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Glass meets seminal Iraqi artist Hayv Kahraman

May 5, 2017

Ladies in Waiting – Glass meets seminal Iraqi artist Hayv Kahraman THE female figure is an arresting and pronounced feature in the paintings of Hayv Kahraman. Often positioned in pairs or groups, young women...

Glass meets the renowned sculptor Martin Boyce

Glass Archive

January 27, 2017

Art, Feature

Alternative Worlds – The renowned sculptor Martin Boyce discusses reinterpreting reality and finding beauty in the abject WHEN Martin Boyce won the career-changing Turner Prize in 2011, it was with a seamles...

Photographer Richard Mosse on blurring the lines between art and reportage

Glass Archive

December 2, 2016

Art, Feature, Photography

Seeing Red – Richard Mosse on blurring the lines between art and reportage RICHARD Mosse came to international attention five years ago, barely 30 years old, with his series of large-scale photographs entitl...

Glass exclusive – we speak to the illuminating artist Cai Guo-Qiang

Glass Archive

October 14, 2016

Archive, Art, Feature

Explosions in the Sky – How illuminating artist Cai Guo-Qiang is bridging the gap between China and the Middle East CAI Guo-Qiang’s art has always been successful at drawing attention. His largest audience t...

Glass travels to the Big Easy and stays at AC Marriott Bourbon Hotel, New Orleans

Glass Archive

August 31, 2016

America, Feature, Travel

THERE are many ways to get to the Big Easy. I chose to do it the classic way – on four wheels. So on a bright January afternoon, still technically winter, but warm enough not to notice, I jumped into ...

Glass celebrates … Van Cleef & Arpels

Glass Archive

August 18, 2016

Fashion, Feature, Jewellery and Watches

THE story of Van Cleef & Arpels is every bit as romantic as the jewels that the maison creates. It began with the marriage of Estelle Arpels, the daughter of a precious stone dealer, to Alfred Van Cleef, th...

A Moment in Time, Photography by Vincent Cui

From the archive – Glass explores the ancient Beijing hutongs with Shu Yi, renowned writer and activist

Glass Archive

August 11, 2016

Archive, Feature

A moment in time – Shu Yi, renowned writer and activist, takes Glass on a trip through the ancient Beijing hutongs and argues his case for their survival TOURISTS take rickshaw rides through the narrow stree...

Front Cover. Ruan in her last film, Civil Wind

From the Archive – Glass looks the legendary talent and legacy of screen star Ruan Lingyu

Glass Archive

August 5, 2016

Archive, Culture, Feature

Imitation of Life – Silent film actress Ruan Lingyu became a screen icon far ahead of her time. Glass examines the legendary talent and legacy of one of China’s greatest movie stars RUAN Lingyu had yet...

From the Glass Archive – Surrealist photographer and installation artist Sandy Skoglund talks to Glass

Glass Archive

July 29, 2016

Archive, Art, Feature

Flights of fancy – Surrealist photographer and installation artist Sandy Skoglund talks to Glass about green cats, the beauty of plastic and the pursuit of learning IN her seminal collection of essays, On Ph...

Front Page, Mao Zadong- AO. Oil on canvas, 1989. Courtesy of Wang Guangyi Studio

From the Archive – Glass interviews Wang Guangyi of the Political Pop movement

Glass Archive

July 15, 2016

Art, Feature

Artist of Wizardry – Wang Guangyi, China’s leading protagonist of the Political Pop movement, speaks candidly about his life, his art – and his criticisms, not of Chinese communism, but of the Western love of c...

From the Archive – Glass celebrates … Lanvin

Glass Archive

May 13, 2016

Archive, Fashion, Feature

LEGENDARY fashion house Lanvin bloomed from one mother’s love for her daughter. Since then, the rise and rise of Lanvin has encompassed some of the most celebrated collections and fragrances of the last century...

Actress Zhang Zi in Elie Saab Haute Couture, Photograph courtesy of Elie Saab

Glass investigates the rise of haute couture in China

Glass Archive

April 22, 2016

Archive, Fashion, Feature

Couture in China – Glass investigates the rise of couture in China and asks whether Asia could provide a lifeline for fashion’s highest art form HAUTE couture, French for “high sewing” has long been synonymous...

From the Glass Archive – we look at the work of the Red Cross

Glass Archive

March 23, 2016

Archive, Culture, Feature, Human Rights

Ray of hope – Humanitarian crises, fundraising during a recession and overcoming corruption? All in a day’s work for the Red Cross THE Red Cross is one of the most recognised humanitarian organisations...

Transforming lives through love

Glass Archive

October 9, 2015

Archive, Photography

Inspirational photojournalist Stephen Shames talks to Glass about his astonishing career, the power of photography and making lemonade when you’re given lemons More than a decade ago, photographer Stephen Sh...

Feeding the world

Glass Archive

August 7, 2015

Archive, Feature

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...

Greats of choreography – passion of dance

Glass Archive

July 31, 2015

Avant Art, Culture, Feature, Glass Celebrates

Dance is as indefinable as it is intangible. It is an intrinsic, visceral experience with no other purpose than to explore the limits of human capability and freedom of spirit, an innate and inexorabl...

Larry Poons’ radical surface

Glass Archive

July 24, 2015

Archive, Avant Art, Feature

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...

A dream-maker and a revolutionary – Claude Montana

Glass Archive

July 17, 2015

Feature

Born in Paris in 1947, Claude Montana is the master designer who defined the power-dressing movement of the 1980s and transformed Lanvin’s haute couture in the ’90s. Dubbed “King of the Shoulder Pad” for hi...

Dreamscapes of the everyday

Glass Archive

July 3, 2015

Archive, Art, Avant Art, Culture, Feature, Glass Celebrates

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...

Crafting a legacy

Glass Archive

June 19, 2015

Archive, Feature

“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

Glass Archive

June 12, 2015

Archive, Art, Asia, Avant Art, China, Culture, Feature, Glass Celebrates, Glass Talents, Photography, Travel

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...

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