Shining Haute Couture
As the Haute Couture Week comes to an end, have a look at what went down in Paris. Again, for Summer 2023, Haute Couture returns in all its glory, reminding us that fashion is a dream machine. We often wonder what the task of fashion is. Perhaps the best answer is that there is no answer. Fashion is a complex device that helps us see beyond the barriers of everyday life. A superfluous game, perhaps. But human beings live on the superfluous. As Professor Keating said in Dead Poets Society, "poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for."
Richard Avedon Relationships
Just a few more days to see the exhibition Richard Avedon Relationships at Palazzo Reale, Milan
CabROnES De ARmaS
Cabrones De Armas, the new exhibition by Bruce LaBruce and Slava Mogutin on view at Manos Amigues from January 27 to February 28, 2023
MiLAn An INVIGoratING ClEANSINg
From the austerity of Prada, to the absence of all ornamentation at Gucci, to a return to the essence for JW Anderson, Men's Fashion Week F/W 2023 appears to be an extreme attempt to flatten tastes and desires in the name of sellable innovations that all turn towards sobriety, minimalism, and clean design
Charming Vibes From Milan Fashion Week
In Milan, new menswear collections are far away from excess
Thinking About Gender With Raffele Greco
The artistic performance by Raffaele Greco at Colla gallery, sponsored by Collectible DRY x Manintown
a SlOw, RhYthMIC HuMAn DaNcE
Jan Jan Van Essche is the Designer Project of Pitti Immagine Uomo 103
WE ARE FIREFLIES RESISTING IN THE DARK
Resistance also passes through the hall of a disco, a struggle without weapons but with music, against cheat. The queer resistance of young Ukrainians in the photographs of Arthur Vovchenko
“I rEAd lITtlE, buT paINteD a Lot iN reTuRn”
Pier Paolo Pasolini's painting on view in Rome to celebrate his 100th anniversary.
In fLoReNcE, a nEw tEmPlAtE FoR MeNsWeAr
Pitti Uomo 103 continues to embody the classic menswear lexicon. This time, with a twist
mAnUFactURe UnCeRtaiNTY
Artworks by Francesco Simeti on show at Neutro until January 8
Art Of FrEEdoM
A review of Freedom, curated by Ai Weiwei
WarM cANvAs
There is nothing that can lift the spirits, not connotes composition on a frost-tinged day, quite like a crisp oversized staple. Accordingly, DRY recounts the best bits to sublime your winter game. You’re welcome
ThE mErMaID
Diving into the colors of the winter sea
A StOrY Of cReAtIvE EnCoUnTeRs
The 2022/23 Métiers d’art CHANEL – DAKAR show is a story of creative encounters established over the past three years. Interested and involved in the creative effervescence of Dakar, choreographers, directors, musicians and writers, all together with friends of the House, are the plural inspiration behind this journey
fUN On DutY
Whether you’re looking for an outré nineties number, or the caramel hues of the eighties, DRY has you covered.
Look At Me
The single-day art exhibition hosted in a strip club by OTTN Projects
PoSt VanDaLIsM
The temporary exhibition Post Vandalism shows the relationship between public space and destruction
C2C 2022, ThE PrOmOtEd aNd fAiLeD
As always, Club to Club is a good time to take live stock of the best of new global pop music-or "avant-pop." So let's take a look at the promoters and failures, at least among those I was able to listen to: the festival is long, comes with overlap, and sometimes all it takes is waiting in line for an overpriced drink to miss an act
a leAp inTO tHe UnKNowN
Highlights from the 29th edition of Artissima Contemporary Art Fair in Turin
An AlChEmIc ExpeRIenCe
Based on the words by American philosophy L.A. Paul, An Alchemic Experience is the new special project by Jaguar for Artissima Art Fair
ThE NeW BoDy cOnScIoUsNeSs
Fantasy is a funny thing. It can ruin people’s consciousness, if they don’t know how to tame it. It can be cheap, not worth much, and no one can prevent you from using it anymore. You have the fantasy of crooked when you go around with a pulsating mind and contortionist legs; or better; when you want to be out, you’re always looking for past loves, and you cancelled everyone but yourself. But now I nail you down to your thoughts, that bunch of rags where you threw the old days, you’re always chasing what doesn’t exist. Dream away. Without fear.
SoMeWHere, OvER The HorIzON
Nestled within the Southern edges of the French Riviera, HYÈRES’ 37th International Fashion, Photography and Accessories Festival is back. But this time, with a deeply soulful twist, recounts Chidozie Obasi