Interview: Mario Testino

The intimate moments behind a whirlwind of glossy covers and a look at the illustrious life of an acclaimed lensman

by Vivianne Lapointe Less than a month after the closing of “In Your Face,” a dedicated retrospective at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, acclaimed fashion photographer Mario Testino unveils a series of never-before-published images carefully curated from his personal portfolio. The evocative selection encompasses favorite outtakes from the past 30 years of his prolific career, for an inside look at both his work to …

Something Wicked This Way Comes

We talk with the art writer and curator Stephanie Chefas about her latest show

by Vivianne Lapointe Something Wicked This Way Comes, a group exhibition curated by Stephanie Chefas, offers a glimpse of what’s going on in the wicked minds of ten of today’s most innovative and powerful contemporary artists: Annie Owens, Christian Rex van Minnen, Christine Wu, Chrystal Chan, David Ball, Fulvio Di Piazza, Jana Brike, Jessica Ward, Judith Supine and Michael Page. Just in time for the …

Interview: Sebastian Kaufmann

The Kaufman Mercantile founder on curiosity, aesthetics and the rigorous selection process behind his online shop

By Paul Cantagallo It all started with a stapler. Sebastian Kaufmann of Kaufmann Mercantile, a Brooklyn-based online store specializing in all things beautiful, functional and durable, had been working in film production in Los Angeles for seven years when yet another cheap stapler found its way onto his desk. He couldn’t take it anymore. With his enthusiasm for filmmaking waning, and fed up with low-quality …