Acne Paper unveils its latest issue, the most important art issue to date

Acne Paper from Acne Studios relaunched last year with an iconic 500-page issue. Now the magazine is unveiling its latest edition, Acne Paper 17. A hybrid between a book and a magazine, the new format is part biography, novel, cultural art journal, and fashion magazine – an experimental and interdisciplinary issue.

The latest iteration is the magazine's most important art issue to date, featuring the work of more than fifty contemporary artists, including Kai Althoff, Felipe Baeza, Maria Bartuszová, Louise Bonnett, Victor Brauner, Enrico Castellani, Julie Curtiss, Chioma Ebinama, Inka Essenhigh, Lucio Fontana, Marguerite Humeau, Marina Karella, Sarah Lucas, René Magritte, Piero Manzoni, Fabio Mauri, Minoru Nomata, Ariana Papademetropoulos, Christina Quarles, Eileen Quinlan, Nathaniel Mary Quinn, Ed Ruscha, Anj Smith, John Stezaker, Salman Toor, Cy Twombly, Paloma Varga Weisz, Andy Warhol and Lian Zhan.

The centerpiece of the publication is a written memoir by Atticus. Within its five chapters, Atticus narrates us through his cultured life where he starts out as a dancer, first with Balanchine, then with Merce Cunningham, before becoming an art world personality. In his vivid reflections illuminating chosen moments of his life we meet a dazzling gallery of art world giants, dancers, musicians, writers, designers, architects, and people Atticus has admired, encountered, and befriended. 

Intersected throughout the issue are fashion stories by Luis Alberto Rodriguez and Raphael Hirsch, Cho Gi-Seok and Robbie Spencer, Paul Kooiker and Beat Bolliger, Justin French and Glen Mban, William Waterworth and Pierre-Alexandre Fillaire, as well as a surreal still-life story by Keisuke Otobe and Dimitra Louana Marlanti, and an intimate self-portrait portfolio by Ibrahim Kamara. 

At the heart of Atticus’ biography is the relationship with Desmond, the love of his life. We are reminded of a time when men who loved men, and women who loved women, were considered delinquents. Atticus also recalls the dramatic AIDS epidemic and the many loved and talented people who perished with it. In a special portfolio, we pay tribute to the work of artists Darrel Ellis, Arch Connelly, Jimmy Wright, and Larry Stanton whose paintings and drawings will be the subject of a special Acne Studios collaboration to benefit an AIDS charity.

To commemorate gay and lesbian liberation and the achievements of the LGBTQ movement, Acne Paper issue 17 is embellished with the eight colors of the original rainbow pride flag designed by Gilbert Baker in 1978.

Acne Paper Issue 17 | Atticus is now available in Acne Studios stores worldwide and online at acnestudios.com

Ancestors: Fashion story photographed by William Waterworth, styling by Pierre-Alexandre Fillaire. Private Viewing: Fashion story photographed by Luis Alberto Rodriguez, styling by Raphael Hirsch. Queen of Cowries: Photographs by Justin French, styling by Glen Mban.
Via Corridoni: Fashion story photographed by Paul Kooiker, styling by Beat Bolliger. I Dreamt of Leonora: Fashion story photographed by Cho Gi-Seok, styling by Robbie Spencer