Irving Penn's Cigarettes

Hamilton's Gallery in London presents, for the first and possibly only time ever, Irving Penn's Cigarettes series in its entirety. Marking a quarter century as the UK representatives of Penn's studio Hamilton's has the unique privilege of presenting the full 26 images of the series along with a fully illustrated hardbound catalogue. Penn's cigarette still lifes were literally found on the street and brought into his studio to photograph, turning "pure detritus into a symbolic representation of contemporary culture." And by printing the photographs with his beautiful platinum palladium process he elevates the images to rare objects. Irving Penn's Cigarette series will be on view until August 17, 2012 at Hamilton's Gallery, 13 Carlos Place, London

Robert Longo: Charcoal

Robert Longo’s mastery of charcoal drawing has made him one of America’s most admired artists. With every new work he reinvests the tradition of history painting with fresh relevance and impact, rendering majestic, era-defining images in a sensuous and sculptural photorealism. A new volume, entitled Robert Longo: Charcoal, surveys Longo’s drawings of the past two decades, from Magellan and the Freud cycle to Monsters (2000), Sickness of Reason (2003), Ophelia (2002), Beginning of the World (2007) and others. Robert Longo was born in Brooklyn in 1953. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Longo collaborated with musicians loosely associated with New York’s No Wave movement, such as Glenn Branca, Rhys Chatham and Jonathan Kane, and formed the band Robert Longo’s Menthol Wars. In the 1980s, as his Men in the City drawing series was winning him critical acclaim, Longo also directed several music videos, including New Order’s “Bizarre Love Triangle” and R.E.M.’s “The One I Love.” In 1995, he directed the cyberpunk film Johnny Mnemonic, starring Keanu Reeves, Dolph Lundgren and “Beat” Takeshi. Robert Longo: Charcoal will officially be available on June 30 and is available for preorder now.

Cocorosie's Bianca Casady Presents Daisy Chain

Currently on view at Cheim & Read gallery New York, an exhibition of recent works by multi-media artist and one half of the band Cocorosie Bianca Casady. The show, entitled Daisy Chain, will present installation works, drawings, collages, photographs, audio and projected video works. Casady’s recent group of works address ideas of gender and race, especially as they are played out in prison. Themes of wounds/scars/reconstruction, monsters, power and subordination are explored. The feminization of the male as a means of domination is depicted in a Genet-like fantasy. Daisy Chain is the first major New York exhibition since her 2007 Lil Girl Slim “Cosmic Willingness” Pipe Dreamz A Revelation exhibition at Deitch Projects. Daisy Chain will be on view until September 8, 2012 at Cheim & Read, 547 West 25th Street New York, NY

Meow

Valerie Phillips new self published zine Meow is now available from Create publishing. This is the first publication Valerie has released since Amber is for Caution back in 2010. Meow features model and photographer Arvida Bystrom.  About the publication, photographer Valerie Phillips said, "...My friend Milene showed me a self-portrait by a girl called Arvida. She’d titled it Lick Fuck Luck. I loved it so much, I flew her from Sweden to spend the weekend with me in a big empty house in East London, so I could take pictures of her. We painted on walls, drank coffee and talked about all the random things we like. Arvida makes art mostly using her camera. She is 20 years old. She washes her hair, max, once a week. She has a hopelessly unrequited love of cats. She is allergic to them, so instead of the real thing, she surrounds herself with plastic ones. And stickers.  Her favourite colours are pink and rainbow. She likes trance, techno and house. And she dresses in her own peculiar style, what I’d call girly intellectual hip hop." You can find Meow by Valerie Phillips here. 

Anders Petersen's City Diary

Now available, the first three volumes of Swedish photographer Anders Petersen's City Diary [Steidl]. Since the 1960s Anders Petersen has been documenting life beyond the margins of polite society, a world including prostitutes, transvestites, alcoholics, night-time lovers and adult conflict. Petersen photographs his subjects with a candid somewhat detached eye, and is able to disclose unpleasant realities such as drug abuse with a sense of bewilderment and currency. City Diary is an ambitious series of books ahowing Petersen's ongoing photographic engagement with life in the shadows in cities including Stockholm, Tokyo and St Petersburg. Anders Petersen's books are some of the most collectable produced by any living photographer. City Diary is the beginning of an open-ended book series which will be added to periodically and will available when ready. Together they will comprise one of the most exciting book works ever made. You purchase the first three volumes of City Diary here. 

