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 …
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 ...
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.
Rachel Whiteread: casting memories and animating voids - Hero
WEBJun 24, 2020 · The wardrobe refers to the space Whiteread hid in as a child (Closet) and the bed to her father’s death (Shallow Breath), powerful evocations encasing early memories. In 1990, Whiteread created her then largest ever work, Ghost, a plaster cast of the interior void of a Victorian parlor, a project she described as, “mummifying the air in a ...
The story behind David Hockney’s record-breaking painting ... - Hero
WEBNov 16, 2018 · Flying over Los Angeles in 1964, a trip that would initiate a life-long emotional and artistic relationship with the city, David Hockney was immediately struck by the endless specks of blue that dotted the land below. Unbeknownst to him and his Bradford upbringing, private swimming pools were commonplace in LA, a standard social space that Hockney would adopt as a recurring motif for many of ...
At home with Alex Sampson – inside HERO 23
WEBMar 12, 2020 · Photography Fabien Kruszelnicki, This article is part of HERO Vault – Gems from back in time. In HERO 23 we travel to Alex Sampson’s house in the middle of Southwestern Ontario, documenting the rising singer-songwriter and social media phenomenon across a special sixteen-page feature. Read the full interview with Alex in HERO 23, on sale now.
At home with Joe Dallesandro: an incredibly rare and candid
WEBAug 6, 2018 · On what would’ve been Andy Warhol’s 90th birthday, we revisit our HERO 16 feature with Warhol’s superstar muse Joe Dallesandro, interviewed by his ‘adopted son’ and musician Thiago Pethit and photographed by friend and legendary photographer Brad Elterman at Dallesandro’s apartment building in Hollywood. “Hey Joe, take a walk on the wild side,” sang Lou Reed in reference to Joe ...
The Fighting Temeraire: the true story behind William Turner’s …
WEBOct 27, 2020 · Completed by Turner in 1838, The Fighting Temeraire was first displayed at the Royal Academy where it was considered, “As grand a picture as ever figured on the walls of any academy, or came from the easel of any painter.”. The image shows a specific historical incident; described in the title of the painting as, ‘The Fighting Temeraire ...
Unfiltered youth energy frames Sentimental, the debut zine from …
WEBMar 29, 2017 · Sixteen-year-old photographer Jessica Madavo first picked up a camera as way to document her friends; a subconscious activity with no real agenda, simply because she enjoyed the process of photographing the people she loves and instilling the memories of the time they spent together. It was only when she moved to England from South Africa to attend boarding school that she discovered she could ...