Lampoon Magazine presents reviews of exhibitions, books, fashion collections, and events that engage with environmental awareness, cultural evolution, and collective identity.
Writers analyze how creators address environmental concerns, how institutions adapt to changing social values, and how fashion lines incorporate transparent manufacturing.
Each review outlines the relationship between artistic expression and public response, covering resource management and community well-being.
Readers encounter commentary on curatorial choices and thematic clarity.
Review
Interweaving architecture, design and art: Alvar Aalto and Louis Carré
Gokelaere & Robinson gallery showcases a combination of Aalto's architectural works and the art of Louis Carré, from architecture to interior design
At Nilufar Depot, former silverware factory, they ask for a design zeitgeist
Nina Yashar: «We want to represent nowadays zeitgeist, which is hardly anymore about single choices, but rather about abundance, heterogeneity, medleys, opposites meeting, mixing and dialoguing»
Dries Van Noten at Paris Fashion Week: some Zazou subculture inspirations
From Zazou subculture to the Eighties era, up to cowboys and garage scene grifters, all the men of the Dries Van Noten SS23 collection
Giorgio Armani «The sense of freedom is not in contradiction with the sense of style»
The tone of male personality: Giorgio Armani keeps on seeking the masculine sexiness: proposing a sense of certainty and never ceasing to be himself
Staging a Spanish fashion inquisition. Dior in Seville – the Spanish cultural hub
'The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain’ - in its characteristic feminist tone, Dior recalls a cathartic flamenco and a daring bullfighting. Choose your player
Romy Schneider at the Cinémathèque française, 40 years after her disappearance
«The United States had had their Marilyn. We could dream of it just as much». The Parisian exhibition portraying an eternal mark of inspiring womanhood
Ms. Prada and Raf Simons and the title Prada Choices: it’s still about your uniform
Prada Choices is introduced by the artistic duo as an understanding of the complexity behind something supposedly simple. It’s still about finding your uniform
JW Anderson – classic clothing forms collide with unworn everyday
Split skateboard sweaters, terry cloth dresses, dumbbells holding up knitwear. The surrealistic garments in the spring/summer 2023 collection presented at Milan Fashion Week
Photographer Johan Sandberg on documenting lockdown capturing his daughter in Sweden
The Theater of Princess Grace is a photographic book that stands as a manifesto for children’s plays and summer memories, currently traveling throughout Europe as a solo exhibition
The awakening of the giants. Industrial buildings shine again with new functions
Tate Modern, Prada Foundation, Hamburger Bahnhof, Hangar Bicocca. A tour of Europe's leading cities in the field of culture show a new trend in architecture: the renovation of industrial buildings
Hold by the poolside of the Monaco Beach hotel. Chanel Cruise 22/23
For this fashion cruise, Chanel becomes nostalgic and dreamy over the past voyages to Monaco and La Pausa. The place is «a matter of feelings above all»
What’s more for minimalism? The Row’s take on 70s-inspired elegant tailoring
Debuted during Paris Fashion Week in an intimate setting with no live stream, the Row resort 23 collection confirms the label’s philosophy to stay off the social media radar
Behind the bookshelves: Ksenia Inverse’s Russian anthropology in pictures
A deep photographic dive within rural culture centers by Ksenia Inverse as a manifesto not to forget the Russian countryside that still preserves historical references and women empowerment
Fondazione Prada in Milan presents Useless Bodies? a human-centered show by Elmgreen & Dragset
Immersive installations and dystopian settings challenge the visitors’ perception of their own bodies and the way they relate with those of others
Sonja Braas piques intrigue through an ambivalence of images in The Other Day
Throwing light on the subject of nature, the German artist reveals the upheaving cause of concern towards the conservation of our environs
Fendace: the first swap in the fashion industry – Just don’t call it collaboration
The collection was presented in Milan and it’s a promise we are back to the nightlife – bit is it contemporary? Versace delivers Fendi, Kim Jones, the codes of Donatella
What is Vero? – the Italian for truth according to Riccardo Crenna and Simona Flacco
Despite its young age, Vero can count on the long experience of its creative directors, Riccardo Crenna and Simona Flacco, founders of Simple Flair
Botanica, Blue Book – some flora with a focus on transformability- it’s Tiffany
Botanica, Tiffany & Co. 2022 Blue Book, honors Louis Comfort Tiffany’s interest in nature and floral motifs. Showcasing the company's predilection for gemstones and technical proficiency
Claiming the Lost and Found: Hung Liu speaks out against the PRC’s selective memory
Reclaiming discarded pieces of history by referencing historical photos and reviving the stories capturing sorrow, laughter, and courage
The heritage of the ‘last emperor of fashion’ in his 90 years of life: Valentino Garavani
To celebrate the 90th birthday of the Maison's founder, some of his creations will be on display from May 11 to June 5 in his hometown, Voghera, Italy
Black Ivy: The black aesthetic in Ivy style — Ralph Lauren’s homage to HBCUs
A collection with Morehouse and Spelman College that rewrites Ralph Lauren’s American brand narrative to reconcile its missing chapters
Words that roll, that creep, that ring – Tom Biddulph’s hide and seek
A poem made of words that have been cut from the world and glued into a poem. Inspired by the Dadaists' cut-up poetry and pictures stolen from ordinary life
Adults at play – Dutch photographers Arturo and Bamboo, a view from the top: the Alps
Arturo and Bamboo's photographic collection, Snow, doesn't reflect the bluntness of its name. Their photographs are warm despite the winter mountainscapes and Alpine scenery
The nostalgia of brick outweighs the grandeurs of steel – Reuse, Renew, Recycle exhibition at MOMA
Making way for the present does not require obliterating the past. Zhang Ke, Xu Tiantian, and Zhu Pei display their designs and share their process at the MOMA Museum
Louis Vuitton and the time trunk: le Grand Bal du Temps by Nicolas Ghesquière
Inspired by his collaboration with HBO’s Irma Vep, Nicolas Ghesquière unveiled his collection, a mirror of past decades, a travel to old ages
‘Miss Italia’ – Sofia Blu Cremaschi works on body-shame and body-acceptance
«You have to lose weight» people used to say to Ludovica; but she did the opposite. Sofia Blu Cremaschi's photographs tell the battle of model Ludovica for self-determination of the...