Lance Loud: A Death in An American Family

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In 1973, An American Family was the most controversial and talked-about television program of its era. Anticipating the current deluge of ‘reality TV’ programming by three decades. The program chronicles seven months in the lives of the Loud family of Santa Barbara, California. The Louds were selected as an emblematic nuclear family pulled apart by the cultural shifts that marked America’s transition into the 1970s. Filmmakers Alan and Susan Raymond captured 300 hours of film that were edited to 12 one-hour episodes aired weekly on PBS. The series quickly became a national media event viewed by an audience of 10 million people. The ensuing depictions of divorce, West Coast affluence, and open homosexuality provoked a fervent public debate about the nation’s value system, its attitudes towards family and sexuality. An American Family was among the first television series to transform ‘ordinary people’ into media celebrities. During the series’s second episode, Lance Loud, who had left Santa Barbara to pursue a more bohemian life in Manhattan’s Chelsea Hotel, became arguably the first openly gay man on American television. On 22 December 2001, aged 50, Loud died of liver failure caused by hepatitis C and HIV co-infection. Having lived his youth onscreen in living rooms across America, several months before his death Loud asked Alan and Susan Raymond to film one final episode in the Loud story up until his death. The resulting documentary, Lance Loud! A Death in An American Family, commemorates the 30th anniversary of the original broadcast and explores Loud’s legacy. On July 4, presented by The Hepatitis C Trust and Tate Modern, celebrates the life of television and underground icon Lance Loud to raise awareness about HIVand hepatitis C co-infection. The screening of An American Family, episode 2 (1973, 60 min) and Lance Loud! A Death in An American Family (2003, 60 min) will be followed by a discussion with filmmakers Alan and Susan Raymond. Tate Modern, Starr Auditorium, Wednesday July 4, Bankside, London, SE1 9JE

Band of Outsiders 60 Hour Fashion Show On View Now

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Currently on view and live broadcasting (see live-feed after the jump) as part of Men's Spring 2013 FashionWeek in Paris, Band of Outsiders is presenting what they're calling the "longest fashion show ever" at a whopping 60 hours. There will be only one model in the show held a small compartment made out of cardboard boxes and wood planks in an anonymous gallery in Paris. The model will leave every 90 minutes to be photographed and change looks. Guests are invited to the show provided they make an appointment or can find the show on their own. The show started yesterday June 27 at 9 A.M Paris time and will end at 9:30 P.M. Paris time on July 29. Head to the Band Of Outsiders Longest Show Ever tumblrto see more or NOWFASHIONto see all the looks. 

Fendi Baguette

This is the first book to focus on the Fendi Baguette. Launched in 1997, the so-called Fendi Baguette instantly became one of the most popular and most important accessories of the decade, earning Fendi the Fashion Group International award for accessories in 2000 and creating an enduring style icon that women the world over coveted and collected with passion. This illustrated book celebrates the Baguette—a story of craftsmanship, artisanship, connoisseurship, and design. A deceptively small, simple handbag to be carried under the arm like the French loaf from which it takes its name, the Fendi Baguette has been produced in more than 700 models. Some are simple and understated, while others feature unique or deluxe materials, such as embroidery, sequins, beading, leather, fur, or crocodile skin. Some are embellished with precious stones, while others are wild, limited-edition works of art designed by artists such as Damien Hirst, Richard Prince, and Jeff Koons. Fendi Baguette with a hardcover by Rizzoli can be purchased here

Haleek Maul Releases Debut EP Oxyconteen

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Haleek Maul, who is from the island of Barbados, but was born in Brooklyn, just turned 16. His debut album, entitled Oxyconteen, out now for free on Merok Records, has a slew of references to drugs, sex, suicide, and murder. Haleek is managed by Milo Cordell, owner of Merok Records, who has put out albums by the likes of Active Child,  Rainbow Arabia and Salem –  Cordell is also a member of the band The Big Pink. Haleek is already getting a lot of love from listeners and non-listeners of rap, because the album seems to be an amalgamation of a lot of different genres.  Oxyconteen, rife with the aforemention subjects, has the perfect amount of teenage angst, but there is something about Haleek that is more dimensional and creative that makes his debut album deserve a closer listen. Download the full album here. 

Haleek Maul – Fraulein (Prod. King Britt)

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Ryan McGinley: Whistle for the Wind

In 2000, Ryan McGinley, then a student, staged his first exhibition of photographs in an abandoned SoHo gallery. To coincide with the show, the artist created several handmade books featuring a sampling of his work entitled The Kids Are Alright. A copy eventually found its way into the hands of Sylvia Wolf, then a curator of photography at the Whitney Museum of American Art. In 2003, Wolf mounted an exhibition of his work at the venerable institution, the youngest artist to ever have a solo show at the museum. What Wolf recognized—and what other critics, curators, and collectors would quickly discover—was an artist who understood and chronicled his own generation (habituées of New York City’s downtown) as no artist had before him. McGinley had managed to capture the hedonistic adventures of youth culture—kids hanging out and enjoying life—but without the dark underbelly of earlier artists who mined similar themes. Ryan McGinley 's first major monograph of his photography, entitled Whistle for the Wind [Rizzoli], which is hardcover and includes a consideration by Gus Van Sant, will be officially released tomorrow June 26, but is available to preorder now.

Le Chat Cambrioleur (The Cat Burglar)

To introduce their newest collection, entitled  The Auteur Collection, Warby Parker releases a video entitled Le Chat Cambrioleur or The Cat Burgurlar, which "channels the ebullience and aesthetic of French New Wave Cinema." Warby Parker says the new collection "draws inspiration from the rakes and femmes fatales of our favorite 1960s films– as well as from Jean-Luc Godard himself – to pay tribute to one of the great eras in film history." Shop the full collection here.