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125 Magazine - The Art Issue

When I was writing my post for the last issue I was sure another magazine had arrived, but I couldn’t think what it was. Then I sat at my desk in my office at home and sat in front of me was the new 125 magazine. 

It’s a good one! 

From the website:

Issue number 16 of our acclaimed and highly sought after magazine takes it theme from the art world and is a bumper issue which includes a massively increased word count with a host of new interviews, articles and special features with the likes of Jenny Saville, Jean-Paul Goude, Warren Du Preez & Nick Thornton Jones, Hussein Chalayan, Moritz Waldermeyer, Alexandre De Betak, Dian Hansen, Modern Toss and other plus a special collaboration with Beth Ditto of The Gossip as Leigh Bowery.

We also have the usual 20 cutting-edge photo stories with a number of names you will know and a number that you wont have heard of before, as a teaser we’d like to mention Simon Emmett’s high-art pornstar crossover; an aliens search for art in a weird world, by Aorta; and Ben Morris’ interpretation of Henry Moore as a fashion icon.

If you’re in the UK remember that WH Smith stocks this now so you can pick it up in nearly every town. Seriously, this is a great issue. I particularly liked the interview giving an insight into the Taschen editorial and publishing process.

And as usual, the photography was - on the whole - excellent. Not everything was to my taste, but with so many diverse portfolios/stories to look through this isn’t surprising. 

You can usually browse the whole issue online but that feature seems to be broken at the moment, so just pop out and pick up a copy instead.