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Memos From The Middle East: Welcome To Wellness Week, Dubai Chocolate Gets A New Craze Flavour, And Huda Beauty Drops Its Next Cult Product
Every week Bazaar brings you the latest news in fashion and beauty, luxury and lifestyle, straight from our desks to yours — from across the region and beyond Fashion Wangechi Mutu Unveils Exclusive Peekaboo for FENDI To celebrate the opening of Wangechi Mutu: Black Soil Poems at Galleria Borghese, supported by FENDI as part of their longstanding partnership with the museum, the Kenyan-American artist has designed her own unique Wangechi Mutu x FENDI Peekaboo bag. Reflecting her poetic style rooted in contemporary social themes, the bag features hand-painted landscapes of the Ngong Hills and Mount Kenya, detailed with gleaming gold leaf. Celine Introduces The New Racer Sneaker Meet the 'Racer' sneaker, inspired by the athletic spirit of the 1970s. Celine's signature 'Triomphe' logo is given a vintage-cum-athleisure vibe, making them the perfect pair for effortless elegance on easy weekends and in airport lounges – adding to our wishlist immediately. Beauty Huda Beauty Launches A New Lip Duo Huda Beauty has unveiled the Lip Contour Stain, a 12-hour wear lip stain and liner hybrid with a dual-sided applicator for overlining, defining, and filling. Available in eight highly pigmented, argan oil-infused shades, it delivers a matte, no-bleed finish that stays all day. Pair it with the Faux Filler Jelly Oil, a non-sticky, ultra-hydrating lip oil enriched with shea butter, passionfruit oil, peptides, and vegan squalane for shiny, soft, tinted lips. Available in three fruity shades, these nourishing oils glide smoothly and layer beautifully for juicy, jelly-finish lips. Dior's Skin Essentials Channel Its Couture Credentials Dior has reinvented its Skin Essentials for 2025, with plenty of shelf essentials for the skincare connoisseur. Turn to the La Mousse Off/On cleanser, enriched with purifying water lily and niacinamide for radiant and balanced skin, while its new eye patches will instantly refresh tired eyes with hyaluronic acid, caffeine, and niacinamide. Completing the trio is Le Baume, a hydrating, travel-friendly balm for lips, hands and dry areas, which is now available in a limited edition pink Toile de Jouy design. Chloé's New Nomade Lumiere d'Égypte Feels Like Summer In A Bottle Chloé has just dropped its latest campaign for Nomade Lumiere d'Égypte, starring the beautiful Yasmine Zahran, set against the golden glow of the Nile. The fragrance itself is all about lightness and warmth – fresh blue lotus, soft jasmine, and the grounding touch of Kyphi. A perfect match for summer days and soulful wanderers. Glow Mode On: Dr. Barbara Sturm's Summer Kit Is Here Sun, skin, and science – Dr. Barbara Sturm's cult-favourite skincare is back with a glow-up for the season. The Summer Kit 2025 is your go-to, four-step routine to hydrate, protect, and refresh your skin during warmer months – all packed into a chic, reusable raffia bag. Inside? Hero products like the Sun Drops SPF 50, which shields against UVA/UVB rays with a lightweight finish, and the Hyaluronic Face Mist, perfect for mid-day pick-me-ups. The Face Cream Light keeps things dewy (never greasy), while the Face Mask is your SOS for post-sun recovery. Available online via and Ounass across the GCC. Dining FIX Dessert Chocolatier's Drops New Seasonal Flavour 'Time to Mango' Do you even live in Dubai if you haven't tried Fix chocolate? Today, Dubai's beloved home-grown brand, has unveiled its juiciest creation yet, 'Time to Mango.' This white chocolate bar bursts with mango, passion fruit and popping candy, offering a playful, tropical twist. Available exclusively on Deliveroo from June 16 at Dhs72.25, with limited drops daily at 2pm and 5pm in Dubai and Abu Dhabi, this is the latest flavour craze you won't want to miss. Escape to the French Riviera with Eugène Eugène Sunday Brunch Eugène Eugène is bringing the charm of the South of France to Dubai on June 15 with a one-day only Riveira inspired brunch in its iconic greenhouse at Kempinski Hotel, Mall of the Emirates. Expect an elegant afternoon filled with live music, lush greenery, and a bountiful buffet featuring classics like salade niçoise, ratatouille, bouillabaisse, and tempting summer desserts. Little guests can enjoy dedicated kids' activities, making it a perfect family outing. Brunch runs