Review
Cormio SS24: a world of women where women are not in charge
«Banality is like entropy; everything collapses into it in the end», So begins the letter with which Jezabelle Cormio kicks off her disturbing critique of contemporaneity
The show in Venice Everybody Talks About the Weather – the semantics of ‘weather’ in visual art
Why does the art world shy away from reflecting on climate change through artworks? Dieter Roelstraete curated the show Everybody Talks About the Weather at Fondazione Prada in Venice
No Shoes Please: Bram van Dijk’s editorial for Lampoon digital edition
Muscles, cigarettes, old women, mustaches, queer brides, chickens, and other props. Bram van Dijk and the Delusion Theorem – the photographer offers a rebus, to the viewer lies the solution
It’s been two years: Gianandrea is the lion that continues to circle around us
Gianandrea Ferrajoli passed away two years ago, on September 10, 2021 – the one thing I never want to do is write about him in the past tense
Art, literature and activism. Ali Omar Ermes’ artwork as a tool for cultural diplomacy
Ali Omar Ermes art served as a bridge between these Libya and Europe, transcending walls of discord, and promoting a sense of mutual appreciation and respect
Digital death and Thanatechnology: What is this? Is it possible to live forever?
Death is the western social taboo par excellence. The digital age makes us question the inescapability of death. Social rituals are affected. Talking about death is a must
Stefano Ortega in Argentina: a reportage among Kolla indigenous
During a visit to San Miguel de Los Colorados – a town located in the Province of Jujuy, at the far north of Argentina, near the border with Bolivia –...
‘Eat the Rich’ – Hollywood: the renaissance of politically driven cinema
Situated in a world of greed, elitism and prestige, Hollywood throws out one hilarious satire after another, critiquing the mega rich and their tone-deaf struggles. The ‘Eat the Rich’ obsession
Silvija Drazdziulyte, Harlow Town and Alytus: «a bridge connecting my two worlds»
Silvija Drazdziulyte for Lampoon online in Harlow Town: «imposing structures that once symbolized progress and modernity now stood as stoic witnesses to the passage of time»
The shape of the democratic Japan – Kagawa Prefectural Government Offices
Kenzo Tange’s Prefectural Government building is a fusion between Japanese design traditions and modernist style: the role of architecture in the reconstruction of post-war Japan
Collaboration across borders – Magazzino Italian Art traces the contemporary Italian identity
Magazzino Italian Art – the museum's second building, the Robert Olnick Pavilion, designed by Spanish architects Alberto Campo Baeza and Miguel Quismondo, will open to the public on September 14,...
American pop culture – how Gossip Girl predicted and started the erosion of privacy
«It was once said that a person’s eyes are the window to their soul – that was before people had cell phones» – how American pop culture tell us who...
Leslie Van Houten has been released. The macabre representation of Manson Family in fashion
«Manson kind of morphs into a nun and the Hills turn into the Alps». How designers have become interested in the macabre representation of the Manson Family in fashion
SC103 holistic approach – making a collection without the industry’s expectations
Whether bringing back mementos from their hometowns or finding meaning in reusing materials, Sophie Andes-Gascon and Claire McKinney constantly forge connections and preserve memories
Inner Child – Lorenzo Paino Fernandez’s tales of youth for Lampoon online
Lightheartedness, childhood fears and the suspension of time. Lorenzo Paino Fernandez provides us with an unconscious ‘bread crumb trail’ to explore our inner psyche
Simplicity and minimalism – The Row and the age of Silent Luxury
American based fashion label, The Row is eating European luxury houses alive. How did Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen manage to exchange their celebrity status to Luxury label connoisseurs?
Mark Ronson at the Montreux Jazz Festival: a suspended mirror over the crowd
The mirror was transformed into a screen, during the closing night of the Montreux Jazz Festival 2023 – Audemars Piguet and Mark Ronson return in Switzerland
MSCHF case: from Satan Shoes to the Microscopic Handbag
MSCHF collective want to mock capitalism by leveraging pop culture, but they end up feeding it – the mini bag is visible only under a microscope and is a little...
Art versus gentrification in Queens, New York: Malikah exhibition at MoMA PS1
With rents rising 34% in a year, Malikah works to preserve Little Egypt identity against gentrification. Keeping the dual identity of immigrants intact. The exhibition at MoMA PS1
Aphex Twin: lucid dreams and portals of consciousness
Marking the release of his EP Blackbox Life Recorder 21f, Aphex returns to the spotlight with his oldest bond: that with video art. A journey through AFX cinematic dimensions
Indigenous Peoples Day: the world’s cultural and living heritage
The date of August 9 marks the first meeting, in 1982, of the UN Working Group on Indigenous Populations – 476 million people around the world and spread across more...
Humans are still at the center of everything – Before the Storm, Pinault Collection
Deconstructing the Western gaze: a post-naturalist aesthetic, the climate crisis - less a transformation than the visible manifestation. Before the Storm, Pinault Collection
Earth Overshoot Day was moved from Aug 1 to Aug 2 with eight-hour delay
Earth Overshoot Day 2023 falls on August 2: how is it calculated and what it reveals? pandemic closures caused CO2 emissions to fall, but after that they started to rise...
