From Duchamp to Demna

From Duchamp to Demna

When a urinal became art and a hoodie became luxury, something truly magical happened — context started printing money. Luxury Readymade: When Context Costs £1,590 Once upon a time, Marcel Duchamp bought a urinal, signed it R. Mutt,...
Spray Nation

Spray Nation

Spray Nation shares unseen photos of New York’s pioneering graffiti artists Women on Train, 1981. All photographs © Martha Cooper, from Spray Nation: 1980s NYC Graffiti Photographs by Martha Cooper, Edited by Roger Gastman © Prestel Verlag, Munich · London · New...

Devo: “Kraftwerk from the waist up, Elvis Presley from the hips down” Gerard Casale and Mark Mothersbaugh on being bombarded by hippies at Knebworth in 1978, being told off by Neil Young, and their unreleased jam sessions with Bowie and Eno in Cologne We are Devo …...
When Andy Warhol Came to China

When Andy Warhol Came to China

In late October 1982, Andy Warhol and a small entourage were invited to Hong Kong by Alfred Siu, a young industrialist who had commissioned Warhol portraits of Prince Charles and Princess Diana for I Club, a huge new disco he was opening on the island. Upon arrival,...