Darkness and light
China’s preeminent playwright, Cao Yu, was a catalyst for introducing spoken theatre to his country and a revolutionary of dreams. Glass discovers more about theatre’s little known star
“The Sun Rises an...
The great Wall
Jeff Wall exhibitions can feel rather mo
re like going to the cinema than to a gallery. Wall’s large scale photographic tableaux, famously displayed on huge light boxes, have their own veritable theatre, a bac...
The outsider
On a scorching August morning in Biarritz, France’s surfer paradise South West coast, the promenade is thronging with holidaymakers as they idle their way to the beach. The Glass shoot team, consisting of a ph...
Changing Cerruti
No one can be the new (or next) Nino Cerruti. Nor should anyone try to be. The dashing founder of Cerruti is irreplaceable, inimitable. He is the consummate sartorialist, embodying la grande bellezza – the gr...
The evolution of belief
As we burgeon headlong into the 21st century, there seems to be a growing zeitgeist afoot: the slow but steady death of religious belief. Previously taboo, the once-hushed voice of atheism has recently begu...
Feeding the world
Every year people the world over are left to face the aftermath of disasters – natural and manmade. In times of such crisis the World Food Programme (WFP) not only provides food aid in an attempt to save li...
Unadulterated luxury – Glass visits Excelsior Hotel Gallia in Milan following its extensive restoration
THE outstandingly stylish Excelsior Hotel Gallia in Milan recently re-opened after the completion of an extensive restoration over the last four years. The award-winning Milan-based studio, Marco Piva, has re-...
Larry Poons’ radical surface
Even the floor of Larry Poons’ Manhattan loft studio is thick with art. Thirty years of flinging paint onto canvases has congealed to leave a brightly textured husk that covers every surface. “The whole roo...
De Beers’ iconic Talisman collection returns
Paris Haute Couture Week saw De Beers celebrate the 10th Anniversary of its iconic Talisman collection with a nostalgic new line. The original pieces set a new standard for high jewellery design in 2005, when t...
The beauty of ambiguity – Yang Fudong
There is nothing black and white about Yang Fudong’s film and video art. It is intricate and philosophical, playful and compelling, striking and underpinned by a beautiful ambiguity. His works bear the hall...
La Dolce Vita with Bulgari
Colour. Innovation. Integrity. These are the three words which sum up what Bulgari stands for and which help to explain why, 130 years since its creation, Bulgari is still the most beloved of Italy’s fine j...
Dreamscapes of the everyday
Painting the uncanny, quiet truths of personal experience. Lois Dodd, a forerunner of the 1950s New York art revolution, in conversation
The artist Lois Dodd paints visions of humble beauty that are at o...
A life less ordinary
IT IS with great sadness that we announce today the death of a dear Glass friend and collaborator and a true visionary and creative. Jules Wright, curator, commissioner, art director, supporter of creatives...
Crafting a legacy
“Anticipate to innovate” has been Louis Vuitton’s mission since its inception in 1854. Since then they have implemented sustainable initiatives throughout their practices, engaging with issues of environmen...
Yangtze, The Long River
Nadav Kander: Yangtze - The Long River
Yangtze, The Long River
Nadav Kander’s Long River series has become a document of mankind’s desire to progress and has even been hailed by Kofi Annan as a servic...
Scented love – Glass attends a speed-smelling event at Harrods’ Salon De Parfums
Scented love – Glass attends a speed-smelling event at Harrods’ Salon De Parfums
Picture this scenario. You’re at a speed-dating event. Yes, you find the very idea ghastly, but you've been persuaded to atten...
Being human – Glass meets Christopher Anderson, one of the Magnum Photos collective’s rising stars
Being human - Glass meets Christopher Anderson, one of the Magnum Photos collective’s rising stars
Christopher Anderson, one of the Magnum Photos collective’s rising stars, explores the textures of human emo...
Stars on top form at Cannes 68th Annual Film Festival
At Cannes international film festival this year, hosted over 10 days at the end of April in Palais des Festivals et des Congrès, the shiniest stars of the big screen appropriately took centre stage. Glass round...
From the Glass Archive – Requiem for a dream
An interview taken from the Glass Archive. This interview took place in 2011 and was published in Issue Five of Glass Magazine. Peter Sculthorpe died last year on August 8, 2014.
Australian composer Pete...
Glass charts the rise of China’s female authors and speaks to two of the brightest contemporary stars Xujun Eberlein and Xu Xi
Women hold up half the sky – Glass charts the rise of China’s female authors and speaks to two of the brightest contemporary stars Xujun Eberlein and Xu Xi
There is an ancient Chinese proverb that says “women ...
Collective consciousness – China’s foremost female artist Yin Xiuzhen speaks to Glass about collectivism and our disparate modern lives
Collective consciousness – China’s foremost female artist Yin Xiuzhen speaks to Glass about collectivism and our disparate modern lives
The snaking drone of conveyor belts proffering “other people’s” luggage...