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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
Siamo Foresta: path in Triennale Milano, Luiz Zerbini brought trees into a room
A tree-lined path conceived by Luiz Zerbini and a forest within the museum walls: an exhibition by Triennale di Milano and Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain
Hope, recognition, and devotion – Pharrell Williams debut at Louis Vuitton
In Paris, Pharrell Williams unravels the LVers Menswear collection, an imitation of his eclecticism – the artist's debut as creative director for Louis Vuitton
Unpacking Casa das Canoas (1953), Oscar Niemeyer: making concrete sexier
Immersed in the lush of Tijuca forest, Niemeyer’s Casa das Canoas blends with the natural environment of water, rock and vegetation thanks to the large transparent, undulating walls
Workaholics vs. artisanship, the Fendi collection is for men who create
Using the Fendi Factory landscape as inspiration, Silvia Venturini reveals its sphere of development. The menswear line comes as a praise to the production chain
What happens in Milan stays in Milan. Dear reader, don’t read
Benedetta Spreafico, Matei Octav, Tea Barbagallo team up for a story where escapism seems the last chance of contemporary man choked by society's self-imposed
Felipe Escudero and the architectonic revolution in Quito – a reportage
An Architect from Ecuador is rebuilding Quito based on his Stanley Kubrick aesthetic passion. Felipe Escudero, brings a holistic approach prioritizing the positive impact on the surrounding community
The ordinary absurdity of mundane lives – Marivan Martins for Lampoon online
«This series is an ode to it. It is totally ordinary and totally cheesy. It is about trying to watch the royal wedding. It is about feeling special on your...
Dear Diary: a teen drama photo editorial by Andrea D’Auria, Lampoon Digital Edition
«Dear Diary, I wanted to tell you that I have nothing more to tell you. Everything that happened cannot be written» – Andrea D'Auria for Lampoon Online
Dior’s feminist deployment marks Cruise 2024 show in Mexico
The French brand lands in Latin America to rediscover traditions and urges through the evocation of the figure of Frida Kahlo
The roughness of your tongue: spotlight and retro lights, Thomas Aulagner
Between Fight Club and Trainspotting. photographer Thomas Aulagner and stylist Anaïs Kevorkian for Lampoon Digital Edition: cinematic touch, humidity and rough skin
The 76th edition of the Cannes Festival. What happens in the French Riviera Cinema
With an ode to Catherine Deneuve, the 76th Cannes Festival in France remains a closed-circle ceremony. The Jury presided by Ruben Östlund looks for innovation
A reportage by Gió Sbriz in Estonia: here Russia is closer than ever
Photographer-reporter Gió Sbriz catapults us into a little-known reality: far from the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, on the border between Russia and Eastern Estonia
Consumerist culture attempts to turn humans into commodities. Filip Custic
As a former marketing student, Filip Custic questions the risks of capitalist culture, which argues that existence is more valuable if it can be monetized
Ordering the chaos – Gina Soden: the layers of our relationship with ruins
Architectural photography – In her photographic love letters to architecture, the British artist Soden captures the beauty of forgotten spaces across Europe
Renaissance in Ferrara – Palazzo dei Diamanti re-opening by Studio Labics
Ancient and contemporary meet: architecture is a living art – the heritage of historical buildings must be made accessible and contemporary. Studio Labics vision
Laura Schaeffer for Lampoon Digital – Rivers in jars and tears on a sunny day
The polarity of darkness and light, the coexistence of joy and sadness, the duality of human existence - Laura Schaeffer for Lampoon Online
King Charles represents a new facade of the United Kingdom. Monarchy stays still
The coronation of King Charles portrays an ever-growing fascination with power and sovereignty in a West-centric culture. Real life and its best scenography
Performing the female body as a political subject – Marilisa Cosello’s 2 of 2
Questioning female body aesthetics and societal tensions: Marilisa Cosello’s 2 of 2 as a metaphor of women identity in the Italian society
Met Gala’s homage to Karl Lagerfeld. Why do we insist on creating idols?
A last bow to the designer who impacted contemporary aesthetics and pioneered the creative director part – Karl Lagerfeld at the Met Gala reduced to a cliché
