Issue
No. 288
January 18, 2025
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THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE CLASSIFIED FILES
As an M.I.6 agent during World War II, Kim Philby relayed every British secret he could to the K.G.B. Newly released documents shed light on the notorious Soviet double agent …
Decorate
Beata Heuman x BBC Maestro
The Swedish-born, London-based designer Beata Heuman’s cheerful, layered interiors have earned…
SMOKE
Francis Mallmann x Aaron Franklin
In the next month, you might be able to call yourself a pitmaster. (Provided you’re willing to travel…
SET
Adam Charlap Hyman
When he began designing a set of dinner plates, architect Adam Charlap Hyman found unusual…
Strut
Acqua Pura x VIVI Friulane
It’s not winter; it’s resort season. Or at least that’s one delusional mantra you can put to the test during the…
wear
A. W. Kaufman
A glance through the windows of A. W. Kaufman, on Orchard Street, may lead you to believe it’s a laundromat, with its…
LISTEN
Cave World
Need some new punk-rock music? Look no further than the new Viagra Boys album, Cave World. They keep the sound raw and…
Decorate
Beata Heuman x BBC Maestro
The Swedish-born, London-based designer Beata Heuman’s cheerful, layered interiors have earned…
SMOKE
Francis Mallmann x Aaron Franklin
In the next month, you might be able to call yourself a pitmaster. (Provided you’re willing to travel…
SET
Adam Charlap Hyman
When he began designing a set of dinner plates, architect Adam Charlap Hyman found unusual…
Strut
Acqua Pura x VIVI Friulane
It’s not winter; it’s resort season. Or at least that’s one delusional mantra you can put to the test during the…
wear
A. W. Kaufman
A glance through the windows of A. W. Kaufman, on Orchard Street, may lead you to believe it’s a laundromat, with its…
LISTEN
Cave World
Need some new punk-rock music? Look no further than the new Viagra Boys album, Cave World. They keep the sound raw and…
Here’s Stanley!
A new, two-volume compendium offers a behind-the-scenes look at the making of The Shining
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A Star Is Born
The Russian-German painter Alexej von Jawlensky was something of a sponge. Born in 1864 and channeled toward a military career, he was 18 when he experienced an epiphany upon visiting the All-Russian Exhibition of Industry and Art. By 1896 he had abandoned the czar’s army and left St. Petersburg to crisscross Continental Europe, soaking in the avant-garde. In France, he analyzed the Post-Impressionist pictures of Paul Gauguin and Vincent van Gogh, experimented with sizzling color in the studio of Henri Matisse, and exhibited with the Fauves at their maiden Salon d’Automne. In Germany, he befriended Gabriele Münter and Wassily Kandinsky, dabbled in Theosophy, and joined the Expressionist splinter group the Blue Rider. READ ON
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Contributing Artists
Monica Ahanonu Barry Blitt André Carrilho Pip Carter Paul Davis David Downton Andrea Ferolla Josh Gosfield Cathy Graham Eric Hanson Angelica Hicks Hilary Knight Danielle Kosann Michael Lindsay-Hogg Ross MacDonald Joe McKendry James McMullan Donald Robertson Charles Dare Scheips Grant Shaffer Ed Sorel Ralph Steadman
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Jonathan Becker Justin Bishop Alex Board James Emmerman Marcos Fecchino Daniel Paik Art Streiber Sharon Suh Justin Weiner
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