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Nov 26, 2019
Netflix’s Singapore Social Is Stupid – But That’s Fine
If it looks like trashy reality TV, that’s because it is precisely that. The content of the Netflix series is mostly asinine, but it does strike up some trains of thought for a Singaporean viewer.
Culture
Jun 18, 2019
A Grand Look At Louis Vuitton’s History Of Collaboration
This month, the French luxury house will host Louis Vuitton X, an exhibition in Rodeo Drive to celebrate 160 years of creative conversations, exchange, and collaboration that have made the brand so artistically rich.
Culture
Jun 14, 2019
Marc Jacobs Is Taking Us On A Catwalk Down Memory Lane
The new monograph from Phaidon, 'Marc Jacobs Illustrated', sees the American designer teaming up with Grace Coddington to look back on an illustrious career in fashion design, spanning the Perry Ellis days, his Louis Vuitton era, and through it all, Jacobs’ own inimitable style.
Culture
Mar 14, 2019
Words Matter, a Spike Lee joint featuring Michael B. Jordan for Coach
Watch this short film by the iconic Academy Award-winning director, starring Michael B. Jordan as a wayfaring biker in a Los Angeles desert.
Culture
Jan 22, 2019
Planes of Paradise: A Conversation With Jamie Tan
On the tail of a debut solo show in Taksu Gallery in Kuala Lumpur, the Singaporean artist talks to ISSUE Magazine about his practice and obsession with colour.
Culture
Aug 13, 2018
4 Phenomenal LGBTQ Films Hit Pink Screen 2018
The Projector screened some of the most powerful LGBTQ films released recently as part of Pink Dot’s fringe activities
Culture
Aug 13, 2018
What Does Hipster Even Mean Anymore?
The word hipster, used to describe a specific youth subculture, is still being dissected and dragged from its grave for no reason other than to psychoanalyse ourselves.
Culture
Aug 6, 2018
Sarah Moon’s Milan Double Bill
The famed photographer is getting a double shout with two simultaneous exhibitions at the Armani/Silos and Fondazione Sozzani galleries centered on her work opening in September, timed for Milan Fashion Week
Culture
Jul 25, 2018
Loewe Takes A Literary Turn
Jonathan Anderson has turned his cultural eye to 6 classics of literature in a collection of specially designed and published books
Culture
Jul 3, 2018
Redefining A Designer
Could Virgil Abloh be the necessary kick we need to reconsider creativity today?
Culture
Jul 3, 2018
Castle On A Fjord
Olafur Eliasson’s first building, Fjordenhus, is a brick marvel combining fluid curvilinearity and unrelenting modernism
Culture
Apr 5, 2018
A History of Dior
Dior collaborates with Assoulin to commemorate its 70th anniversary with books cataloguing all of its artistic directors, from the original Christian Dior to today’s Maria Grazia Chiuri
Culture
Apr 3, 2018
Puerile, Insipid, Poetic Success
Our cultural commentator considers the sanctity of literary publishing in the dawning age of instapoets