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Reading Henri Matisse Inspires Roger Vivier’s Summer 2015 Rendez-Vous Collection on Blouin ArtInfo reminds me that I must get to Henri Mattise: The Cut-Outs exhibition at the Tate Modern before it ends on September 7. With Matisse and Malevich (to 26 October 2014) exhibitions running concurrently at the moment, Tate Modern is a must visit on my […]
MoreInteresting reading on Blouin ArtInfo: Franck Sorbier Channels … about the influences and techniques behind his latest Haute Couture collection: Titled “Poemes,” the collection, presented July 9, was a succession of long, sensual dresses of floral lace or delicate, hand-painted organza. The designer patch-worked vintage silk fabric and laces, woven ribbons, and embroidered raffia, and used […]
MoreExtract from a review (click across to read in full) – Blouin ArtInfo, Formally Perfect and Utterly Fleeting: Dennis Hopper Photographs at the Royal Academy to October 19, 2014: “It’s a joy,” [Cartier-Bresson] once explained to me in an interview. “It’s an orgasm. You guess and you’re sure.” The photographer would stalk his prey like a […]
MoreI’m not a Lagerfeld or Chanel fangirl by and large but who doesn’t love a beautiful pussy like Karl Lagerfeld’s Choupette who, according to Fashion Gone Rogue is: “slated to headline a holiday makeup collection [for Shu Uemura] called Shupette which is reported to feature items such as furry false lashes with fun quotes from […]
MoreFabulous photo of Gabourey Sidibe in what looks to be Miyake but may not be …? Does anyone know? Saw it in The Guardian: Back to the future: the fashion photography of tomorrow: From eyes made of dim sum to extreme facepainting, the fashion photography of the future is bold, vibrant and often bizarre. Here are […]
MoreIf you are at The National Theatre anytime soon, do drop in to view Silent Exchange: The Landscape Photography Of Charlie Waite: Silent Exchange is an exhibition of award-winning photography by one of the world’s most celebrated landscape photographers, Charlie Waite. Bringing together his most important landscapes to date as well as new works, Silent […]
MoreI have been reading today about Scottish artist Pat Douthwaite, 1939-2002, some of whose artwork you see here, above and below. There is a full obituary on her in The Herald, Scotland (extracts below) and much more informaton available from a quick internet search. [Douglas Hall described Pat Douthwaite as] ”a modern representative of the peintres maudits, [one of the] unfortunate […]
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