PHANTOM OF PARADISE
Swiss-German artist Tobias Spichtig uses sculpture and painting to explore themes of spectral identity and the dystopian nature of contemporary culture. His exhibition at Kunsthalle Basel, “Everything No One Ever Wanted,” features a series of haunting portraits depicting characters from his world, Like the designer Rick Owens, musicians Eartheater and Blackhaine, and visual artist and filmmaker Michella Bredahl. Together, they form a society of the mysterious and the grotesque.
ALL ARTWORK COPYRIGHT AND COURTESY OF TOBIAS SPICHTIG, COURTESY OF CONTEMPORARY FINE ARTS, BERLIN / BASEL
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editor’s letter
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the limits of the world
by Michel Foucault
the red books of liber novus
by Carl G. Jung
the harry potter syndrome
by Emanuele Coccia
fashion and superstitions
by Alexandre Samson
adéla janská
interview by Bill Powers
couture f/w 2024-25
photography by Pierre-Ange Carlotti
heresy of witches
by Jules Michelet
high jewelry
Scanography by Katerina Jebb
amulets talismans and pantacles
by Simon Liberati
federico campagna
interview by Olivier Zahm and Aleph Molinari
best of the season f/w 2024-25
photography by Ola Rindal
comme des garçons f/w 2024-25
photography by Mark Borthwick
sonic magic
by Björk
tobias spichtig
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