Lifestyle

Last year, Nigerian singer and Banku music pioneer Mr Eazi announced that he would be collaborating with 13 artists across Africa to pair bespoke work with each track off his first studio album. Slated to release later this year, the musician has revealed that he will also showcase each artwork as part of new group exhibitions that will take place in Lagos, Accra, New York and London.Eazi has become a meteoric figure in the world of music since his Afrobeat banger "Skintight" debuted back in 2016. From collaborative tunes with Bad Bunny and Beyoncé, Eazi dedicated the past two years to perfecting his craft, recording tracks across the world in global hotspots, such as Benin, Rwanda, Accra, Lagos, London, Los Angeles and New York. In anticipation of the upcoming show, Eazi worked with Camer...

Just like the music itself, event production has come a long way over the past century. Instead of empty or largely simple stage sets, massive LED monitors projecting often dizzying animations have become commonplace for a range of different genres in the past 15 years. For Kendrick Lamar, however, the acclaimed Los Angeles-based rapper chose to keep things simple on his recent performances, such as this past Friday at Lollapalooza in Chicago.The Pulitzer Prize and 16-time Grammy Award winner was seen performing hits off his latest album, Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers, in front of a large fabric featuring reproductions of Henry Taylor’s paintings Fatty (2006) and Sweet (2012). “We wanted a kind of show that didn’t depend on LED walls or anything like that—just backdrops revealing thems...

Jun Takahashi, the celebrated Japanese designer behind the fashion label UNDERCOVER, has announced his first-ever solo exhibition will go live via Tokyo-based GALLERY TARGET.The exhibition, titled "THEY CAN SEE MORE THAN YOU CAN SEE," features a collection of 26 oil paintings that Takahashi has been working on since 2013 through his own self-teachings.TARGET shared that "Amidst his extremely busy work, he continued to paint on his own through self-study, becoming captivated by the freedom of expression that allowed him to choose motifs and complete the paintings by himself. The main subjects of these paintings are portraits of musicians and actors who have had a significant impact on his life."Through the process of creating these portraits, Takahashi experienced dissatisfaction with one o...