In 2021, Acne Paper returns as a book-magazine combination, expanding the number of pages to 500 pages. This year the new number 17 of Acne Paper is officially released, commemorating its centenary at the Acne Paper fair in Milan in November.
The 17th issue of “Acne Paper” revolves around the story of Atticus, a fictional character in the art world, is divided into five chapters and tells the very colorful and moving life of Atticus in the literary and artistic world. 504 pages of 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, Keisuke Otobe and Dimitra Still life photos surreal stories of Louana Marlanti and intimate self-portraits of Ibrahim Kamara with 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, Works by over 50 contemporary artists including Cy Twombly, Paloma Varga Weisz, Andy Warhol and the Chinese artist Zhang Lian.
It is worth mentioning in particular that issue 17 of “Acne Paper” commemorates the victory of gay liberation and the LGBTQ movement. Drawings and sketches by artists Darrel Ellis, Arch Connelly, Jimmy Wright and Larry Stanton will be honored, while Acne Studios will donate a portion of the proceeds to AIDS charities.
