Thinking about women-music legend, you may think to great artists like Janis Joplin, Patti Smith, Debbie Harry, Stevie Nicks, Grace Slick, Joan Baez and so on.But in the world of the music and first of all of rock from that amazing period of 60s and 70s there were other types of woman-myths. Beauty, audacious,  [ Read More ]

PATRICK MC MULLAN the interview by Chiara Spagnoli from New York city Patrick Mc Mullan, world wide known photographer, columnist and television personality, has the largest collection of topical photo-archives of famous people. His eclectic talent, that embraces all media, draws the best from every human being he meets, be it through a photograph, an  [ Read More ]

A spectacular anthological journey through 53 photographs by the American artist, from some of his most famous series: Star System, Deluge (Awakened), Earth Laughs in Flowers, After the Pop, Destruction and Disaster, Excess, Plastic People, Dream evokes Surrealism, Art Reference and Negative Currency, along with two tributes to Michael Jackson. LaChapelle is not the photographer  [ Read More ]

ELLIOTT ERWITT PERSONAL BEST AT CASA DEI TRE OCI, VENICE One of the most intersting photography events of the year has landed to Venice on the Giudecca island, “Personal Best”, a selection of the best 140 shots of the contemporary master Elliott Erwitt. His whole career, sintethized in an exhibition personally realized by Erwitt, followed  [ Read More ]

Saturday the 23 of June 2012, opens the fifth edition of Contemporary Art at Villa Pisani, a project that from now on, will take place every two years: Niele Toroni, and Arthur Duff are the artists encouraged to design and produce original works for the Villa Pisani Bonetti in Bagnolo Lonigo Vicenza, an early masterpiece  [ Read More ]

SIGIS The artist who invented the technique of Vinylism The Venice Biennale of 2012 has declared Matteo Vaccari Sigismondi an actual Art Maestro, bestowing him the official recognition of having invented an artistic technique: Vinylism. The young Milanese artist, began as an enfant prodige deejay, in times when this profession could not be improvised, but  [ Read More ]

DIMORE STORICHE ITALIANE The handy unique platform to discover Italian Historical Mansions http://www.dimorestoricheitaliane.it Historical venues as art promulgators The historical, artistic and architectural heritage of each country, is an essential part of its cultural identity. Every palace, castle, villa or garden has his own story, and memory that must not be forgotten. Thus, the Italian  [ Read More ]

BANKSY CELEBRATES ZS40 WITH A LIZ INSANE “One’s painting one’s face…” If you’re in the UK you can’t have failed to notice news coverage of genius street artist Banksy’s ( http://www.banksy.co.uk/ ) latest creation. The enigmatic Bristolian chose his home town as the venue for this latest artwork, where the image of the Queen of  [ Read More ]

Michael Fassbender embodies, actually disembodies, Bobby Sands. Steve McQueen chooses to portray, in a very sober and blunt way, the final months of Bobby Sands, the Irish Republican Army activist who protested his treatment at the hands of British prison guards with a hunger strike. The film, produced in 2008, arrives in theatres after the  [ Read More ]

Confirming his multi-tasking attitude in art, Mr James Franco is ready to explore one of the most important talents in photography for an upcoming brave new movie based on Robert Mapplethorpe’s life and art. Directed by Ondi Timoner, and financiated by the Tribeca Film Institude and by Mapplethorpe Foundation, which Director Michael Ward Shout has  [ Read More ]

Natalie Curtis’ (& more) exhibition, in collaboration with Michael Shamberg Between March and April 2012 Turtle Salon will be hosted by Meter Room (Coventry, UK) and Grey Area (Brighton, UK). A salon in two-parts, the project draws from Shamberg’s sprawling network of artists, friends, projects, & places. Featuring works by Romeo Alaeff, Michael Bartlett, Francis Baudevin,  [ Read More ]

“Henri Cartier Bresson – images & words” is an unique exhibition started on January 19, 2012, at Palazzo Incontro in Roma, promoted by Nicola Zingaretti, President of the Province of Rome. The exhibition has been organized by Henri Cartier Bresson Fundation, Contrasto and Magnum Photos and it will be visited till may 6th, in the  [ Read More ]

McQueen’s “Shame” on sex and freedom interviewing Michael Fassbender and Steve McQueen What a “Shame”, Mr. McQueen! The British artist & filmmaker, already director for his “Hunger”, has gifted common people with his brand new masterpiece, “Shame”, in competition at the Venice Film Festival 2011, Toronto Film Festival 2011, NY FF2011 and London FF 2011.  [ Read More ]