Advertising pollutes the brain – Adbusters fights, est. 1989
The Canadian magazine Adbustes was founded in 1989 by Kalle Lasn with a group of anti-capitalist activists. Today, it keeps thriving and fighting, with no ads
Solitude and sexual innuendo: Georgia O’Keeffe’s paper drawings
77 years later, the NYC MoMA is hosting its second retrospective of Georgia O'Keeffe. Curator Samantha Friedman introduces the Mother of American modernism and her paper works
Pol Taburet in the mind’s abyss – stages of trauma and occultism
Silent dramaturgies mix the symbolism of European painting with American rap, contemporary subcultures, and Afro-Creole quimbois. Pol Taburet at Lafayette Anticipations in Paris
Rough and primitive. Nellie Mae Rowe’s black art and the American folklore
From the cotton fields of Georgia to employment as a domestic worker at a white household, black artist Nellie Mae Rowe chronicled the feminist redemption of an African American
Marcin Dudek – unfolding personal memories and identities as political spaces
Neoplan, the sixth Marcin Dudek’s exhibition at Edel Assanti in London – an autobiographical journey within the context of hooliganism, memory, and personal recollection
Sex sells – the evergreen myths in fashion: dicks and boobs
From Versace’s BDSM-inspired looks to Diesel’s mountain of condoms: has the sex representation gone too far? Or is it freedom of expression reaching its peak?
Fashion designers into interior design: from Kawakubo to Owens – the first was Pierre Cardin
There are plenty of designers who have trained in architecture and industrial design, such as Raf Simons, Tom Ford, Gianfranco Ferré – dubbed the fashion architect, and Virgil Abloh himself
Another World: the body of the earth, the body of the woman
Shae Detar, and the book Another World – the shots were manipulated through a hand-painting technique popularized during the 19th century: she paints on top of her photographs
Igniting desire and teasing the imagination – the sexual energy in Spyros Rennt’s work
Exploring life, documenting intimacy and shaking emotions: a journey through Corporeal, the latest book by Greek photographer Spyros Rennt
Michael Brunt and Veronica Blagoeva chronicling their time’s fatigue
Twisting, turning, fidgeting in a tight jacket, limping in a pair of uncomfortable high heels, looking for comfort and finding none – Michael Brunt and Veronica Blagoeva for Lampoon Digital
I Wish It Was Mine: the boundaries of reality are crossed, the imagination is unleashed
Ivan Moudov serves as artist and orchestrator of Alberta Pane Gallery's group exhibition I Wish It Was Mine, open to the public until July 29, 2023
British photographer Guy Bolongaro has a Gut Feeling, Feeling
«Something about the way you taste makes me wanna clear my throat. There's a message to your movements that gets my goat» – Guy Bolongaro, overlapping photos and bodies out...
Linked – Schiele in conversation with Basquiat. Foundation Louis Vuitton, Paris
The aura of the greats, perhaps too fragile to cope with world criticism, or even success. Genius and wildness. Luck or damnation
Queering, not finding answers: The Current III and the closing of a cycle at Ocean Space
Ocean Space 2023 program unfolded: a platform for inter-trans-cross-disciplinaries discourse. Simone Fattal and Petrit Halilaj & Álvaro Urbano use art to question and protest
Wet n wild – Linus Morales clears the way for sweat and heat
Splashes, water balloons, running water – A carefree story emerges from the heat of a boiling city, where friends transform water into elements of a child's play
Fashion at the time could not afford to be independent. 4th of July celebrations
How can fashion overcome the colonizer mindset? From fashion shows, exhibitions, and design, independence doesn't look as long-lasting as we need it to be
De Angelis Testa family for Ca’ Pesaro: the biggest art donation since 1960
From artworks by Robert Rauschenberg, Mario Merz, Michelangelo Pistoletto to Marina Abramović. De Angelis Testa donation to Ca’ Pesaro and how public and private can come together
Nude photography book as explorative therapy. Mackintosh and the body
«I have to remind myself how this can become a safe space for somebody, honoring them for being brave». Talking bodies and wildlife with Caroline Mackintosh new book
Charlotte Perriand hidden work: The Japanese Ambassador’s residence in Paris
The building on rue du Faubourg St Honoré in Paris is the concept subversion of domestic space conceived by Charlotte Perriand – an incursion of Japanese minimalism
The ‘Cancel Culture’ trend: LGBTQ+, call for accountability or a social punishment?
Philippines is reportedly examining legislation to outlaw cancel culture as members of the conservative party feel threatened by pro LGBTQ+ online activists
Loewe SS24: Jonathan Anderson’s exploration of craftsmanship
Lynda Benglis fountains and celebrity attendees add star power to the Loewe SS24 Menswear collection at Paris Fashion Week
Fashion Film Festival Milano 2023 counts a new category: the Best Metaverse Fashion Film
From niche-shorts to the Metaverse – jury-selected films from around the world: the winners of the sixteen competing categories announced on June 19 at the Fashion Film Festival in Milan
Haitian heritage and discarded toys jewelry — Botter 2024 show in Paris
During Paris Fashion Week, Caribbean couture Botter introduced a new 3D printed slippers, made discarded toys jewelry and crafted knitwear out of up-cycled Scooby Doo yarns
