Self Portrait at My Desk

February 13, 2011

“A desk is a dangerous place from which to watch the world.”

ART / FASHION/ CULTURE / MUSIC / FILM

Daily Journal

David Hockney: A Bigger Exhibition @ Louis Vuitton Foundation

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Northern Irish fashion designer @jonathan.anderson steps into his new role at @dior at a moment when the world feels at war with itself. He becomes the first sole creative director of all collections at the storied house since Monsieur Christian Dior. Like Dior, Anderson is no stranger to conflict. He grew up amid the ethno-nationalist violence of Northern Ireland’s Troubles, a childhood marked by bomb checks on the family car, hijacked school buses, and the memory of people shot in their vehicles. Christian Dior, too, was shaped by war. His sister Catherine, a member of the French Resistance, was arrested by the Gestapo and deported to a concentration camp, where she remained until liberation. In 1947, Dior named his debut fragrance Miss Dior in her honor. Now, in a sartorial zeitgeist marked by unrest and upheaval, the question lingers: what will be Jonathan Anderson’s New Look? Text and photo by Oliver Kupper #jonathanderson #dior #lvmh

“The language of gesture is universal.” The legendary filmmaker Dario Argento for Bottega Veneta’s new Craft Is Our Language campaign Bottega Veneta today launches ‘Craft is our Language’, a new campaign marking the 50th anniversary of the house’s iconic leather weave, Intrecciato. The campaign, photographed by Jack Davison @jackdavisonphoto and choreographed by Lenio Kaklea @leniokaklea celebrates Bottega Veneta handcraft and creativity, as well as the wider beauty of hand gestures as a universal language. #bottegaveneta #craftisourlanguage #bottegaweave #darioargento #cinema #filmmaker

Cicciolina topless on the tapis rouge at @festivaldecannes 1988. She spills all in Autre’s SS25 Desire Issue 🔗 in bio @cicciolina_official #cicciolina #ilonastaller #cannes #redcarpet

Paul Jasmin (1935 — 2025) Jasmin was the ultimate chronicler of the Southern California mood and energy. His photographs of “Lost Angeles” and its young inhabitants in a kind of heat wave induced lassitude, spread out on fur rugs and velvet couches, under motel neon and palm trees kissing motel roofs, are indelible and iconic. His camera was a heavy drinker of youth and its inexplicable magnetism. 📸 @wadleywadley #pauljasmin

The last time Paul Reubens appeared as Pee-wee Herman was on the cover of Autre’s LOSING MY RELIGION issue (FW22). Photographs and a rare interview by @nadialeecohen On the occasion of Paul’s posthumous documentary on @streamonmax read the full story now 🔗 in bio photographs by Nadia Lee Cohen (director of photography Andrew Goeser) photo assistance by Gustavo Soriano styling by Chloe & Chenelle tailoring by Oxana Sumenko makeup by Ve Neill (for Paul Reubens) & Lilly Keys @ A-Frame Agency (for Nadia Lee Cohen) hair by Sami Knight @ A-Frame Agency special thanks to Allison Berry, David Owen, Dream Factory Studios, Edge EQ Rentals, and Uncle Paulie’s

Francisco Costa 🔗 in bio — From Calvin Klein to sustainable skincare, the maternal gaze is a guiding principle for Brazil’s prodigal son. Read a personal and in depth interview of @costafrancisco by @summer.bowie about his sustainable skincare brand @costabrazil Photographed by @keithoshiro at Costa’s estate in New York #franciscocosta #costabrazil #brazil #skincare #beauty #beautycare

DESIRE AS RESISTANCE, RESEARCH, & REFUSAL AUTRE #20 / SS25 The Desire Issue. 🔗 in bio #desire

Balenciaga announces the appointment of Pierpaolo Piccioli as the new Creative Director of Balenciaga. Effective July 10th Pierpaolo Piccioli stated: “Balenciaga is what it is today thanks to all the people who have paved the way. In all its phases, while constantly evolving and changing, it has never lost track of the House’s aesthetic values. What I am receiving is a brand full of possibilities that is incredibly fascinating. I must first and foremost thank Demna; I’ve always admired his talent and vision. I couldn’t ask for a better passing of the torch. This gives me the chance to shape a new version of the Maison, adding another chapter with a new story. I am grateful for the trust that François-Henri, Francesca and Gianfranco are giving me. We were effortlessly on the same page from the start, and that is the best way to begin something new.” 📷 Oliver Kupper #balenciaga #pierpaolopiccioli