After graduating from Ryerson University with a degree in Fashion Design, Toronto-born Caitlin Cronenberg (Director David Cronenberg’s daughter) decided to pursue a career in photography, a field she has had a passion for since childhood. Starting out shooting for a local community newsmagazine as well as doing freelance work, she has since been published in  [ Read More ]

On january 19th Paris Sotheby’s will auction 40 original pictures from the most important covers of “L’Uomo Vogue” during this 5 years under Franca Sozzanbi’s direction. Photograpies of David Cronenberg, Dustin Hoffman, De Niro, Zidane and Mortensen, from contemporary art protagonist, to cinema icons and literature stars, taken by photographers Weber, Paolo Roversi, Mark Seliger,  [ Read More ]

Actress Julianne Moore has been photographed as Modigliani’s and Klimt’s muse in an amazing art-work by photographer Peter Linderbergh for Harper’s Bazaar. Transforming  the subjects, she became a glamour icon for art and photography world. Have a look to the pictures!   by Ilaria Rebecchi

Dakota Fanning’s provocative advertising for Marc Jacobs‘ latest fragrance, Oh, Lola!, recently banned for being too explicit, has been not the first adv campaign banned in some countries all over the World. In Italy (Venice) Julienne Moore’s Bulgari billboard was banned, because it offered  the image of the actress sitting in her birthday suit with  [ Read More ]

Well-versed in bringing women of extraordinary beauty to the forefront of mainstream popular culture, Mazzucco searched the globe for the world’s most stunning women to appear in the book. The result is a 248 page collection of color photographs and art pieces showcasing a diverse group of women—some already legendary, some about to become so—who  [ Read More ]

A DREAM FACTORY NAMED MILAN Lights, camera, action… ‘Miracolo a Milano’ and ‘La vita agra’ The film-industry of the 50s and 60s relives at Società del Giardino   Palazzo Spinola, in the heart of Milan, lodges from the beginning of the nineteenth century the oldest gentlemen’s club in town. The Società del Giardino, dates back  [ Read More ]

  9th November – 18th December 2011 Free Entrance   The first Italian solo exhibit of the artist Pipilotti Rist at Fondazione Nicola Trussardi opens, once again, the doors of the historical Manzoni movie theatre, that for over fifty years has been one of the most important cinemas in Milan. The elegant ambiance with fresco  [ Read More ]

Audrey in Rome Audrey a Roma – Esterno Giorno 26th October – 4th December 2011   To celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of ‘Breakfast at Tiffany’s’ during the Rome International Film Festival, the Ara Pacis in Rome hosts the tribute-exhibit to Audrey Hepburn’s Roman days. The exhibition will raise funds to fight child malnutrition, an issue  [ Read More ]

90TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS CULMINATE WITH OPENING OF THE GUCCI MUSEO IN FLORENCE   A year of events in celebration of Gucci’s 90th anniversary will culminate with the official public opening of the GUCCI MUSEO inside the historic Palazzo della Mercanzia located in Florence’s Piazza Signoria.  A permanent exhibition from its rich and culturally significant archive, which  [ Read More ]

Getty Images announces recipients of 2011 Grants for Editorial Photography Five photojournalists are awarded $100,000 collectively, to pursue their documentary photography projects London, UK – 2 September, 2011 – Getty Images has announced that five photojournalists have been selected to each receive a grant of US$20,000, as well as collaborative editorial support from Getty Images,  [ Read More ]

Four young photographers, 22 days, 9000 km, 1800 Polaroid films. To wait for them, the beautiful, wild and endless landscape of Scandinavia. It was the 3 of May 2010, about a year ago. Anna Morosini (aged 23, from Perugia), Elena Vaninetti (aged 25, from Milan), Gabriele Chiapparini (aged 29, from Bologna) and Andrea Colombo (aged  [ Read More ]

  Exploding talent in the last years with success like “Howl”, “Milk”, “Pineapple Express” and the latest “Rise of the Planet of the Apes”, 33 years old James Franco reveals the intimate need to disclose his ideas, disturbances and interests, through cinema and art. At 360°. According to this it can be easy to understand  [ Read More ]

