Grace Jones
Ming Smith’s lyrical portrait of Black America
Breaking boundaries — A new exhibition of the African-American photographer’s pioneering work celebrates an artist who, over her five-decade-long career, has always followed her instinct over the status quo.
Written by: Miss Rosen
Hedonistic nights in 1980s New York’s East Village
‘Everyone was a star‘ — Photographer Andé Whyland remembers capturing candid portraits and dancing alongside the luminaries of downtown New York's club scene, among them Keith Haring, Grace Jones, Lady Bunny and Ru Paul.
Written by: Miss Rosen
Grace Jones' pioneering gender play and Afrofuturism
Disco queen — A new exhibition at Nottingham Contemporary reveals how renegade Grace Jones subverted Western archetypes of Black women and gender binaries.
Written by: Miss Rosen
What Patti Smith’s Just Kids taught me about priorities
The book that made me — Writer Daisy Jones pays tribute to the musician’s 2010 memoir, and the lessons it teaches about knowledge, pleasure and fulfilment.
Written by: Daisy Jones
The inspirations of Grace Jones, one of pop music's greatest chameleons
Breakdown, honey — Exploring the enduring power of Grace Jones' genre-bending 1980s album, Warm Leatherette.
Written by: Gabriela Helfet