Self-conscious
This month the Frances Rich School of Fine Art and Performing Arts of DEREE, in Athens present a unique and very topical exhibition related to the pervasiveness of technological media in our lives.
The e...
Gold Vein: Delfina Delettrez AW14
Fine jeweller Delfina Delettrez presents Gold Vein – a suitably surreal offering for AW14. Moving on from her previous work with diamonds, the collection explores the simple beauty of precious coloured stones w...
Find your talisman before it vanishes
It’s official – Art14 rocks. You just had to step inside the throng of buyers, dealers and artists all bopping their way into the main hall at Olympia to the sound of happy house to feel it. Everyone was th...
HYSTERIA show of new work opens in Soho, London
Opening next week in one of Glass Magazine’s favourite Soho haunts, the exquisite French patisserie Maison Bertaux, all-female art collective HYSTERIA show their latest collection of work alongside that of inte...
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...
Glass celebrates the launch of ART14 with Geoff Leong at Boujis
On Thursday night at Boujis nightclub in South Kensington, along with Geoff Leong, Glass raised a frosted, and much deserved, glass of the smoothest vodka to celebrate the launch of the ART14 artfair. The swan...
A Tale of Two Endings – Art from the past contemplates the future at La Fine di Dio, a new show at the Gagosian Gallery, London
Walk into a stark, white room at Gagosian gallery on Davies Street, and you will be greeted by a smartly dressed little boy kneeling in front of a Pepto-Bismol pink, two dimensional, giant egg, hu...
Welcome to the Pradasphere
This May, Harrods invites you to immerse yourself in the world of one of our most revered design families and enter the Pradasphere. The retrospective exhibition will catalogue the multifaceted activities of th...
Global symbology
This month London’s Scream Art Gallery presents at Art 14, a platform for global art aimed at promoting artistic and cultural exchange between East and West. Established in 2006, Scream Art Gallery has rap...
PFW AW14: Comme des Garçons
The monster within reared its nightmarish head last night in Paris, the instance Rei Kawakubo tangled the body in cramping, strait-jacket creations which abide to the designer’s conceptualist testament that cha...
PFW AW14: Viktor & Rolf
Viktor Horsting and Rolf Snoeren’s grey matter was positively stirring today in Paris, with an ode to their infatuation for the slate v-neck, and don’t think for a second that this would make way for a dull col...
Harry Winston: The King of Diamonds
Today is the birthday of Harry Winston. And in celebration of the late jeweller and collector, his legacy is shared in a short film.
Above all else, Mr Winston is remembered as a man who knew his diamonds. I...
Luxembourg and Dayan presents Thick Paint – an exhibition of works by Jean Fautrier, Franz West, and Zhu Jinshi
The New York gallery Luxembourg and Dayan will present Thick Paint, a collection of works by Jean Fautrier (1898-1964), Franz West (1947-2012), and Zhu Jinshi (b 1954) this month. Despite originating from dram...
Many truths, many expressions
“Over the last two decades Rwanda has changed enormously … but there’s still a tendency to try to represent it, particularly visually, in relation to genocide”, says Dr Zoe Norridge, curator of the forthcom...
Diving into Veuve Clicquot at the Andaz London
Last night saw the launch of experimental designer duo Harvey and John’s Dive into a Glass of Veuve Clicquot installation at the five-star boutique Andaz Liverpool Street, London. The experience is unique and e...
Seer of a troubled future
I came to Godfrey Reggio’s films late. I only saw his career-making masterpiece, Koyaanisqatsi, last year, by chance, at the Barbican Arts Centre in London. I had just arrived in London when my cine-wise ne...
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...
The incredible lightness of Dale Chihuly – A show by the unique American glass-artist opens in London
A new exhibition by glass-artist Dale Chihuly has opened at Halcyon Gallery, London. Dale Chihuly: Beyond the Object sees the American artist respond to the interior architecture of the building – in ...
Processing, sharing Abe
“This building is very strange. It is the kind of building that makes you wonder why it is this way. It is not good or bad, ”says Hitoshi Abe as soon as he enters his office in Sunset Boulevard, Hollywood, ...
The winning light
Chris Levine is a light artist, otherwise known as the Golden Boy for his intuitive Midas touch that both illuminates his subjects and captures their essential glow. Recognised for his pioneering ...
China’s inaugural art photography fair launches this year
Photo enthusiasts worldwide, especially in China, can now rejoice. China’s very first international art fair dedicated to photography, Photo Shanghai, will run from September 5-7 at the iconic Shanghai Exhibiti...