Interviews
Black Palermo, White Palermo – a Sicilian story with Vanessa Beecroft
Palazzo Abatellis played host to VB94, a performance by Vanessa Beecroft: hieratic movement between statues and models dressed in white created in her Los Angeles studio
Fast fashion is out of fashion – is capitalism eventually going to collapse?
«Most people don't realize that the capitalist model we’re living in is a construct, it’s a man-made system» Dr. Hakan Karaosman and Professor Donna Marshall
Shooting the war as part of daily life – Ukrainian photographer Oleksandr Rupeta
In conversation with Ukrainian photographer Oleksandr Rupeta, as he navigates daily life in Ukraine, his reaction to the war and the fragility of civilization
Arden presents Iván Pellicer in Secret Softness for Lampoon digital edition
Arden Queardan is a NewYork/Madrid-based Galician publicist who started out in the world of photography with innocent spontaneity: shooting actor Iván Pellicer
The rawness of Maximilian Raynor’s practice through his residency in Woolwich
«It’s a make do and mend mentality, an ad hoc way of working, of finding materials - taping together rather than sewing. It’s that crafty, Nineteen Eighties approach to fashion»,...
Psychedelic, hypnotic: the all-consuming screens of Yuri Ancarani’s Atlantide 2017-2023
In conversation with Italian video-maker Yuri Ancarani, as he navigates modern-day Venice, the push and pull relationship with nature, and loneliness
Liao Wen: wooden sculptures to investigate the human body and its complexity
Liao Wen for Bodies and Souls, a group exhibition for Cassina Projects curated by Manuela Lietti and in collaboration with Capsule Shanghai
Hillary Taymour, founder of Collina Strada – «It’s just fun. I just try to make it not fucking boring»
From sustainability to climate change, to self-love and self-preservation, acting as a barometer of the world’s current political, social and economical situation. «We don’t shove values down anyone’s throat»
Gamification is just another word for creating tribes. Filip Custic plays with tech-art
Diving in the Madrid art scene, the multidisciplinary artist parades the raw tissue of beauty. Smartphones, mirrors, and masks, he tackles contemporary identities
Dan Rubinstein illustrates The Grand Tourist: the leading podcast on art and design
The leading podcast on art, design, architecture and luxury told by its creator – design writer Dan Rubinstein – between anecdotes, personal thoughts and insight on the upcoming sixth season
Art-blankets: Loads of Lines – the RedDUO: Fabiola Di Virgilio and Andrea Rosso
Following on their first clay collection Third Eye, the designer duo composed by Fabiola Di Virgilio and Andrea Rosso, presents fifty hand-made and hand-painted blankets made of deadstock fabrics
Controversial, Shakespearean: Sonia Boyce wants the public to talk, reflect and react
In conversation with award-winning British artist Sonia Boyce, as she navigates through Black British history and its relationship to the present day
A Cyborg Manifesto: Shawanda Corbett’s questioning of what a complete body is
Multi-disciplinary artist Shawanda Corbett discusses cyborg theory, ceramic, jazz music, performance and her latest exhibition Let the Sunshine In
Paradise Found: An Erotic Treasury for Sybarites, a compendium by Betony Vernon
Vernon's artistic journey ranges from art to activism in the erotic realm: the book enables an exploration of the secrets of pleasure through a pictorial voyage
Mapping the Anthropocene, Synchrodogs’ art is an example of eco-art
The Ukrainian artistic duo Synchrodogs talks about the tension between humanity and nature halfway between reality and sleep life to raise climate crisis awareness
Matylda Krzykowski – Topics, disciplines: Letting yourself be surprised is a form of courage
Matylda Krzykowski, when transdisciplinarity becomes doing. «Whatever you want to become or do in your life is not just a matter of naming who you want to be, but actually...
Russian-ness, pan-Slavism. Michel Eltchaninoff explains Vladimir Putin’s policies
Michel Eltchaninoff sits down with Eleonora Rajneri Karageorgevitch for Lampoon, investigating Putin’s ideological and philosophical foundations of thought
Absurdity, masculinity, and a nude Cary Grant: Kurt Kauper’s take on painting
«All great paintings are great whether it’s Giotto or Picasso because of the way the volumes move through space». In conversation with American painter Kurt Kauper
«Wear your trauma proudly» – Petite Meller, music is a liberating force
In sound and vision from the French-Israeli singer, songwriter, model and philosopher, we find the power of music and dance to free people. Petite Meller speaks at Lampoon
Olafur Eliasson’s Trembling Horizons – to reconsider our relationship with space
The third Eliasson’s exhibition at Castello di Rivoli stems from the desire to intercept the Scandinavian interest in ecology and environmental sustainability by creating an ongoing dialogue with nature
Ksenia Schnaider, Ukraine: «If I produced anywhere else in the world, I’d betray my country»
Ksenia Schnaider is the designer of her eponymous brand, based in Kyiv: having a local production the brand is heavily affected by the war, both business-wise and personally
Adam Jones: stitching together Britpop, pub-chic and the Union Jack into sweater vests
«The next collection will be more granny, more Welsh – your Nain going down to the pub with a lace collar on, and she’s drinking a pint». The punk nostalgic...
