Natural progression
The very first major solo exhibition is a turning point for any artist, though when it comes to Caroline Jane Harris, an artist whose innate instinct for what’s in the detail continues to astonish us, it’s a ...
Great balls of fire (and water)
Galerie Perrotin Hong Kong invited French artist Jean-Michel Othoniel to create site- specific sculptures. Othoniel is well known for his works of colourful giant glass “necklaces”— the Pavilion o...
Rediscovering Yva
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The name Elsa Neuländer-Simon (1900–1942), or Yva, her photographic pseudonym, is more often than not a footnote in the career of her famed apprentice, Helmut Newton. With little information and a...
Glass reviews Richard Avedon, Gagosian, Athens
Richard Avedon said, “Portraiture is performance. You can’t get at the thing itself, the real nature of the sitter, by stripping away the surface (…) All that you can do is manipulate that surface-gesture, cost...
A new dimension
I don’t think there is anything quite as inspiring as the great outdoors, particularly when its multifaceted appeal isn’t just limited to the organic forms of the environment itself but also its h...
Museum of Art and Design presents the first exhibition to explore jewellery and photography
The Museum of Art and Design in New York City will present a new exhibition to examine the interplay between photography and jewellery. Multiple Exposures: Jewelry and Photography will be the first museum exhib...
The Frenchman, the legacy, his teddy-bear and her cone brassiere
You don’t go to a Jean Paul Gaultier exhibition just for the clothes. But my, aren’t they just something else? And upon entering the no- holds-barred Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier: From The Sidewalk to ...
To dream the impossible dream
Spring is now here. And to set our springtime in motion, Glass decided that one of the best ways to shine an inspiring new light on a season in which we like to see creative forces banding together would be t...
Be original or die
At Glass we have always prided ourselves on championing the forgotten pioneers of fashion and photography but there can be none greater than Madame Yevonde. Born Yevonde Thilone Cumbers in 1893, a...
Building images
Along with the abundance of design websites, where architectural companies can promote themselves, architectural photography has become increasingly important in recent years. The photo has come to define m...