Björn Andrésen: The tragic story of the most beautiful boy in
WEBMay 13, 2021 — Above image: Still, Death in Venice by Luchino Visconti, 1971. Despite’s its lukewarm reception at the time of release, Death in Venice turned 15 year-old Swedish actor Björn Andrésen into an international icon of forbidden lust. Cast by Italian director Luchino Visconti as the film’s embodiment of beauty and temptation, the image took Andrésen hostage from then on, creating a cult ...
HERO MAGAZINE: CULTURE NOW
WEBOur exclusive HERO 30 Troye Sivan film shot by Ryan McGinley. Out Now. HEROINE 19: Stranger Is The Night – Mia Khalifa and Hanne Gaby Odiele on two covers. SUMMER ARRIVÉ. Dylan Sprouse is the HERO Summer Zine 7 cover star. OUT NOW. HERO 29: Wave Rider – out now with three covers: Justice …
These artists are challenging traditional artistic conventions
WEBSep 28, 2017 — Robyn: How are these works significant to contemporary cultures right now? Phillipa: I’d say there is an overall concern and responsibility for over indulgence in contemporary society, a saturation, whether it be media or consumer.
Louise Bourgeois: absent mothers, childhood trauma and Freudian ...
WEBMay 20, 2020 — Louise Bourgeois made art as a means of survival and confronting fear. One of the most unique and influential artists of the 20th century, her widely referenced work includes painting, printmaking and most famously sculpture. Regarded as a reluctant hero of feminist art, her pioneering work derived from lived experience as a …
Peter Doig: painting from memory – HERO
WEBApr 14, 2021 — Concrete Cabins (1992-96) In the early 90s, while the art world’s focus seemed entirely consumed by Britain’s new YBA generation, Peter Doig seemed increasingly at odds with the neo-conceptualism of the day. Next to a tiger shark, submerged in formaldehyde, painting seemed old hat. Undeterred, Doig continued to quietly hone his craft ...
Loewe’s new Eye/Loewe/Nature collection is a triumph in ... - Hero
WEBSep 2, 2021 — The latest collection of Loewe‘s Eye/Loewe/Nature line has arrived, channelling its usual affinity for the natural elements and great outdoors. For FW21, the line that was originally launched by creative director Jonathan Anderson in 2019 is conceived as the uniform of intrepid explorers, on the move and in touch with nature. The new collection lookbook is modelled by two of Europe’s ...
Barbara Kruger: the legendary US artist who always speaks her mind
WEBJan 27, 2021 — Few artists pack a punch like Barbara Kruger. Since the 70s, the US artist had made provocative, text-based art her signature, honing a graphic style that is as widely recognised as it is imitated. At the heart of Kruger’s enduring appeal is her gift for dissent. Combining found images, colour and text into explosive collages, Kruger borrows ...
Gabriel Basso: In the new issue, the Kings of Summer star tells
WEBMar 4, 2015 — Above image: Gabriel Basso shot by Lauren Stocker for HERO 12: Darkness Falls. Gabriel wears shirt by McQ BY ALEXANDER McQUEEN SS15. Gabriel Basso may have shot to widespread awareness with his lead role in hit coming of age film The Kings of Summer, but there’s more to this young actor than reading lines.
Richard Young tells the story behind his candid photographs of
WEBSep 12, 2016 — Top Image: Queen In Concert, Magic Tour, Wembley Stadium (1986) by Richard Young. Freddie Mercury traipses around his garden in a red cotton tracksuit, smoking a cigarette. A large, sequinned, marabou-feather butterfly is perched atop his head. It’s his 40th birthday party in 1986, and he celebrates at his Kensington home, Garden Lodge, with ...
Outer Banks star Rudy Pankow charts the trajectory of his ... - Hero
WEBApr 21, 2023 — Outer Banks star Rudy Pankow charts the trajectory of his “comfort character” JJ Maybank. Stylist Sharon Chitrit. Netflix’s Outer Banks was at the epicentre of pandemic TV. First airing in 2020 at a time when the world stood still, viewers lived vicariously through a tight- knit group of local teens (the ‘Pogues’) on the hunt for ...