RabbitFest comes back – Show of Animation  The Second Edition of RabbitFest – Show of Animation there will be on September, 10th and 11th, in Perugia, at Giardini del Frontone. The event, organized by the cultural association Skunk, in collaboration with Cinegatti and under the patronage of Municipality of Perugia, aims at sensitize public awareness  [ Read More ]

Twentieth Century Fox has released some new concept art for “Rise of the Planet of the Apes” on the movie’s official Facebook page. The pictures have been released by Kirsten Franson, Milena Zdrakovic and Brian Cunningham. Overall, the concept art for “Rise of the Planet of the Apes” provides a background look at the creation  [ Read More ]

The award will be presented to the two artists on June 4th, 2011 during the opening and award ceremony ILLUMInations Sturtevant and Franz West will be the recipients of the Golden Lions for Lifetime Achievement of the 54th International Art Exhibition – ILLUMInations (Venice, Giardini and Arsenale, June 4th – November 27th, 2011).   The  [ Read More ]

Some extracts from Cannes 2011 Festival winners’ speeches Maryna Vroda (Short Film Palme d’or for Cross): “When I got to Cannes, I couldn´t sleep. Then I made a decision. Whatever happens, I said to myself, award or no award, I´m going to carry on making films.” Wannes Destoop (Short Film Jury Prize for Badpakje 46):  [ Read More ]

Toilet Paper, un altro modo per (eco)riciclare le immagini. Ci sono artisti che creano spunti per le riviste, e ce ne sono altri che si inventano riviste per darsi degli spunti. È il caso di Maurizio Cattelan, controverso esponente del panorama creativo contemporaneo, padovano di nascita ma “americano” per scelta, autodidatta e poi manager di  [ Read More ]

From http://www.festival-cannes.com : Gus Van Sant opens Un Certain Regard with a movie dedicated to youth and love. Restless is the fifth feature film by the US film-maker to appear in the Official Selection. His movie Elephant won the Palme d’or in 2003. His new film relates a tale of young love that is graceful  [ Read More ]

  SHORT CIRCUIT: A FESTIVAL OF ELECTRONICA PRESENTS RASTER-NOTON AND MUTE – 12-15 MAY LATEST NEWS – MUTE LINE UP ANTON CORBIJN AND FLOOD CONFIRMED ADDED TO A LINE UP THAT INCLUDES: RICHE HAWTIN, MOBY (DJ SET), ERASURE AND SPECIAL GUESTS, MARTIN L. GORE (DJ SET), ANDY ‘FLETCH’ FLETCHER (DJ SET), THE RESIDENTS, JOSH T. PEARSON  [ Read More ]

VICENZA JAZZ: New conversations 2011 presents: exhibition  New York New York Photographs by Robert Otter May 5-15, ViArt Opening on Thursday, May 5th, 6 pm with Ned Otter (sax), Michele Calgaro (guitar), Lorenzo Conte (double bass) The 16th edition of the festival New Conversations – Vicenza Jazz will feature several different events alongside the many  [ Read More ]

SHORT CIRCUIT presents MUTE MORE ADDITIONS TO MUTE FESTIVAL LINE UP! MARTIN L. GORE (DJ SET), RICHIE HAWTIN,  MOBY (DJ SET), ANDY ‘FLETCH’ FLETCHER (DJ SET), JOSH T. PEARSON PERFORMS MUTE SONGS 13 + 14 MAY 2011 AT LONDON’S HISTORICAL ROUNDHOUSE JUST RELEASED – LIMITED NUMBER OF EXTRA WEEKEND TICKETS! Fri 13 May – £30 (6pm-1am)  [ Read More ]

Bono Vox and his beloved wife Ali Hewson, are the main protagonists of the new fashion advertising-campaign by Louis Vuitton. U2’s singer-author-leader has already revealed he had gift the gains to support conservation Cotton Initiative Uganda, a sit was the same for many other protagonists of art, sport and politics in the past, from Pelè  [ Read More ]

TONY OURSLER Open Obscura 19th March – 12th June 2011 The initiator of video sculpture for the first time in Italy at the PAC with an important anthological exhibition The PAC, the Pavilion of Contemporary Art of Milan, presents the TONY OURSLER. Open Obscura exhibition, curated by Gianni Mercurio and Demetrio Paparoni, promoted by the  [ Read More ]

Man Ray Art Museum – Lugano – CH – March 26th – June 19th, 2011 Man Ray (1890–1976) has been one of the most influential artists of the twentieth century, and is universally known for such iconic works as Le Violon d’Ingres and Cadeau, which epitomize the artistic canons of a whole century. The outstanding  [ Read More ]

