Louis Vuitton Cruise 2018
FROM California to Rio, Nicolas Ghesquière bought the Louis Vuitton 2018 resort collection to the Miho Museum in Kyoto, Japan. Michelle Williams, Isabella Huppert and Kansai Yamamoto were sitting front row and ...
Watch the Louise Vuitton Cruise 18 Livestream from Miho Museum, Kyoto
WATCH the Louis Vuitton Cruise 2018 Show taking place at the Miho Museum in Kyoto, Japan on Sunday May 14 at 9:15am (UK time).
The architectural journey of Nicolas Ghesquiere’s Cruise shows continues this ...
Glass steals time with the legendary primatologist-turned-activist Dr Jane Goodall
How to Change the World – Glass steals time with the legendary primatologist-turned-activist Dr Jane Goodall
LAKE Tanganyika’s crystalline water laps against the shore of Gombe Stream National Park, Tanzania...
Glass exclusive – we speak to the illuminating artist Cai Guo-Qiang
Explosions in the Sky – How illuminating artist Cai Guo-Qiang is bridging the gap between China and the Middle East
CAI Guo-Qiang’s art has always been successful at drawing attention. His largest audience t...
PFW SS17: Dries Van Noten
THE SS17 show staged by Dries Van Noten very much resembled an art presentation. Models with a shadow stripe over their eyes or net veil covering their face were walking around flower installations trapped with...
From the archive – Glass talks to Cecil Balmond one of the world’s leading designers
From the Glass archive
Designing “the next” – Cecil Balmond, one of the world’s leading designers, talks to Glass about the power of mathematics, the negotiations of expression and growing forms
“The harm...
Gucci #24HourAce Latest Video Project Takes Over The World
EARLIER this year, Glass reported Gucci’s House Creative Director Alessandro Michele's new direction towards the unification of fashion and art.
Still photo from Hyo Joo's video - Courtesy of Gucci
So it com...
Only Connect opens new show DR/OP in Onomichi, Hiroshima
Only Connect opens new show DR/OP in Onomichi, Hiroshima
ONLY CONNECT, the understated curatorial powerhouse based in Onomichi, Japan (whose healthily unruly inaugural show Dogs in a Room Glass featured last...
Two Cities: One Japan – Glass finds special places to stay and eat in Tokyo and Kyoto
PLANNING a trip to Japan is a mouth-watering experience. There is so much to see and do (and eat!) that it would take a lifetime of holidays to really get a feel for the place. Skiing, walking, water sports, mo...
Glass talks to Jean-Francois Lanzetta, founder of Inhedited – maker of some of the world’s finest notebooks
“AND HOW are you with Suminagashi?” he asked. “Good, I think” she laughed down the line. He smiled to himself, knowing that he might just have found the missing ingredient for what was soon to become his firs...
Glass reviews Hiromi at the Southbank Centre
Never before have I attended a concert of two such distinct halves. Before the intermission, the unsavoury, almost relentlessly tasteless fusion jazz gradually begins giving way to more subdued sounds; but afte...
Fendi opens pop-up store in Ginza, Tokyo
Last week saw the opening of Fendi, Ginza, a huge and playful pop-up store, which celebrates Fendi’s 50 years in Japan. It will be the first Fendi boutique in Japan to showcase Men’s and Women’s Collections, i...
Miyake Issey exhibition: The Work of Miyake Issey set to open in Tokyo, March 2016
An exhibition devoted to designer Issey Miyake will be held at the National Art Center, Tokyo, which has focused on a host of established and emerging artistic talent since its opening in 2007. In 2010 Issey Mi...
Power and grace – Glass meets German-Japanese pianist Alice Sara Ott one of the youngest and most prodigious classical musicians of our time
Power and grace – Glass meets German-Japanese pianist Alice Sara Ott one of the youngest and most prodigious classical musicians of our time
Alice Sara Ott has become one of the youngest and most ...
Hiroshima’s Dogs in a Room Exhibit is Daringly Confrontational
The typical curator strives to create harmony amongst their artworks – they take a space, manipulate the artistry within it, and premeditate a navigable and digestible experience for the patron.
In discordan...
Celebrating Japan’s Marine Day
In Japan, this week Marine Day: the nation’s newest national holiday – recognised since 1996 – takes place, and is a day to celebrate the bounty of the island’s surrounding seas.
Back in London, the fine...
New Model Army – Glass meets Klara B
Name: Klara B
Nationality: French
Age: 20
Agency: Profile Model Management
How did you become a model?
I was spotted on Facebook by a French photographer who introduced ...
A roving lens – Glass interview profiles Werner Bischof – one of Magnum Photos’ first members
A roving lens – Glass interview profiles Werner Bischof – one of Magnum Photos’ first members
The creative vision of Werner Bischof, one of Magnum’s first members, was cut short by a tragic car accident. His...
Contrarian couturier
Yohji Yamamoto, whose clothing designs revolutionised the sartorial codes of the late 20th century, reveals to Peter Yeoh his views on how intelligent fashion can transcend sexuality, cultural boundar...
The powder and the glory
The day begins with an explosion. Several, in fact, rumbling like thunder through the early morning snow.
“Do you know what that is?”
“If I had to guess, I’d say avalanche control.”
“Very good gues...
Tomas Maier and Bottega Veneta campaign to save Japanese Modernist architecture
While traditional Japanese architecture is cherished by many, much of the country’s post-war structures are at risk of being demolished or changed beyond recognition. In preparation for the 2020 Olympics, a few...