ART & CULTURE
How Hip hop culture became world culture
Dapper Dan with models wearing his Gucci collection on the stoop of his atelier, Harlem, New York City, NY, 2018, photographer Janette Beckman. The title of this fascinating book...
TOM SACHS “PORTRAIT” : CHANNELING PICASSO
Tom Sachs is the man any sane person would want to be stranded on an island with. With a few pieces of wood, branches and leaves, Sachs would manage...
GOLDFINGERS. AURELIA LEBLANC’S ART OF MAGIC
To meet Aurélia Leblanc, you have to push a metal door and enter a creative oasis near the Porte Saint-Martin, in the teeming Paris’s 10th arrondissement. It’s a beehive of...
THE DAY JOSEPH BEUYS MET ANDY WARHOL REVISITED
One had a silver wig, the other one his felt hat and a fisherman’s vest, but both were stars of the contemporary art scene and, simply, cultural icons, known...
THE MYSTERIOUS WORLDS OF ELIZABETH JAEGER
Strange things are afoot in Kamel Mennour’s gallery. Step into the gallery and a silent but very busy world is mysteriously unfolding in small black square boxes pinned to the...
CLÉMENTINE IN WONDERLAND
Clémentine de Chabaneix’s atelier is empty this morning in early December, but for the one big headless clay bear in the middle of the room. The large blue kiln behind...
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 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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