from 12pm to 4pm, with packages starting at Dhs325. For bookings, email [email protected]. Perfect Your French Pastry Skills with École Ducasse Abu Dhabi Studio École Ducasse Abu Dhabi Studio is inviting culinary professionals to elevate their pastry craft with three exclusive masterclasses led by expert chefs. From June 10-12, the Luxury Small Bites & Petit Fours course will be focusing on creating sophisticated, modern buffet desserts with an emphasis on sustainable ingredients and luxury aesthetics. On June 17-18, the Chocolate Takeaway Snacking class will be exploring healthy, on-the-go chocolate treats using innovative techniques. Finally, on June 30, The Art of Ice Cream and Frozen Treats will be teaching the essentials of crafting ice creams, sorbets, and natural flavour infusions. Whispers of Honey – Address Hotels x Seedra's Golden Summer Delight This summer, Address Hotels & Resorts is serving up something truly sweet – literally. In a golden-hued collaboration with Seedra, the homegrown ethical honey brand, they've launched a seasonal Whispers of Honey Afternoon Tea across five of Dubai's most iconic properties. Artisanal savouries and delicate desserts, each kissed with one of eight premium honey varieties, from Mango to Blueberry and classic Sidr. The menu features everything from Lobster Rolls glazed with Ginger Honey to Pistachio Ganache filled with Orange Honey Jam. Expect honeycomb sugar sculptures, edible florals, gold dust, and just the right amount of drama for your Instagram. Served daily from 3pm to 6pm at Dhs195 per person. Health & Wellness Celebrate Global Wellness Day with Mandarin Oriental On Saturday June 14, Mandarin Oriental will celebrate Global Wellness Day (GWD) with complimentary spa and wellness experiences focused on this year's theme 'Reconnect Magenta.' Guests can explore meaningful reconnections with nature, loved ones, their communities, and themselves, through guided meditations, eco-conscious treatments, family yoga, mindfulness coaching, and local community workshops. Wellness Morning Yoga Session at Jumeirah Emirates Towers In celebration of Global Wellness Day, Jumeirah Emirates Towers invites you to a rejuvenating morning of mindful movement and nourishment. Guests will start the day with an energising 60-minute indoor yoga session at Daefi Lounge, led by Lululemon ambassador Parisa Abad. Following the session, a wholesome and nutritious breakfast awaits at Mundo, thoughtfully curated to inspire and fuel your day – the perfect way to embrace wellness, find balance, and start the weekend feeling refreshed and centred. Taking place on Saturday June 14, from 8AM to 10 AM at Daefi Lounge, Jumeirah Emirates Towers. Wellness, Reimagined: 7 Days of Self-Care at ICD Brookfield Place Wellness just got a glow-up at ICD Brookfield Place! From June 9-15 2025, the space is transforming into a feel-good hub for Wellness Week – a full seven days of movement, mindfulness, and modern self-care. Enjoy complimentary fitness classes and beauty treatments from 1Rebel, Reform Athletica, Embody Fitness, and Y12 all-week-long. The weekend brings extra joy: on Saturday, dive into breathwork and art therapy sessions, groove in Afrobeats choreography classes, and try an ice bath (if you dare). Then on Sunday, Fred's Coffee Party kicks off at 11am to wrap things up with caffeine and good vibes. Come for the wellness, stay for the energy – this is your sign to reset and recharge. A month of healing at Sohum Wellness This June, SOHUM Wellness Sanctuary welcomes the community to a soulful month of healing, connection, and mindful expression. Highlights include the weekly UPAYA sober coffee party with its addictive boho-chic atmosphere, and the Pyramid Sound Healing & Journaling sessions every Saturday. Special events feature the New Moon Ceremony on June 25, the Summer Solstice Ceremony on June 21, and a creative candle-making workshop on June 22. Leisure Jacquemus brings Riviera Chic to Monte-Carlo Beach for a stylish summer takeover This season, Jacquemus arrives at Monte-Carlo Beach with a playful and elegant collaboration with Monte-Carlo Société des Bains de Mer. The iconic pier and pool café have been transformed with the brand's signature banana yellow and coconut milk white and black stripes, echoing the 'La Croisière' collection, available at two exclusive pop-up boutiques. The Jacquemus experience is available until 7 October 2025 – make it quick to the Mediterranean.
