Slade Art School graduate Faye Wei Wei creates shapeshifting creatures and constructs mythical nirvanas
Nan Goldin
Faye Wei Wei
Achilles Ion Gabriel
The men’s footwear designer on gender-neutral stilettos, respect for Finnish style and his collaborations with Marni
Josep Maynou
Storyteller Josep Maynou spins yarns through whatever materials he has to hand – rugs, brooms, movie posters, even galleries
Nicole Atieno
The Kenyan-born model on Gucci, German manners and learning from her mother
Future Fashion
From wearable tech to online megastores, we’ve subverted the spring fashion trend roundup, and instead, created our own predictions of the trends we’ll be obsessed with in the future
Material Fantasies
London-based Turkish designer Dilara Findikoglu makes clothes that confront politics and utopian fantasies that examine our posttruth era
Nan Goldin
Ten months ago photographer Nan Goldin was addicted to OxyContin. Now she’s free of the drug, she’s taking on the people who developed the prescription medication with an activist campaign and a new series of photographs documenting her experience
Karley Sciortino
New York writer Karley Sciortino on how her recently published noholds- barred memoir is dismantling the stigma surrounding sex work by showing the industry’s highs, lows, mehs and lolz
Maria Forqué
Banned from Instagram and condemned in the press, Spain’s Maria Forqué is fighting back by making art confronting the taboos of sex and nudity
Kapwani Kiwanga
Fresh from winning Frieze New York’s inaugural Frieze Artist Award, Kapwani Kiwanga is questioning power structures in the West through speculative art about jazz musicians from Saturn and subcontinental tunnels
Lawrence Lek
Lawrence Lek’s films offer optimistic visions of tomorrow’s technological possibilities while challenging tired Western stereotypes of East Asia
Nelly Ben Hayoun
Award-winning French designer, academic and public speaker Nelly Ben Hayoun is taking on further education by founding her own university, insisting on more artistry in government and proudly being a multihyphenate creative.
Abdulnasser Gharem
Saudi Artist Abdulnasser Gharem practices the fine art of defiance through his Internet-inspired artworks critiquing his governmentʼs visions for the future
Micaiah Carter
He may only be 22 years-old, but Micaiah Carter has created a storm with a fine art portrait style that spotlights the power in black creative culture.
The last supper
Every year, the European Shooting Stars initiative celebrates 10 of Europe’s finest young actors who’ve excelled on screen.