THE MAGAZINE
Africa Fashion
Can fashion be art—and does it belong in a museum? This article explores how the Victoria and Albert Museum is rethinking fashion history through its landmark exhibition on African creativity.
The Blackest Black, or: Anger Makes Creative
Imagine a black so deep it absorbs 99.96% of visible light, flattening three-dimensional objects before your eyes. Impossible? Anish Kapoor’s Vantablack sculptures in Venice suggest otherwise—and the effect is quietly unsettling. Read on for more.