Miranda July is an American artist, director, screenwriter, actress, and author of films, fiction, monologues, digital presentations, and live performances. She grew up in a family of writers, before becoming an established artist, she supported herself by working as a waitress, a blacksmith, a stripper and a taster for a well-known brand of carbonated drinks. Her artistic practice investigates the theme of intimacy and has a lot to do with political activism where July, avowedly feminist, questions consolidated hierarchies and conventional power dynamics. At the Fondazione Prada, her first museum exhibition is both a retrospective that traces the artist's thirty-year career and the opportunity to present the new work entitled F.A.M.I.L.Y. (Falling Apart Meanwhile I Love You), a multi-channel video installation documenting the year-long collaboration between July and seven performers on Instagram.
Summer fashion in our sights. Milan Fashion Week saw the debut of Bulgari's summer Leather Goods & Accessories collection at the Bulgari boutique, as well as the SS 2024 Eyewear Collection. Iconic Bulgari motifs like B.Zero1 and Serpenti are interwoven throughout the summer line, making appearances on handbags, sunglasses and scarves. It's an ...