Chicago Tribune
17-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Chicago Tribune
Review: In ‘Project a Black Planet' at the Art Institute, artists from all over expand on the idea of Pan-Africanism
How to say 'Project a Black Planet: The Art and Culture of Panafrica,' an ambitious, magnificent, jam-packed survey currently on view at the Art Institute? Put the stress on the first syllable and you have a noun meaning collaborative undertaking; put it on the second and you get a verb denoting the promotion of a particular view. Both are apropos. So, too, are the tracks from Public Enemy's 1990 album 'Fear of a Black Planet' that might be playing in your head. Pan-Africanism is a theory that proclaims peoples of African descent, worldwide as a group with shared ancestry and experiences of oppression and calls on them to unite for a better future. It's been around since about 1900. 'Project a Black Planet' explores its cultural manifestations through more than 350 objects created by artists from Africa, North and South America and Europe; the show is the centerpiece of an array of programming taking place throughout the museum and the city. Regenstein Hall, which houses the exhibition, looks magnificent. The lobby sets the tone, grand and diverse, with plenty of surprises and interconnections. Wooden gods flank the entryway, a recent one by Wangechi Mutu, all sinuous and muddy, and an older one by Agnaldo Manoel dos Santos, carved and rigid. Six huge modernist panels line the walls, illustrating a boldly revisionist pantheon of Black art through the ages, reproductions of the originals Hale Aspacio Woodruff painted for Clark Atlanta University in 1952. A clever Y-shaped bench provides inspired visitor seating — it's why-shaped, get it? — designed by Chicagoan Norman Teague, whose usable furniture is found throughout the show. Above it all hangs Awol Erizku's rotating disco ball — glittery, gold, and in the unmistakable form of the ancient Egyptian queen Nefertiti. There's nothing simple about a hundred-year exploration of Pan-Africanism, and the curators have wisely organized their show according to a dozen genuinely helpful themes, including related movements like Garveyism and Négritude, and concepts such as Interdependence and Agitation, rather than chronologically or by artist nationality. Indeed, the whole question of nationhood is sidestepped by identifying artists according only to their cities of birth and death. Borders have always been part of the problem, and so the Pan-African flag — an instantly recognizable rectangle of red, black, and green bands that dates to around 1920 — enables David Hammons's fusion of it with the Stars and Stripes to create his 'African American Flag,' likewise Chris Ofili's melding of it with the Union Jack, to make the 'Union Black.' Where to plant those transnational flags? Here, for now. 'Project a Black Planet' features other critically reconfigured trappings of government and state. Arthur Bispo do Rosário handcrafted elaborately beribboned and embroidered military-style jackets belonging to no army, as well as a sizable model ship festooned with dozens of fanciful flags. Invented languages figure in the compositions of Omar El-Nagdi, Radcliffe Bailey and Ahmed Cherkaoui. The hefty catalogue mentions Dread Scott's issuing, at the 2024 Venice Biennale, of passports to an imaginary 'All African People's Community.' Even real governments have gotten in on the act: in 1961, the newly independent countries of West Africa founded Air Afrique as an alternative to imperialist transportation networks. An original advertisement hangs amid the expansive display of magazines, hymnals, documentary photographs, newspapers, LPs, festival brochures, and book series laid out in vitrines at the center of the exhibition, tracing a timeline of ways in which Pan-Africanism spread through print and popular media. Artist Cauleen Smith's watercolors of the volumes on her 'Human_3.0 Reading List' provide a charming literary supplement. Portraiture serves many purposes in 'Project a Black Planet.' Seminal figures in the history of Pan-Africanism are introduced, beginning with 18th century precursor Toussaint L'Ouverture, leader of the Haitian Revolution, present courtesy of a scrappy plywood and newsprint collage by Lubaina Himid. The singer Miriam Makeba, whose outspokenness against the apartheid regime led to her being stripped of her South African citizenship, appears twice: in an iconic photograph of her onstage in 1955, and in a painting by Meleko Mokgosi, where that same image is blown up and hung on the wall of a yellow interior in which a young man sits, thinking. Unnamed subjects abound, from Marlene Dumas's haunting 'Albino,' with his unforgettably opalescent visage, to Nicholas Hlobo's inscrutable life-size sculpture of a young man, his jeans hanging low, his upper body bent over and disappeared into an enormous black rubber sack. Liz Johnson Artur generously, lovingly represents the communities of South London in her ongoing archive, here shown as a 20-minute video. Most exceptional are a selection of busts arranged together on a stepped platform, among them Simone Leigh's stylized depiction of choreographer Katherine Dunham, with a raffia torso and glass-beaded face; Demas Nwoko's serpentine 'Head of a Lady,' shaped from terracotta; and Conceição dos Bugres's powerful but wee wood stump of a figurine. Sampling the breadth and depth of Pan-African aesthetics, these 13 effigies form a mini exhibition all their own. A second show-within-the-show is a wall of small artworks hung salon-style, as if in a Pan-African living room. Indeed, many of these pictures either depict people at home or are studies of psychological interiority. Zanele Muholi does both in an enigmatic color photograph of two women in a washtub: nude, bent over, their sides tightly touching, they are like two halves of a loving whole. Across the gallery rises a model for another type of private space, Martin Puryear's movable, magical 'Sanctuary,' a hollow wood cube perched high atop a pair of twisted saplings, whose roots clutch the axis of the wheel that forms their base. Near the end, 'Project a Black Planet' looks backward in order to better look forward. The dead are celebrated with Ebony G. Patterson's carnivalesque coffins, perhaps even more so than when they were alive. In a rare example of figuration by El Anatsui, ancestral spirits cacophonously converge via some two dozen roughly carved pieces of weathered wood, each a different shade and bearing unique expressions, decorative cuts, and dabs of paint. Charmaine Spencer's 'Air' — five long, thick clusters of bells, cast from shredded notes written by participants to their forebears, tangled with vintage African beads—hangs in the exhibition's final gallery, silent but waiting to be stirred by visitors who, having seen the entirety of 'Project a Black Planet,' will hopefully go on to do just that.
