NGV Art Book Fair 2015: Highlights

From glossy publications to lo-fi zines and artwork galore, our favorite finds at the inaugural event

by Sinead Stubbins Melbourne, Australia is a city bursting at the seams with independent publishers, arts organizations and zine-makers, so it was only a matter of time that it hosted its own Art Book Fair. Orchestrated by the National Gallery of Victoria, the fair celebrates all realms of art, architecture and design with a diverse program that represented local and international participants alike. Publishers, writers, …

The Buttery Store

An online menswear boutique sets up its brick-and-mortar in a seaside village off the English coast

by Zoë Sanders The English seaside town of Leigh-on-Sea is home to a menswear store doing things differently. Having first launched online in May 2011, The Buttery Store opened its brick-and-mortar premises in this small town 35 miles east of London in late 2013. CH took the train to the seaside to visit the store (stocked with goods from the likes of London skateboard brand …

Paris Photo LA 2015: Mazaccio & Drowilal

Colorful work that hides a darkness behind humor, the French duo's exhibit at the California event

by The World’s Best Ever For the third installment of Paris Photo LA (PPLA) at the Paramount Pictures Studios in Los Angeles, BMW—one of the photography fair’s official partners—is presenting “Wild Style,” an installation featuring a body of work created by the French artistic duo Mazaccio & Drowilal during their 2013 BMW-funded residency at the musée Nicéphore Niepce, as well as a new series “Antépisode” …