Wishing Autre’s managing editor @summer.bowie a happy birthday 🥂

Watch your head. Cajsa von Zeipel DASH on view now at @companygallery . Casja is also featured in our DESIRE Issue 🔗 in bio #casjavonzeipel #sculpture

Last night NYC, @miumiu ᴛᴀʟᴇꜱ & ᴛᴇʟʟᴇʀꜱ Tales & Tellers is a Miu Miu project blending fashion, film, and art, featuring female creatives from the Miu Miu Women’s Tales series and artistic interventions from runway shows between Spring/Summer 2022 and 2025. Conceived by Miuccia Prada and created by artist Goshka Macuga with curator Elvira Dyangani Ose, it’s a site-specific installation and performance exploring evolving ideas of femininity. Debuting in Paris in 2024, the project returns in a new form to New York’s Terminal Warehouse on May 10–11, 2025. It includes performances reimagining characters from all 29 Women’s Tales films and seven runway interventions, created with director Fabio Cherstich. Set in a surreal urban landscape, the New York iteration reflects on public space and storytelling through installation, video, and live performance. #mıumıu #miucciaprada #talesandtellers

@willychavarrianewyork SS25 collab with @adidas last night in LA #willychavvaria #adidas

BJÖRK FOR AUTRE DESIRE Unearthed photographs on the eve of going solo by @paulo_sutch - early 90s. Across 60 pages (link in bio), we take a deep, exploratory dive into the life and work of the Icelandic pop phenomenon @bjork with contributions from @juergentellerstudio @matthewrolstonstudio Spike Jonze @homma_______t and more Preorder the issue now by clicking the 🔗 in bio. All preorders come with a FULL digital preview delivered to your inbox immediately after checkout while you wait for the print edition to arrive. #bjork #cornucopia

LA CICCIOLINA FOR AUTRE DESIRE Read a rare interview with Ilona Staller, better known as Cicciolina, in our SS25 Desire Issue (link in bio). The Italo-Hungarian icon made waves as an adult film star, singer, muse, secret agent, and provocateur before taking an unexpected turn into politics, becoming one of the first adult entertainers to be elected to public office. With her signature blend of bold sexuality and radical idealism, she shocked the Italian parliament in the late ‘80s, advocating for sexual liberation, environmentalism, and peace. The re-release of her cult classic visual autobiography, Memorie, explores the radical life of La Cicciolina. Preorder the issue now by clicking the 🔗 in bio. All preorders come with a FULL digital preview delivered to your inbox immediately after checkout while you wait for the print edition to arrive. #cicciolina #ilonastaller

JIM JARMUSCH FOR AUTRE DESIRE Autre is thrilled to present its SS25 DESIRE Issue (preorder in bio), a lush, incandescent descent into the undercurrents of longing, transformation, and creative rebellion. Featuring a special digital cover with filmmaker @jim.jarmusch in conversation with novelist @constancdebre , photographed by @patmartin__ Jim Jarmusch is a seminal figure in contemporary cinema, a filmmaker whose body of work has both defined and subverted the contours of American independent film. While he is most known for his cinematic output, Jarmusch is also a poet, musician, and an artist. Over several decades he has amassed a body of over 500 collages ripped by hand from the pages of newspapers, a selection of which are on view for the first time in Los Angeles at James Fuentes gallery. Jarmusch joins his friend Constance Debré—a former criminal lawyer, now an incendiary novelist known for her stark explorations of identity, sexuality, and rupture—to discuss desire as a counter proposition and creative motor. Preorder the issue now by clicking the 🔗 in bio. All preorders come with a FULL digital preview delivered to your inbox immediately after checkout while you wait for the print edition to arrive. #jimjarmusch #cinema #collage