FASHION, ART, ECOLOGY, PHILANTHROPY, LITERATURE

In our Art & Culture section, we publish interviews, stories, reviews – everything we find fascinating, absorbing and interesting.

A PLACE OF ONE'S OWN: MARC NEWSON'S TOKYO TOILET

A PLACE OF ONE'S OWN: MARC NEWSON'S TOKYO TOILET

Marc Newson, the great Australian born designer and artist, must have been inspired by the poetic text of Junichiro Tanizaki about toilets when he was called to design new public...
YOANN XIMENES: TRANSFORMING SOUNDS INTO ART

YOANN XIMENES: TRANSFORMING SOUNDS INTO ART

Yoann Ximenes  Yoann Ximenes  transforms sound and words into art. We're not talking about oratory art. The young artist, living in a town near the Pyrénées where he grew up,...
November 10, 2023 — Sonam Khetan
SOUND THERAPY: VIBRATING WITH THE EARTH

SOUND THERAPY: VIBRATING WITH THE EARTH

Olivier Bergeron, Sound Therapist  Olivier Bergeron’s spacious studio is on the top floor of a building in Paris’ trendy 10th arrondissement. He has a master in political science and recently...
October 11, 2023 — Sonam Khetan
ARIZONA MUSE, FROM COVER GIRL TO EARTH MOTHER

ARIZONA MUSE, FROM COVER GIRL TO EARTH MOTHER

Everything we eat, everything we wear comes from the soil. This simple, but revolutionary realization, triggered Arizona Muse to change her life. The top model, whom Anna Wintour has called...
October 01, 2023 — Sonam Khetan
ECHOS OF VIRGIL ABLOH X GALERIE KREO

ECHOS OF VIRGIL ABLOH X GALERIE KREO

SOPHIE BRAMLYCrazy Legs (from Rock Steady Crew) at Pizza-a-Gogo, NYC, 1983. EFFLORESCENCE BENCH 2 SAMO (JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT)Stoned on Samo, 1978 Bruce DavidsonUSA, New York, Subway, 1980 In early 2020, Virgil...
September 21, 2023 — Sonam Khetan
LOUVRE CONFIDENTIAL

LOUVRE CONFIDENTIAL

© ROBERT POLIDORI De gauche à droite et de haut en bas Jacopo de’ Barbari, Portrait du mathématicien Luca Pacioli, Capodimonte Marco Palmezzano, Le Christ mort soutenu par deux anges...
September 16, 2023 — Sonam Khetan
DANIEL ARSHAM AT 20

DANIEL ARSHAM AT 20

Stratified Head of Antinous as Bacchus, 2023. Stainless Steel, Patinated Bronze, Polished Bronze, Wood. 47 1/4 × 23 11/16 × 23 5/8 inch. Photographer: Guillaume Ziccarelli. Courtesy of the artist...
September 01, 2023 — Sonam Khetan
RIMBAUD AT 150 X PATTI SMITH

RIMBAUD AT 150 X PATTI SMITH

Patti Smith has been one of the great voices of music since the 1960’s and at the center of the cultural life in New York. Her circle of friends included...
August 31, 2023 — Sonam Khetan
MOMA CELEBRATES ED RUSCHA

MOMA CELEBRATES ED RUSCHA

Ed Ruscha. OOF. 1962 (reworked 1963). Oil on canvas The Music from the Balconies, 1984. Oil on canvas Standard Station, Ten-Cent Western Being Torn in Half. 1964 Rancho, 1968. Oil...
August 31, 2023 — Sonam Khetan
COOL ICE: 50 YEARS OF HIP HOP STYLE

COOL ICE: 50 YEARS OF HIP HOP STYLE

Virgil Abloh Kenneth Cappello, Chicago, 2021 Cam’ron Phil Knott, New York, 2006 Nicki Minaj Angela Boatwright, New York, 2009 Sean Combs also known as Puff Daddy, P. Diddy, Diddy, or...
August 22, 2023 — Sonam Khetan
JOAN DIDION: WHAT SHE MEANS: A PORTRAIT THROUGH ART.

JOAN DIDION: WHAT SHE MEANS: A PORTRAIT THROUGH ART.

Brigitte Lacombe, Joan Didion, New York, 1996, 1996. Black-and-white photograph. 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm). Courtesy of the artist and Lacombe, Inc Pat Steir, July Waterfall, 1991....
July 25, 2023 — Sonam Khetan
THE MIND’S EYE: 100 YEARS OF LOOKING AT NATURE.

THE MIND’S EYE: 100 YEARS OF LOOKING AT NATURE.

Wolfgang Tillmans, Tree Filling Window, 2002 Lucas Arruda. Olafur Eliasson, Moss Room, 1994. The title of the Fondation Beyeler’s exhibition, The Mind’s Eye, refers to the ability of someone - artists,...
June 26, 2023 — Sonam Khetan