London-based artists Hannah Quinlan and Rosie Hastings’ first solo institutional exhibition In My Room, installed at MOSTYN and running until 18 April 2021, brings together diverse mediums from film, fresco painting and works on paper. As a new body of work, In My Room develops the artists’ inquiry into the politics, histories and aesthetics of…
Endeavouring to function as a vehicle for social change, NYC-based fashion label Collina Strada operates as a platform for numerous issues from the fight for equality to global warming, while championing and celebrating the diverse community attracted to this off-kilter brand. Through various initiatives from fundraising and selling charitable collections, to collaborating with The OR…
Open now and running until 12 December 2020, Simon Lee Gallery, New York hosts Pedestrian Profanities, a group exhibition of interdisciplinary artists, designers and polymaths curated by Eric N. Mack, which explores the relationship between fine art, design and fashion, and the ways in which they are activated by a participating body. On the selection…
Doris Hồ-Kane is behind New York’s first Vietnamese American bakery Bạn Bè, currently offering delightful cookie tins for delivery in the US, available to order online — but be prepared for the wait list. Bạn Bè, which means “pal” or “buddies” in Vietnamese, seeks to fill a major gap in NYC’s Southeast Asian culinary offering,…
Rapper, artist, poet and film director, Baloji was born in Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and raised in Belgium. After starting his first rap collective, Starflam, as a teenager, in 2008, Baloji released his debut solo project, Hotel Impala, an album conceived as a reply to a letter he received from his mother after…
The collaborative output of Melbourne-based design duo Elisa Keeler and Jordan Conder, burgeoning label Maroske Peech offers a unique and whimsical take on everyday dressing, with pieces that blur the lines between artworks and fashion. Their genderless creations span blouses replete with buttons made of bread, candle holder shoes, ornate ribbon corsets, and tea-stained T-shirts…
Self-styled sci-fi-artist, Esmay Wagemans’ mesmeric creations oscillate between hyperrealist body parts, from torsos and hands to uncannily made-up faces, finished with lipstick, blush and eye shadow, alongside experiments in transparent resin, appearing at times like hardboiled sweets spiked with shots of lurid colour. Having collaborated on special projects with KARA designer Sarah Law, and more…
Over the past year, Nünchi, the brainchild of Los Angeles-based self-taught chef Lexie Park, has gained an impressive following for its sublime and photogenic desserts, from complex 3D jelly cakes, featuring miniature moulded babies and delicately cut fruit, to glistening floral topped cheesecakes, and yakshik, a traditional Korean rice cake made with dried fruits and…