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 …
Louise Bourgeois: absent mothers, childhood trauma and Freudian ...
WEBMay 20, 2020 · Louise Bourgeois made art as a means of survival and confronting fear. One of the most unique and influential artists of the 20th century, her widely referenced work includes painting, printmaking and most famously sculpture. Regarded as a reluctant hero of feminist art, her pioneering work derived from lived experience as a …
Hyukoh are the South Korean indie superstars leaving K-pop in
WEBJun 27, 2018 · An appearance on the TV show Infinite Challenge propelled Hyukoh to South Korean mega-stardom and the band stormed the charts, leading to sold out shows and a number one single. Offering something more organic than their K-Pop counterparts, Hyukoh’s sound is a blend of 90s indie rock and contemporary shoegaze with Hyuk’s vocal as …
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 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 ...
Keith Haring: street artist and AIDS activist who changed the
WEBAug 12, 2020 · New York, New York. Upon moving to New York in the late 70s, Haring began experimenting with chalk graffiti on the city’s subways, producing ephemeral works that could be washed away even quicker than they appeared. Working almost exclusively in white chalk, Haring drew on black sheets of paper stuck …
From Raf Simons to Peter Saville: tracing the legacy of Joy ... - Hero
WEBJul 17, 2017 · The melancholy of Peter Saville’s early art direction for Joy Division is poignant, iconic, and instantly recognisable. After the untimely death of lead singer Ian Curtis in 1980 – on the eve of the band’s first American tour and release of their second record Closer – Bernard Summer, Peter Hook and Stephen Morris recruited Gillian ...
Peter Doig: painting from memory – HERO
WEBApr 14, 2021 · Concrete Cabins (1992-96) In the early 90s, while the art world’s focus seemed entirely consumed by Britain’s new YBA generation, Peter Doig seemed increasingly at odds with the neo-conceptualism of the day. Next to a tiger shark, submerged in formaldehyde, painting seemed old hat. Undeterred, Doig continued to quietly hone his craft ...
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 ...