hotels within the boutique hotel industry
Paris Photo: giving visibility to women artists with Florence Bourgeois and curator Rossy de Palma
Paris Photo director Florence Bourgeois discuss Paris Photo 2022 – «it’s easier to publish a book than to be represented by a gallery, it means there is still work to...
Foam, Amsterdam: diasporic fashion – Mous Lamrabat’s utopian exhibition
Mous Lamrabat’s Blessings from Mousganistan exhibition at Foam deconstructs the notion of normal fashion and blends capitalist Western symbolic logos with Moroccan heritage
Henrik Vibskov, Copenhagen: from Japanese to underground European designers
Designs from Vibskov himself and other varying works like Lampoon, Fantastic Man and Purple Magazine co-exist alongside perfumes, clothes, and accessories
