Archive for June 2026
Rencontres d’Arles 2026
Rencontres d’Arles 2026: Photography as a way of seeing the world anew From July 6 to October 4, 2026, the 57th edition of the Rencontres d’Arles returns to transform the historic city into the world’s largest photography stage. For more than five decades, the festival has championed photography in all its forms. In doing so,…
Read MoreThe Selects Gallery Presents Twenty One Summers
The Selects Gallery, New York, hosted a book launch for the book Twenty One Summers, sponsored by IRK Magazine Marie Audier and The Selects Gallery, New York hosted a book launch for IRK Editor at Large Thomas Werner and co-author Derrick Connell. The private event was held at Par Excellence. It is a Manhattan based…
Read MoreBarbara Hornok – Conceptual Fashion Designer
Barbara Hornok: Sculpting New Forms of Femininity Barbara Hornok approaches fashion as a narrative language through which she explores power, identity, and contemporary femininity. She combines conceptual research, technical construction, and sculptural experimentation. As a result, she creates garments that challenge social norms and redefine the relationship between body and space. Moreover, she proposes a…
Read MoreDiego Olivero: MESO and a Global Design Vision
IRK first discovered designer Diego Olivero and MESO at Clic New York, where curator Beatrice Dupire introduced the brand’s distinctive approach to contemporary craft. MESO is a home product company dedicated to original design driven by innovation and craftsmanship. It takes a forward-looking approach to the home and hospitality industries. At its core, the company…
Read MoreDrumlanrig Castle & Dabton House
Inside Scotland’s Buccaneers Fantasy – Corsets. Castles. Candlelight. Emotional damage in velvet drawing rooms. The Buccaneers — Apple TV’s deliriously pretty collision of rebellious American heiresses and crumbling British aristocracy — is less a period drama than a fantasy about entering closed worlds and rearranging them emotionally. It is scandal wrapped in silk taffeta: old…
Read MorePoon’s and the Softer Language of Chinese Identity in London
For decades, Chinese restaurants in Britain were expected to look a certain way. Red lacquer. Gold dragons. Lanterns glowing against mirrored walls. A kind of inherited visual shorthand for “Chinese” that often felt more connected to Britain’s nostalgic imagination of Chinese culture than to the realities of contemporary Chinese life itself. Poon’s moves in an…
Read MoreKSENIASCHNAIDER Denim Innovators
Where Denim Meets Digital Imagination, There is KSENIASCHNAIDER KSENIASCHNAIDER has built a distinctive place in contemporary fashion by transforming denim into a field of experimentation where upcycling, unexpected silhouettes, and digital-inspired aesthetics converge. Through collections such as Think Inside the Box, the brand challenges conventional ideas of clothing, blending humor, imagination, and innovation to explore…
Read MoreKayla Mary Jane: Image, Faith, and Authorship
Kayla Mary Jane is interested in controlling her narratives rather than participating in those already established. Moving between film, painting, and performance, the New York–based artist approaches each medium as a site of authorship, where image, intention, and identity are negotiated on her own terms. Trained as an actor with a BFA in Drama from…
Read MoreWinnie Mo Rielly at the MEP Studio
Infractuosité by Winnie Mo Rielly: where the body dissolves into image, matter, and space From June 10 to July 12, 2026, the Maison Européenne de la Photographie presents Infractuosité, a new exhibition by Winnie Mo Rielly at the MEP Studio. Part of the museum’s Spring Season, the exhibition explores the relationship between the body, images,…
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