Björn Andrésen: The tragic story of the most beautiful boy in
WEBMay 13, 2021 — A troubled personal life and the tragic loss of a child initiated a painful journey of introspection that Andrésen is still coming to terms with. This documentary shows a glimpse of that journey, delivering a poignant lesson on the toxic relationship between beauty and exploitation. The Most Beautiful Boy in the World is released in UK/Irish ...
Louise Bourgeois: absent mothers, childhood trauma and Freudian ...
WEBMay 20, 2020 — Louise Bourgeois grew up in early 20th century Paris, working in her parents’ tapestry restoration business where she reanimated old heirlooms and the classical scenes they depicted. During her teens, Bourgeois’ father began an affair with the family’s resident English governess, Sadie Gordon Richmond. Combined with her mother’s ...
Jean ‘Moebius’ Giraud: the French cartoonist whose seminal ... - Hero
WEBJul 1, 2020 — Jean Giraud, better known by his pen name Moebius, remains one of the most influential cartoonists of all time whose signature blend of psychedelic fantasy and surrealism formed the aesthetic blueprint of modern sci-fi. Working in the Franco-Belgian style of bandes dessinées, popularised by The Adventures of Tintin and Asterix, Giraud’s seminal contributions ushered in a new age for comics ...
Nike’s new footwear is created through pioneering AI and VR …
WEBSep 28, 2022 — The US brand’s latest endeavour, the Air Max Scorpion, is no exception, demonstrating a major evolution in Nike Air technology. Created with the help of new 3D VR and AI product creation and athlete insight, the design is a pioneer in its field. It’s among the first Nike footwear to be created entirely during the pandemic, which saw all ...
Ren Hang: the Chinese photographer with nothing to hide – HERO
WEBJul 8, 2020 — Ren Hang was a Chinese photographer and poet who even after his death in 2017 remains a leading light in China’s emerging photography scene. Hang’s performative and sexually explicit images make him both an icon among LGBTQ+ communities and a target for China’s strict censorship laws. Hailed by …
Keith Haring: street artist and AIDS activist who changed the
WEBAug 12, 2020 — Wednesday Art Idol Keith Haring: street artist and AIDS activist who changed the world with a piece of chalk
Joan Miró: the Spanish surrealist who inspired Dalí and Magritte
WEBSep 8, 2021 — A driving force during the formative years of Surrealism and an early forebear to the likes of Salvador Dalí and René Magritte, Spanish artist Joan Miró was a prolific innovator across painting, sculpture and ceramics. Though he was born in Barcelona and retained a life-long connection to Catalonia, Miró’s artistic legacy is rooted in ...
HERO 31 Cover Interview: Julian Casablancas and Alex Carapetis
WEBMar 30, 2024 — Here is sonic trailblazer Julian Casablancas, joined by the band’s drummer Alex Carapetis, on a journey through past, present and future, sound, vision and beyond. all clothing CELINE HOMME; sunglasses, jewellery and glove worn throughout, JULIAN’S own. Alex James Taylor: The Voidz have hit ten years and within that time you’ve crafted a ...
Cornelia Parker: material memories, exploded objects and ... - Hero
WEBJun 10, 2020 — Parker excels at creating wonder and surprise. In 1995 she collaborated with Tilda Swinton on The Maybe, an installation shown at the Serpentine in which the actress lay asleep inside a glass vitrine for 8 hours a day over the course of one week. Surrounding Swinton were more vitrines containing possessions of famous people: Dickens’ quill ...
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 ...