Hussein Chalayan, Souffleur: Pretension, Fake Celebrations, Post-Colonial Bodies
«Digital life in itself is a consumed situation where we become digital creatures and hide behind our digital self» – Hussein Chalayan presents his solo exhibition to Lampoon
The Never Never: fake news, national stereotypes and false myths – Jeremy Hutchison and Evelyn Simons
British artist Jeremy Hutchison and Belgian curator Evelyn Simons present The Never Never, second chapter of Driftwood, or how we surfaced through currents (2017) supported by Fondazione Prada
Can a jewel evoke an artwork such as The Ecstasy of Saint Teresa by Gian Lorenzo Bernini?
Can a jewel evoke an artwork such as The Ecstasy of Saint Teresa by Gian Lorenzo Bernini? Is it possible for a necklace to replicate fur? What about the crumpled...
Oscar Murillo – A Storm Is Blowing From Paradise, the wind of progress takes over Venice
The storm of progress theorized by Walter Benjamin takes the form of thousands of drawings and marks made in almost ten years by children and school students world-wide
The Great Design Disaster. Bridging the commercial gap between collector and artisan
A collaboration between the founders of TGDD and Fonderia Artistica Campagner puts Italian craftsmanship under the spotlight again
Masks, colours, coffee – Pascale Marthine Tayou from Cameroon to the world
A journey to Cameroon and African landscapes through the chromatic range of cups designed by Pascale Marthine Tayou for illy Art Collection
Lampoon Transition Issue: Mr. Heron Preston and the promise he can confirm
We need to educate consumers on what they are consuming. Designer Heron Preston on presenting a whole new material to the world in coming months
«Reusing and repairing are longer processes than creating a mass production» – Baserange
«When we started the brand, we agreed that we would do it in the cleanest way possible. You don't want to create a business that would harm nature» – Blandine...
From self-irony to eroticism to cultural identity, Julie Poly’s artworks do not shy away
The artistic meeting at the intersection between fashion and pseudo-documentary photography. In conversation with Ukrainian visual artist Julie Poly
Night Run and Voices Fill My Head: selected sound works from Kristin Oppenheim
The double LP Voices Fill My Head, released from INFO, features the second collection of Oppenheim's early sound works from 1993 to 1999
Documenting New York Street Style: Johnny Cirillo and the revival that never died
Thrift Culture in NYC: A Sixty Year History of Anti-Fashion and Environmentalism - New York born photographer Johnny Cirillo and creator of @watchingnewyork increasing popularity of thrifting
Residential-focused architecture or virtual spaces for the Metaverse? Simon Barazin
«In the end the Metaverse will be a layer on top of reality», says Simon Barazin, architect based in Tel Aviv engaged in the exploration of the latest opportunities offered...
The Politics of Parks: Green Space and Social Inequality in New York City
Parks in New York City promote public health and well-being. Do they also promote gentrification and inequality? A dialogue with New York City Parks Commissioner Mitchell Silver and architect Stefano...
Gal and Hiroshima: meet the photographers perverting gender norms
The two Brazilian artists debate performing gender performances. Their exhibition becomes a public confession about abusive behaviors in a straight-centered society
Visual tales from the street. In conversation with Berlin-based photographer Lukas Hoffman
Between urban sceneries and street photography, Lukas Hoffmann engages the viewer in aesthetic experiences. «I want the image to be captivating and not what's in it»
Vaspaar Gallery, ‘the provider of all things’ – Andrea Grecucci and Kaisha Davierwalla
Andrea Grecucci and Kaisha Davierwalla, co-owners of the gallery, aim at providing their collector base with a 360 degree consultancy and an informal approach to curatorial practices
Repurposing your clothes: they can even become dinner. Paula Ulargui Escalona for Loewe Menswear 2023 collection
Paula Ulargui Escalona for Loewe Menswear 2023 collection: the young Spanish designer imagines ways to socialize responsible consumers with grass dipped clothing
The glossy world and the rebellion. September Issues curated by Mohamed Almusibli
Mohamed Almusibli talks about the exhibition he curated exploring the pieces of eight artists' between clothing processing, sculptures, paintings and images
Christian Levett – about the art market, the aesthetic taste and financial logic
«The core of my collection is female Abstract Expressionist. The idea is not to sell any artworks, but to leave them in heritage to my children and grandchildren»
The land of freedom is where black people were oppressed. Rahim Fortune is 2022 Arles photo festival winner
I can't stand to see you cry exhibition shows «history has also made it more difficult for men and women to love each other» – in conversation with Arles prix Roederer winner
From isolation to openness: Sofie Birch discusses the process behind Holotropica
«When you create music, it acts as a mirror of where you are in that present instant». Sofie Birch invites us to reconsider music as a cognitive tool through her...
Queer Icons and their Cats – Alison Nastasi: animals are a safe space for the queer community
The book Queer Icons and their Cats is a celebration of the kinship between queers and their cats; solidarity to all who face daily oppression for being their authentic self
Paolo Canevari about experiencing what democracy is: «Art is the hope we have»
«We live that twenty-four hour per day in our skin. I don’t go home after the studio and say my work is finished. It’s not like someone working in the...
Charlie Siem – a Guarnieri del Gesù from 1735, previously owned by Yehudi Menuhin
«Every time you play a piece, even if it is the same, it never comes out identically. Music is defined by abstraction because there is the aspect of time one...