Lampoon/ Polo Ralph Lauren. The bourgeois codes that we dismantled, and that we now want back
Ralph Lauren was not the first to associate this shirt with the name of the sport, but he changed its semantics. In English, Ralph Lauren elevated the ‘Polo' shirt from...
A dialogue across the centuries: Celine winter collection enduring narrative between then and now
A nod to Paris and to the house’s roots, Hedi Slimane styled and did the set of the newly looks of the Hôtel de la Marine and the Hôtel National...
Jonathan Arundel, postcards from South East England coast – London seems a million miles away
Photographer Jonathan Arundel set his documentary story inspired by the unusual South Coast of England. Images that fade into the humidity of the sea and a time that seems to...
Musings on porcelain. Ginori’s history and manufacturing facility. Between poetry and powder
From Ginori’s manufacturing facility, exploring the creation of an artisanal product between poetry and powder, and insects over errors
Lampoon, the Transparency issue – Rasmus Weng Karlsen: we are humans, not numbers
«Transparent can also be just another way of saying one's true self, displaying all those things that are usually hidden behind the two-way mirror of one's life» – Rasmus Weng...
Lampoon, Pascale Arnaud. Diversity representation and deconstruction of genders
Breaking the barriers between genders' representations to stir up trouble shows that femininity and masculinity are exchangeable and shareable
We Are History: ‘We’re here together, changing, mutating, limbo-ing, twisting, turning into weather’
We Are History, a group show curated by Ekow Eshun offers an expansion of the visual framework surrounding climate change — from historical and postcolonial to lyrical and poetic
Benjamin Wolbergs New Queer Photography: focus on margins, all about queer bodies and beauty
The book edited by Benjamin Wolbergs, collects the work of fifty-two photographers from all over the world, focusing on bodies and intimate queerness
Stolen moments are out of reach because of the hectic pace of our lives – Alba Yruela
The attachment to the environment is evidenced by the references to the earth and its plastic qualities. A diary from Spain: mud, transparencies and blades of light
Dematerialization of architecture in the forms of the Bocconi campus in Milan – Filippo Ferrarese
«At night, the Bocconi campus was wrapped with wire mesh but, during the night, this casing disappeared. It became possible to see inside»
1b, a Bar by Koenraad Dedobeleer ends at Maniera — the Belgian gallery founded upon Italian semantics
Following limited to no social gatherings, 1b played host to Bar Alto, Bar Basso — a night of Italian canapés and Negronis in honor of the famous Milanese bar
Versailles & the World, the exhibition: the Palace power over colonies is contemporary, more than ever
«How the Sun King’s palace played a key role in French diplomacy and was at the center of political, artistic and commercial exchanges between East and West»
Nūdo: all-natural biodegradable beauty essentials designed to blend back with nature over time
From bamboo to sisal, all-natural raw materials replace plastic offering an alternative to everyday products that already exist
Glenn Martens’ awaiting and the reinterpretation of Diesel traditional codes for FW22 collection
The alternative to luxury, sensuality and sustainability, the refresh implemented by Martens for the Diesel brand
Telling people’s lives without altering them – it’s a matter of transparency. Rosie Alice Foster
«We felt privileged to be allowed into somebody's most private and safe space, so we tried to capture it respectfully»
Coven, Puppets and Puppets – Carly Mark brings a witchy feeling to New York Fashion Week
Witchy tones, carrots, and pumpkins set the stage for Puppets and Puppets’s new collection, with a theatrical feeling backed by a tap dancer
PLAY: Philippe Jarrigeon and the 90’s universe of tv and cinema
Fun, fantasies, and 90s television sets. PLAY – a Philippe Jarrigeon’s personal vision of pop culture and modern aesthetics
Paris Collections, January 2022: The high jewelry market is on a high writes Olivier Dupon
A review with some of the artistic directors and CEOs explains why January presentations in Paris are now as successful as July ones
Hunting for gold, Domino Leaha and Talulah Brown – twisting roads in California
«Sweet Domino fell in love with California and I with her when we met one night at a bar in East Los Angeles» – Talulah Brown and Domino Leaha on...
Pop culture and the Pirandello philosophy. The life Leone Balduzzi finds in Beyoncé
A visual autobiography, Leone Balduzzi offers a glimpse into his personalities through self-portraits, authentic scenes of everyday life
