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V&A launches curator tour of Kimono: Kyoto to Catwalk exhibition

The V&A museum has launched a series of five films on YouTube that takes viewers on a personal, 30-minute behind-the-scenes tour of its Kimono: Kyoto to Catwalk exhibition, which is currently closed to the public due to the coronavirus pandemic. Curator Anna Jackson guides viewers through the exhibition spaces, providing a personal insight into...

21 May 2020

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No Space, Just A Place: Gucci's physical and virtual exhibition

As a result of Covid-19, people around the world have been tied to their homes for months. As a result, the private sphere has taken on a new meaning: one that resonates with the concept of 'etotopopia'. Gucci is devoting an exhibition to this concept in the Daelim Museum in Seoul, entitled 'No Space, Just A Place. Eterotopia '. In the...

11 May 2020

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Loewe’s Craft Prize postponed until 2021

The Loewe Foundation and Paris’ Musée des Arts Décoratifs have announced that the fourth edition of the Craft Prize will be postponed until spring 2021 due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The LVMH-owned brand had intended to announce the winner, who will receive a grant of 50,000 euros, during an awards ceremony on May 19 at the Musée des...

1 May 2020

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Europe’s largest museum of bags and purses closes its doors for good

On March 13, the Tassenmuseum Hendrikje in Amsterdam closed due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. It’s now become clear that Europe’s largest museum of bags and purses will not be reopening. The museum, which is situated along the picturesque Herengracht in Amsterdam, has not received enough sponsorships and subsidies to provide the financial...

1 May 2020

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Hedi Slimane curates quarantine film selection for online streaming

Hedi Slimane has curated a selection of films available for free viewing during the quarantine on streaming network Mubi. The Celine artistic director has selected a mix of Hollywood hallmarks and edgy cult classics, including Francis Ford Coppola’s Apocalypse Now and Wim Wenders Paris, Texas. According to The Cut, the list includes the kinds of...

28 Apr 2020

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The long-awaited Martin Margiela documentary drops this Friday

This Friday, the long-awaited documentary Martin Mariela: In His Own Words will be available for streaming online. Directed and created by Reiner Holzemer, the short film promises to unveil the elusive and enigmatic designer whose revolutionary creations changed the face of fashion while remaining completely anonymous. Regarded as one of the...

6 Apr 2020

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Levi’s launches virtual concert series to support artists

American denim brand Levi’s has launched a new program on its Instagram Live channel to support artists and musicians while encouraging watchers to stay at home during the time of COVID-19. The program, titled 5:01® Live, is hosted on the channel every weekday at 5:01 PST. The live program was created to showcase some of the brand’s favorite...

1 Apr 2020

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The quarantine diaries: When life imitates art

Bored of social distancing and reading about Covid-19? The Getty Museum has launched a social media challenge for the WFH brigade to stay actively cultured, whilst remaining in isolation. Inspired by Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum initiative, @tussenkunstenquarantaine, the Getty Museum challenges its followers to recreate a work of art from the...

1 Apr 2020

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10 best fashion songs to drive work-from-home blues away

For many, working from home can be a challenge. Not only are there a myriad of distractions ranging from pending housework, the kids, pets, one’s spouse, food cravings and more to the exact opposite - a feeling of loneliness and isolation. What better way to beat the work-from-home blues with a playlist that has one grooving to the music in no...

23 Mar 2020

Culture

Prada expands cultural programme to digital channels

As Italian retailers and brands face temporary closures during the current health emergency, a new wave of initiatives is bucking the challenge to experience news ways of operating and communicating. The Fondazione Prada is at the forefront to continue to culturally engage in the context where there is no physical audience. Digital laboratory of...

19 Mar 2020

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Isn’t it about time fashion is considered art?

During the past decade fashion has become a traffic driver to the world’s most prominent art institutions. Although Diana Vreeland in 1983 organized a retrospective at the Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum of Art of Yves Saint Laurent, the first living fashion designer to receive such an honor, fashion’s blockbuster reign didn't truly...

13 Mar 2020

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From samurais to Jedi knights, kimono stars in London show

London - Freddie Mercury, Yves Saint Laurent and George Lucas were all seduced by the charms of the kimono, whose evolution from medieval times in Japan will be on show at a major exhibition in London. The kimono has been worn by Jedi knights in Lucas's "Star Wars" movie saga, and David Bowie in his futuristic alter ego Ziggy Stardust. "It's...

28 Feb 2020