Tag: Humanities
Humanism, individualism and feminism in the spectrum of portrait painting by Alice Neel
Alice Neel’s candid portraits of American society shines light upon those who are underrepresented, impoverished, overlooked, flamboyant and unapologetic
Love is made, not felt. Pavel Golik wants us to indulge in the carnality of love
«For the project Summer of Love we’ve spent time with eight different couples to capture their love» – the ultimate project shot by Pavel Golik and conceptualized by Ina Witzel...
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
Acts of Appearance by Gauri Gill: a new fictional tale in rural India
From mystical creatures to tangible reality, Gauri Gill unveils the creative force of indigenous communities in India
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»
Architectural densities and compressions – Michael Wolf’s examination of megalopolis
«I was always on the side of the underdog». Michael Wolf’s work highlights the absence of private and public space in metropolises
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
Florence Mann: dissolving gender and subverting the wearability of clothes as we know it
Inspired by the work of Rei Kawakubo, Sarah Lucas and Barbara Hepworth, Florence Mann and Veronica Blagoeva study a different view on the connection between human form and clothing
Greenland: Speleologist Gina Moseley’s into the planet’s northernmost caves
Among the speleologist and climate expert's future plans is an expedition to Wulff's Land cave, unexplored since the 1960s
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
Put down your phone and go for a walk – Jana Sojka, childhood, adulthood
«Dusk is my favorite moment and it seems like the earth starts to take deep breaths after a long and busy day» – Jana Sojka’s night tales
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...
Public is tired of hearing about climate apocalypse: it’s time to bring up solutions
The world is not all black or white: constructive journalism breaks the negativity bias adding nuances and closing the gap between scientists and journalists
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...
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
Ischia beyond mass tourism. A cluster of environmental diversity in the Mediterranean Sea
The network Ischia is more was born in May 2020 by local entrepreneurs to spot a light on the cultural and environmental diversity of the island. In conversation with Arcangelo...
The Catholic Church land assets: the first ever map
«Some say that we are witnessing the sixth mass extinction: it is caused by a living organism: us», says Goodlands founder Molly Burhans
The Womb and Florilegium showcase Rebecca Louise Law’s humanity
A silenced discussion of pain women undergo in birth and mankind’s absence of mindfulness have driven Rebecca Louise Law
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
Milano Ocean Week – A combination of video and sound: Dineo Bopape at Ocean Space
As part of The Soul Expanding Ocean #3 on show at Ocean Space, Dineo Seshee Bopape experiments with video, audio and physical objects to tell stories of and from the...
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
«I was a listener as a kid» – Jim-E Stack on the creative journey behind his career
The producer discusses his music, letting his intuition do the work and following what feels good «It was never a genre, or artist, it was whatever made me feel something»
Unwrapping the inclusion emergency in fashion magazines with Janice Deul
For the 2022 edition of IED Factory, students have to imagine the magazine of the future. Self-representation and diversity are indisposable
The travel industry is one that retains an ever-lasting carbon footprint: practices are green mode
Having begun its relevance in history as a frontier in the spice trade between Europe and Southeast Asia, Portugal has now interpreted itself as a supplier of homelier consorts
Joe Cruz – An archival research project of Fragmented and saturated ironic pictures
A graphic study of 'Crufts' the largest dog show in the world, focusing on the owners and their relationship to their dogs. The work of Joe Cruz is a online...
Disrupting the fast-fashion industry: one garment at a time – Daniella Samper and Elias Stahl
Here are two visions of the future where fashion retailers say ‘no’ to deadstock, and produce only what customers need
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
From Accra to London – James Barnor captures societies under transition in six-decade career
From Ghana’s independence to London’s transformation into a multicultural hub, Barnor’s photography tells the story of societies through people in the studio and on the streets
«With Instagram, everybody has the patience of five-seconds» – Sasha Frolova on creative industry
«I've never wanted my photography to be controlled by industry because of my emotional attachment to it. I don't want to shoot for the sake of shooting. I want to...
Lands In-between: Georgia, a crossroad between East and West – Professor Kavadze explains
Russia and the west powers have a responsibility: guaranteeing all the in-between lands the right to exist and foster. None of the two can do it on its own
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
Understanding the present day using the scientific discoveries of the past: Benjamin Labatut
Benjamin Labatut discusses why he believes we have ceased to understand the world and what twentieth century scientists can still teach us
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
Bygone days; a collection of Cecil Beaton Venice images revised by Louis Vuitton
Chronicles of Cecil Beaton encounters, costume balls, social events leaving behind the diary and photographic records of his trips
Subliminal youth and the quest for freedom – reviewing: Marie Tomanova’s photography book
New York, New York, the city, the people. Marie Tomanova introduces her work at W hotel in Rome. «It’s about the connection with the person you’re looking at»
The Japanese expression pika pika is the mantra for ceramist Yuko Nishikwa
The work of Brooklyn based ceramicist Yuko Nishikwa is guided by the Japanese onomatopoeia ‘pika pika’, calling «a reaction that moves the observer. This industry has quality»
‘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...
‘Why Beauty Matters’ – Stefan Sagmeister balances philosophy with scientific research
«If you don’t like the term Beauty, you could replace it with intentional form». The graphic designer argues for the inclusion of Beauty in academic discourse
A nomadic childhood, opera and The Alan Parsons Project: Alice Merton’s roots
Berlin-based singer-songwriter, Alice Merton opens up about her musical influences, life after releasing her debut single
Acceptance, intrusion, exposure, vulnerability. Javier Ruiz’s experiment
«Thirty individuals interact with an environment they have never been in before, finding themselves in a new situation where it is easy to feel vulnerable» – photographer Javier Ruiz for...
Showcasing savoir-faire and craftsmanship, Louis Vuitton perpetuates the traditions of its founder
Up to 300 people working in a single workshop; divided into two areas to encourage a sense of community and the transmission of skills from generation to generation
