Björn Andrésen: The tragic story of the most beautiful boy in
May 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 ...
Jean ‘Moebius’ Giraud: the French cartoonist whose seminal ... - Hero
Jul 1, 2020 · In 1963, with a style that still closely resembled that of his mentor, Giraud created Fort Navajo with Belgian scriptwriter Jean-Michel Charlier. The immediate success of lead character Blueberry – a hard-nosed, cigarillo-chewing cowboy – led Giraud to create an entirely new comic, with Blueberry as its central titular character.
HERO 31 Cover Interview: Julian Casablancas and Alex Carapetis
Mar 30, 2024 · AJT: During the pandemic, I watched all your S.O.S. Earth is a Mess videos where you hosted conversations with great thinkers like Noam Chomsky and Richard D. Wolff, a topic that came up frequently was the advancement of technology. I wondered what your opinions are on this as we stand today, especially in terms of the rapid growth of AI and computer-generated materials. 2023 felt like a ...
Chinese photographer Luo Yang is empowering Asian women with …
Mar 19, 2021 · Above image: Meng Luyue, 2016. Luo Yang’s GIRLS began in 2008. Inspired by her personal explorations of individuality, the Chinese photographer’s series remains ongoing, continuing to probe the nuances of female experience.
HERO 30 cover story: TikTok megastar Noah Beck is evolving past …
Sep 21, 2023 · Noah Beck’s rise has been monumental. What began in 2020 with a nine-second TikTok of him lip-syncing X-rated DaBaby lyrics from Megan Thee Stallion’s Cash Shit in his bedroom has seen him transform from a college student with pro soccer dreams (Beck was a NCAA Division-1 soccer player at the University of Portland) to one of the most popular social media presences in the world.
Paco Rabanne is now rabanne – HERO
Jun 28, 2023 · Name change: Paco Rabanne has dropped the ‘Paco’, becoming rabanne. The announcement marks a new era for the French fashion house, which soon celebrates its 60th anniversary.
Louise Bourgeois: absent mothers, childhood trauma and Freudian ...
May 20, 2020 · It wasn’t until 1954, when Bourgeois joined the American Abstract Artists Group that her career really transformed. Befriending the likes of Mark Rothko and Jackson Pollock, Bourgeois broke new ground as an artist, pushing the scale and material of her sculptures and becoming a leading figure in feminist art.
Joan Miró: the Spanish surrealist who inspired Dalí and Magritte
Sep 8, 2021 · Among Miró’s most famous works are a series of 23 paintings he produced on paper from January 1940 to September 1941 that he referred to as Constellations.Having hastily left Paris for the Spanish island of Mallorca to escape the German advance, the near-two year period in which the series was created came at a time of great fear and uncertainty.
Sofia Boutella on being the intergalactic star of Zack Snyder ... - Hero
Dec 15, 2023 · Zack Snyder is no stranger to building a mythological world of sci-fi extravagance and his latest offering Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of Fire is a testament to years of honing his craft.Responsible for some of the most iconic DC movies of recent years, including Wonder Woman, Batman vs Superman and Aquaman, Rebel Moon is a departure from the franchise and a step into uncharted territory.
Jenny Saville: the British painter challenging body norms with
Oct 6, 2021 · In the mid-90s two emerging stars of the UK’s revitalised fashion and art scenes convened for an iconic series of photographs. At the time, photographer Glen Luchford was the self-taught prodigy who’d left school at fifteen and become the youngest-ever photographer for The Face just five years later. Saville meanwhile, had emerged from Saatchi’s 1994 exhibition as the embodiment of a ...