Prada’s 24 Hour Museum Opens Tonight

Edited by Amanda Gabriele

And you better hurry because Prada‘s latest venture means exactly what it says. Designed by Francesco Vezzoli with AMO, the museum opens tonight in Paris at the Palais d’Inéna and will close tomorrow at 8:30 p.m. AMO’s instillation for “24h Museum” is separated into three sections, each inspired by a different type of museum space. Including historic, contemporary and forgotten, Vezzoli is using the divisions to create a “non-exisistent” museum where he attributes allure of contemporary divas to that of classical sculptures. “They are my icons turned into sculptures and placed on marble pedestals,” Vezzoli said.

Baroque Bitches So Crusty, Disgust Me: Nicki Minaj as a Work of Art in W

Edited by Lester Brathwaite

W is delivering a double whammy with its covers for the sixth annual “Art Issue.” First Sui He gets arrested by Ai Weiwei and now Nicki Minaj gets painted Rococo style by fashion portraitist Francesco Vezzoli with some gorgeous styling by Edward Enninful. 

Cocktails, Couture and Christianity: A Weekend in the City

Edited by Lester Brathwaite

On Saturday, armed with our umbrellas and a sense of purpose, my best gal pals (read: gays) and I swam through the damp and a sea of mimosas to two of Manhattan’s best, fashioncentric exhibits: the Queen Sofía Spanish Institute‘s Balenciaga: Spanish Master and the opening of the Gagosian Gallery‘s Francesco Vezzoli: Sacrilegio.

TOP TEN: Jason Last’s Film and Video Inspirations

Edited by Jason Last

1. The Cremaster Cycle– Matthew Barney

Bjork – Pagan Poetry from Medusa on Vimeo.

2. Pagan Poetry, Bjork – Directed by Nick Knight

3. The Last of England – Derek Jarman

4. Meshes of the Afternoon – Maya Deren

5. Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome – Kenneth Anger – Starring Anais Nin

Chris Cunningham for Gucci from Stas on Vimeo.

6. Anything by Chris Cunningham (Flora, Flex, Frozen, etc)

7. Greed – Francesco Vezzoli

8. Inez & Vinoodh’s films for YSL Manifesto

9. Andy Warhol – Empire

10. Pedro Almodovar – Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios

11. Lars Von Trier – The Five Obstructions, Dancer in The Dark, etc.

That’s eleven….oops!