Art & Culture Archive

After almost eight years, Alessandro Michele has resigned as Gucci’s creative director. During that time, he helped the Italian fashion house turn around its fortunes.

Balenciaga, a large fashion label, has issued an apology for using young children snuggling teddy bears decked out in bondage gear in its most recent advertising campaign.

Georgian winemakers who use the ancient qvevri method adhere to the same fundamental procedures and principles—skins and stems in the vat, natural yeasts, and natural tannins—that Georgians established 8,000 years ago. The key actions are as follows:

In fairy tales, women of a certain age usually take one of two roles: the wicked witch or the evil stepmother, and sometimes both.

After showing two young children holding plush animals while wearing what appears to be bondage clothing in an advertisement, Balenciaga has come under fire online.

Georgia has a tradition of winemaking stretching back over 8,000 years. Archaeological evidence indicates that the first Georgian wines were produced and preserved in qvevri, which are earthenware containers (or kvevri). The qvevri is the most significant and well-known winemaking vessel in Georgia, and it continues to be the focal point of the country’s traditional winemaking.

In the most recent Louis Vuitton advertisement, which was released on Saturday, soccer’s two biggest stars, Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, are depicted playing chess. Chess enthusiasts soon realized that the position represented on the board is one from a real game.

In Baku, Azerbaijan, then a part of the USSR, a 36-year-old Russian composer by the name of Arseny Avraamov scaled a specially constructed tower. He raised two red flags and started to wave them side to side as he surveyed the metropolitan setting in front of him. One of the most spectacular musical events of the 20th century followed. One that had been all but forgotten up until lately.

“I Will Always Love You” by Whitney Houston was not only a successful song but an unstoppable cultural phenomenon. It was the lead single from The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album when it was released in November 1992. It was number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for a record-breaking 14 weeks and won two Grammys. It continues to be the most popular single ever released by a female artist thirty years after it was released. The soundtrack album for The Bodyguard, which featured four more Houston songs, including I’m Every Woman and I Have Nothing, went on to sell 45 million copies globally.