FASHION, LUXURY
MONEY & POWER

Beginning March 24th, The Grand Palais in Paris is set to hold a major exhibit of legendary photographer Helmut Newton’s life work. Since Newton’s death in 2004, there has been no retrospective of his photography in France, though he did much of his work there, particularly for French Vogue. This major retrospective will feature more than 200 photographs, mostly originals and vintage prints made under the photographer’s direct supervision.

“Provocative, sometimes shocking, Newton’s work tried to capture the beauty, eroticism, humor, and sometimes violence that he sensed in the social interaction within the familiar worlds of fashion, luxury, money and power,” the museum informs.

Aside from his more recognizable work, other realms of his art will also be featured, as well as a documentary film entitled, Helmut by June, made by the late artist's wife June Newton, also a photographer and the designer of this exhibition. For a preview for what's in store at The Grand Palais click more below.

GET IT WRONG / GET IT RIGHT

After a four year hiatus, the siren herself, Feist returns to us with the much anticipated follow up to her highly successful album, The Reminder. Where The Reminder focused more on the balance of sweet delivery and some what serious subject matter. Metals, finds Feist more melancholy and bluesy than ever. Bringing out her knack for combining the morose and the beautiful to the next level.

Recorded in Big Sur, listening to Metals conjures up images of large fields, flocks of birds, mountain ranges, pioneers in lonely meadows, and beautiful panoramic vistas. Collaborating with long time friends Chilly Gonzalez and Mocky, Metals drips with heart felt sorrow; delving into the purgatory of a dying romance, the pang of long gone memories, and ultimately the tragedy of the present, all the while coalescing into a lo-fi, bluesy, fusion of folk and nature. 



Following the great success of, The Reminder, Feist feels deliberately uninterested in courting pop audiences or crafting easy hooks. Which is why it feels like such a refreshing and slyly bad-ass statement of artistic integrity. And we couldn’t love her more for it. Delicately rendered and deliberately paced Metals is surely one of the most realized albums of the year.

Stand out tracks include the opener “The Bad in Each Other”. As well as, “Caught A Long Wind”, Anti-Pioneer”, “The Undiscovered First”, and “Comfort Me”.

MASTER STILL LIFE AND FIGURATIVE PAINTER
RAYMOND HAN WILL EXHIBIT A SELECTION OF HIS
WORK AT DÉMIURGE NEW YORK AS AN
ONGOING COLLABORATION.

Name your favourite Ridley Scott film – the request seems innocent enough, but putting this question to a group of film enthusiasts is like asking a fashion junkie what their favourite Prada collection is. After almost four decades in the industry, he remains one of the few directors who - unlike many of his contemporaries - has refused to be pigeonholed into working on specific genres.
 
With an enviable vision and devotion to his craft, Ridley Scott has created some truly unforgettable films throughout his illustrious career, from the cult cyberpunk classic Blade Runner (1982), to the historical epic Gladiator (2000). His distinctive visual style is the result of an almost notorious attention to detail, and his typically slow-placed films allow for a depth in his explorations of power, patriarchy, family relations – especially between the father and the son – and feminism. Ripley, played by Sigourney Weaver in the seminal 1979 classic Alien (1979), has become one of the most enduring iconic images of modern femininity and female strength, while Thelma and Louise (1991) was one of the first female buddy movies and served as an introduction to a less broody side of Scott. Gladiator sealed his reputation for the new millennium and his upcoming film Robin Hood (2010) is greatly anticipated as a new take on the story.

As far as style goes, you can be sure that Ridley Scott’s ROBIN HOOD is going to be infinitely more pleasing than a bunch of men in tights, after all when your female lead is Cate Blanchett you can’t be anything less than impeccable. It’s just as well that the director’s teaming up with JANTY YATES a costume designer who has worked with Scott on five films, including the sumptuous Gladiator.

Modern Masters is an ongoing series of contemporary artists.

Over the years, the potent cinematic potion that is a Tim Burton movie has telegraphed Tim’s darkly decadent visual sensibility to the outside world, and particularly to the world of art and fashion.  As Kate Mulleavy (of the Rodarte design duo) observes, “I’m hard pressed to think of someone who works creatively and is not inspired by Tim Burton. Even if it’s subconscious.”

Burton has a gift for blending aesthetic registers that initially appear to be antithetical, but are later revealed to be deeply complementary. He specializes in the intersection between fear and comfort, corruption and innocence, sex and death, humor and horror. His name may call to mind black hues and deathly undertones, but it also conjures a whimsical world, flecked with splashes of bright color and even brighter imagination.

Tim Burton’s is the one-of-a-kind mind behind films such as Beetlejuice (1988), Batman (1989), Edward Scissorhands (1990), The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993), Mars Attacks! (1996), Corpse Bride (2005), Sweeney Todd (2007), and the forthcoming Alice in Wonderland (2010). Which is the finest of these unique works? The answer depends on your personal preferences.