Highlights from the Fall 2024 Ready-to-Wear Collections
A selection of my favorite creations from the Fall 2024 ready-to-wear collections.
Further Reading
Why tumour naming needs to change. Causation in neuroscience. The decimal point. Dark matter. How people can become happier. Categories we live by. Linnaeus. Spinoza. Claire Voisin. John Nash. Thomas Ostermeier. And more.
Anselm Kiefer at Museum Voorlinden
The Anselm Kiefer exhibition at Museum Voorlinden in The Hague shows a selection of works from the past 10 to 15 years, some of which are great, others are, well, not that great.
Iris van Herpen. Sculpting the Senses
I greatly enjoyed the Iris van Herpen retrospective "Sculpting the Senses", or perhaps I should say couture show, at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris.
Further Reading
How to have a more productive year. The consciousness wars. The cerebellum. The Mandelbrot set revisited. The cause of depression. The meaning of a dog’s tail wag. Math and literature. Witchcraft. Tool. And more.
Dana Schutz at the Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris
The American artist Dana Schutz practices painting as a form of social commentary. Her large canvases are often grotesque and absurd, but also full of humor.
Juergen Teller: i need to live
Juergen Teller is in many ways my opposite. That’s why I find his work interesting and inspiring. I therefore enjoyed visiting "i need to live", a large retrospective devoted to his work conceived by Teller himself.
Bijoy Jain / Studio Mumbai: Breath of an Architect
The Fondation Cartier in Paris has given Bijoy Jain, founder of Studio Mumbai, carte blanche. The result is an immersive exhibition in dialogue with Jean Nouvel’s iconic building.
Alberto Giacometti. The Nose
The Institut Giacometti in Paris has created a small but beautiful exhibition bringing together all versions of “Le Nez” (The Nose), one of Alberto Giacometti’s best-known sculptures.
Issy Wood. Study For No at Lafayette Anticipations
Issy Wood’s solo exhibition “Study For No” at Lafayette Anticipations in Paris shows that painting is not dead, it is very much alive and yes, relevant.
Lorraine Daston: Rules. A Short History of What We Live By
"Rules: A Short History of What We Live By" by Lorraine Daston is a fascinating, dense and highly readable book, which explores the concept of rules and their role in shaping human behavior.