Interviews
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...
Rasmussen and Kristensen: «We like to stick our high heels into the dark mud»
Matilde Søes Rasmussen and Marie Flarup Kristensen. The offspring of an artistic collaboration where care, trust, and an interest in mythic female existences are all elements
Robert Hamblin and Zanele Muholi, Time will tell. Art and activism from South Africa
Demons and winged creatures. Robert Hamblin: «My paintings are full of color, beauty and pride, but also scars and bruises that exist altogether»
The couture scene: Kimhekim is about obsessions and nuanced sexuality
«It's about rearrangement and reconstruction». Kimhekim represents the new couture wave as a young designer braids past and future Korean sensibility into clothing
Susan Cianciolo, from the 90s: «I can’t understand my work because I’m making it»
Susan Cianciolo about her way of creating: «Even the given theme could take you in a different direction. It's always a surprise. My work can get changed many times before...
Fostering creative play at all ages – Louise Follain is the Editor-in-chief at Combo Magazine
Editor-in-chief of Combo Magazine Louise Follain shares her inspiration, goals and future along with the publication’s origin story: from idea to print magazine. Each issue features creative content from recipes...
The message by Joshua James Small: a collection of ten looks, opposed to sixty
«I can tell a story about every piece of clothing I’ve ever made or bought» - Joshua James Small discusses the narrative behind his collection, Thru These Tears
In a beauty salon, a twenty-six-year-old brush continues to do its job – Cim Mahony
Since 2014 hairstylist Cim Mahony has received a limited number of clients by appointment only at his salon, which he opened together with his wife Lotte Barnholdt in the center...
Asa Butterfield, interview with the star of Sex Education – his face is an icon
Asa Butterfield’s debut on Netflix marks a breach of the barriers between cinema and streaming platforms. Netflix is focusing on actors borrowed from the silver screen
Garogosi, wearable sculptures leading the way on sustainable practice in jewelry making
Capturing a moment in glacier history: British artist Sevan Garo Nigogosian brings together man and glacier in his one-off wearable sculptures
