AMSTERDAM / CULTURE
Inside Museum Van Loon: How Amsterdam’s Wealthiest Families Lived
A 17th-century mansion, a remarkable wedding gift and a family with ties to Dutch royalty. Inside one of Amsterdam’s most fascinating historic homes.
by Maria Pri
THE GLOW LIST / 04
POLINA KADILNIKOVA
Meet Polina Kadilnikova, the Central Saint Martins graduate turning childhood memories, unexpected materials and personal history into fashion.
by Glow After
ART / STOCKHOLM
The Stories We Inherit: Inside Lebohang Kganye’s World at Fotografiska
At Fotografiska Stockholm, South African artist Lebohang Kganye brings family memories, folklore and photography to life in a house where nothing is quite as it seems.
Glow After Editorial
THE PSYCHOLOGY OF SELF
The Art of Becoming Yourself: Who Are You, Really?
On self-concept, the people we think we are, the people we pretend to be, and the ones we haven't met yet.
Glow After Editorial
PARIS FASHION WEEK
Zimmermann Is Already Planning Our Next Summer
Butterflies everywhere, very good flat shoes, and a few reasons to start making summer plans. Glow After at Zimmermann SS27 in Paris.
by Maria Pri
Fashion & Freedom
Dressed to Go Somewhere
At Palais Galliera, masculine dress codes appear in silk jackets, cycling clothes and a cartoon that needs labels to tell its subjects apart.
By Maria Pri
THE GLOW LIST / 03
GRACE CARTER
Music that you can really feel.
Glow After
THE GLOW LIST / 02
OLENA TOLSTOKORA
Art that takes you back to childhood
Glow After
THE GLOW LIST / 01
ALEX KHABBAZI
Making analogue work for a very digital world.
By Maria Pri
ART / DIGITAL CULTURE
What Does a Machine Dream About?
Eli Cortiñas’ new exhibition at Madrid’s Reina Sofía got us thinking about a slightly uncomfortable question: how much of our taste is actually ours?
By Maria Pri
ART HISTORY
A Little History of Flowers in Art
Tulip mania, impossible bouquets, Van Gogh’s yellow obsession, and Monet’s garden.
Anastasia Tesler
MARKETING, BUT FASTER
CHINA ISN’T WAITING FOR YOUR BRAND STORY
What Chinese social commerce understands about speed, creators and actually selling things.
By Kristina Kalashnikova
BRANDING THAT BECAME CULTURE
HOW AN AD BECAME A SYMBOL OF SPAIN
How a roadside ad for brandy became one of Spain’s most recognisable cultural icons.
By Kristina Kalashnikova
MOSCOW / 01
A Piece of Neo-Gothic Moscow Hiding on Malaya Gruzinskaya
Red brick, sharp spires and stained glass. One of Moscow’s most unexpected architectural landmarks has a history almost as striking as its façade.
By Maria Pri
ARTIST PROFILE / 01
Why Do Yoshitomo Nara’s Kids Look So Angry?
The story behind Yoshitomo Nara’s big-eyed children. From a childhood in northern Japan and a lifelong obsession with music to Germany, protest art and one of the most recognisable faces in contemporary art.
By Maria Pri
BEAUTY / MARKETING
The Ordinary Built a Giant Salmon for Its New Eye Cream
A chrome fish, tins full of skincare science and a vegan take on one of beauty’s buzziest ingredients: inside The Ordinary’s London pop-up for its first eye cream.
By Maria Pri
RUNNING / CULTURE
New Balance Turned a Run Club Into a Dinner Party
In Copenhagen, New Balance put its latest running shoe around a communal table - with coffee, pasta and homemade running gels. It says quite a lot about what running culture has become.
By Maria Pri
NEW YORK / CULTURE
Dior and A24 Are Getting Into Theatre Together
A two-year partnership puts Dior inside one of New York’s oldest Off-Broadway theatres.
By Maria Pri
BERLIN / CULTURE
Cattelan, After Dark
Maurizio Cattelan has arrived at Neue Nationalgalerie.
By Maria Pri
LONDON / CULTURE
London Is In Design Mode
London Design Festival is underway, with exhibitions, installations and temporary projects appearing across the city through 20 September.
By Maria Pri
BOSTON / STYLE
Ayo Edebiri and New Balance Go Back to Boston
Campaign that didn’t really need a complicated concept.
By Maria Pri
Lifestyle / 01
15 Workout Studios Worth Knowing Around the World
From a bamboo yoga shala in Bali to a red-lit hot Pilates room in Paris, these are the spaces making the case that where you work out matters too.
Maria Pri
Creative Practice / 02
Jewellery That Feels Like Summer at the “dacha”
Rassvet Detail turns pea pods, beans and old watering cans into tiny silver souvenirs of childhood summers.
By Maria Shumskaya
Creative Practice / 01
Creative Practice: Wearable Art, Made from Plants
Katerina Shukshina turns flowers, vegetables and garden plants into fleeting pieces of wearable art.
By Maria Shumskaya
Places & Stories / 01
Bringing an Abandoned Estate Back to Life
Flowers in the Estate brings temporary floral installations into forgotten historic houses, allowing them to live again for a few days.
By Maria Shumskaya
Culture / Psychology / 01
Your feed is more personal than your think
The things we watch every day don’t disappear when we close the app. They shape what feels normal, desirable, frightening - and eventually, a little bit of who we become
By Maria Pri