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Gagosian New York presents Shooters by Harmony Korine

May 5, 2014

Gagosian New York will present Shooters, an exhibition of recent paintings by Harmony Korine. Korine’s films merge fiction and reality, shaky footage with precise editing, seen in Kids (1995) and Spring Breaker...

Prada to introduce exclusive menswear pieces at the Pradasphere, Harrods

Livia Feltham

May 5, 2014

News

Already being described as “a natural history museum of Prada” the Pradasphere , at Harrods, catalogues the multifaceted activities of the celebrated Italian design family, remembering and celebrating art, arc...

Fendi launches boutique on New Bond Street, London

Livia Feltham

May 4, 2014

News

The razzle-dazzle coated cherry on the top of the London party scene during the past week was certainly the launch of the new Fendi boutique on New Bond Street on Thursday evening. The soirée saw one of the mos...

Edmund de Waal Book Signing

Louise Lui

May 4, 2014

Avant Art, News

To celebrate the release of Edmund De Waal, Gagosian Shop will be holding a book signing with the artist himself this week. Published by Phaidon, the fully illustrated volume presents a complete survey of de Wa...

All eyes on Aurora Ozma

Nika Mamonova

May 1, 2014

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Although Aurora Ozma is a newcomer to the British fashion scene, she is a highly promising and upcoming talent. In her recent Headonizm collection, she invites us to figure out the boundaries between masculine ...

Get caught up In the Pradasphere – the makings of Miuccia

Livia Feltham

May 1, 2014

Culture, Fashion, Feature, Glass Design, News, Shopping Guide

A new day dawned for Prada yesterday, and on said day, the all-encompassing Pradasphere took flight. Prada, “a cosmos of its own”, is now Harrods’ honoured guest for the duration of this month, and, just our lu...

Luxembourg and Dayan presents The Shaped Canvas, Revisited

Louise Lui

May 1, 2014

Avant Art, News

Luxembourg and Dayan presents The Shaped Canvas, Revisited In the early 1960s, the shaped canvas emerged as a new form of abstract painting which reflected the postwar spirit of speed and dynamism. Described...

Shao Yen SS14: Dimension

Roberta Lister

April 30, 2014

Avant Art, News

Inspired by elements of Cubism and Chinese pictographic characters, Shao Yen presents Dimension – a conceptual mini-film to accompany his hyper-bright SS14 line. Set in the Barbican art complex, London, the fil...

Burberry brings London to Shanghai

Roberta Lister

April 30, 2014

Culture, Culture of Commerce, News

Last week’s opening of the Burberry flagship, Kerry Centre, Shanghai was an awe-inspiring celebration of the world of Burberry, bringing the creativity, heritage and spirit of the brand straight into the heart ...

Spanning the decades with Lucie Campbell

Roberta Lister

April 30, 2014

News

At the intersection of delicately traditional and boldly contemporary lies fine jeweller Lucie Campbell. One of the last remaining family-owned jewellery boutiques on Bond Street, the design team today combines...

Alfresco dining encouraged by Reiko Kaneko

Stephanie Clair

April 30, 2014

Avant Art, Dining, News

Since establishing her design studio in 2007, British-Japanese designer Reiko Kaneko has created tableware in simple elegant forms produced in English fine bone china. Only five years in and she’s carved a nic...

Sooner Or Later Frank – Jeremy Reed book launch

Livia Feltham

April 29, 2014

Culture, News

London’s favourite glam-master of poetic prose, Jeremy Reed, is launching his latest collection of poems, Sooner or Later Frank, this week. Jeremy Reed Reed is a writer who constantly shapes and reforms poet...

MiU Miu SS2014 Eyewear Campaign Video

Vanessa da Silva Miranda

April 29, 2014

News

Portraying a vision of sophisticated femininity, the Miu Miu Spring – Summer 2014 Eyewear Collection is the central star in the video created to run alongside the campaign, alongside a new generation of Hollywo...

Disappearing Nature show opens in London

Xenia Founta

April 28, 2014

Avant Art, Culture, News

Syncronicity Earth – the London-based charity which aims to the most important conservation initiatives globally – is hosting the Disappearing Nature exhibition in partnership with Invisible Dust at the end of ...

Linda Farrow launches new sunglass range for Summer

Livia Feltham

April 28, 2014

News

This season Farrow’s superb specs eye up the upper echelons of style. In the latest ad campaign, the directional new frames are photographed by the Belgium-based photographer, and still life master, Frederik V...

Alexander McQueen show announced at V&A London

Livia Feltham

April 25, 2014

Avant Art, Culture, Fashion, Fashion Shows, Feature, Glass Design, News

Alexander McQueen show announced at V&A London London is the home of McQueen. It’s as simple as that, and though simple is a stretch for the Alexander McQueen vocabulary, it’s the savage beauty of the cory...

Zelens’ new super-charged sunscreen leaves the rest in the shade

Viola Levy

April 24, 2014

Beauty, Cosmetics We Love, News, Shopping Guide

Here’s the thing. All those expensive lotions and potions you spend so much money on? They’re not worth the pots they sit in if you don’t apply sunscreen religiously every day, literally come rain or ...

The Glass Edit – hand and nail products

Viola Levy

April 23, 2014

News

Deborah Lippmann Nail Polish in Build Me Up Buttercup, £16 Harvey Nichols We’ve lost count of the number of compliments we've received when sporting this gloriously sunny shade. As the name would suggest...

To dream the impossible dream

Livia Feltham

April 23, 2014

Art, Avant Art, Culture, Design, Fashion, Feature, Glass Celebrates, Glass Design, Glass Talents, News

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...

Wrap Party: Celebrating 40 years of Diane von Furstenberg

Roberta Lister

April 22, 2014

Culture, News

Marking the fashion house’s 40th year, Diane von Furstenberg celebrate one of their most iconic designs with Journey of a Dress: a global project which sends the decade-spanning wrap dress around the world, wor...

These New Puritans – Magnetic Field Installation

Annie Fong

April 20, 2014

News

This week Glass went along to experience the Magnetic Field at 180 The Strand presented by The Vinyl Factory, an interactive audio / visual installation by These New Puritans with sound provided by Sonos. The i...