In August 2010, French filmmaker Vincent Moon (creator of La Blogotheque, and director for Arcade Fire and Mogwai Dvd) and Efterklang‘s 8 piece-live band met up on an island off the Danish coast. The objective was to shoot a film. A film with the same length as an album, and a film full of performances,  [ Read More ]

Steven Soderbergh ( “Che”, “Oceans Eleven”, “Erin Brockovich”, “Traffic”) has already revealed he’ll work on only two movies before ending his career in film direction. The director  told to the media he’s preparing a biopic on pianist Liberance, starring Michael Douglas and Matt Damon, and a cinema adptation to the ‘60s tv series “The Man  [ Read More ]

Bruce Davidson is to receive the Outstanding Contribution to Photography Award at this year‟s Sony World Photography Awards. He will be honoured at the annual gala award ceremony at the Odeon Leicester Square in London on Wednesday 27 April amongst leading figures of the international photography community. An exhibition of his work will be shown  [ Read More ]

All photo courtesy: AIR, Art International Radio and the Clocktower Gallery, 2011       In June 2010 at Berlin Clocktower Gallery, and on February 12, 2011, at Peres Projects (Berlin), it was presented “The Dangerous Book For Boys” exhibition, released with actor James Franco’ works from experimental films to drawings and photographs, exploring themes of chilhood and  [ Read More ]

Director Arev Manoukian is the 30 years old deus ex machina behind the little short-movie masterpiece, entitled “Nuit Blanche”, which won 2010 Grand Prize of LG Film Festival. This movie, by Spy Films, set in a film noir mood, in Paris, captures a surprisingly violent moment of connection and fall-in-love of two completely strangers attracted  [ Read More ]

Illustrator and artists, working as freelance, for magazines, books, music albums and photography works, Japanese Ryohei Hase creates unique images, mixing classical techniques qith surreal visions of women, animals and locations. From darkness to sadness, the artist explores, using Photoshop application, all the history of ancient paintings added with experimental visions of nostalic moods and  [ Read More ]

An amazing artists deserving to be considered inartistic photography world. Based in Canada, Darren Holmes is a total artist mixing some kind of digital art to photography and to the essence of capturing women, mostly, but not only, naked, as young nymphs in desolate lands and woods, sleeping or escaping from their own intimate dreams,  [ Read More ]

The amazing artist-photographer Mark Seliger, well known alla round the World for having captured lots of the most important cinema-music-ballet-art heroes in the last decades, has already finished his personal exhibition named “Listen”, at Steven Kasher Gallery, New York. Adding to his famous photos, personal and public ones, the exhibition included about 30 reprints of  [ Read More ]

Film-documentary on Yves Saint Laurent, presented at the latest edition of Roma Film Festival 2010, last november, “L’Amour Fou” reveals a picture on one of the most important artists of the last centuries, from the beginning of his long career ad a designer, to working at Christian Dior maison from 1955, to the starting point  [ Read More ]

Where to find the most interesting steet art creations all around the World, using your own computer and searching like you’re using a program like Google Maps or Google Earth? Now Street Art View can make you release this desire. A simple website (www.streetartview.com), powered by Red Bull, with more than hundreds images, taken from  [ Read More ]

Living in Siberia might has been the inspiration for the surrealism in developing his creatures, that Anton Semenov (aka Gloom82, born in Bratsk), has evolved his techniques in working as a designers in advertising, recreating, in his personal art, amazing unmistakable and detailed little, sweety & ghostly, melancholic monsters, blend together offering a new vision  [ Read More ]

The renowned photographer Paul Slattery will offer an exclusive masterclass session about shooting with music artists, on February 17, at the British Music Experience (London’s 02 Arena). He started out in the 70’s photographing Motorhead and then all the punk heroes, from the Sex Pistols to Joe Strummer’s The Clash, going to Oasis, The Smiths,  [ Read More ]

Andy Warhol: Motion Pictures www.moma.org December 19, 2010–March 21, 2011 Last December 19th, 2010, Andy Warhol: Motion Pictures, the exhibition (which will take place till March 21st 2011), has started focusing on the artist’s cinematic portraits and non-narrative, silent, and black-and-white films from the mid-1960s. Warhol’s Screen Tests reveal his lifelong fascination with the cult  [ Read More ]