i-D No. 283
The Art & Commerce Issue — Cate Blanchett by Matthias Vriens · Francesco Vezzoli project
i-D No. 283, December 2007 / January 2008, The Art & Commerce Issue, with Cate Blanchett photographed by Matthias Vriens as part of a Francesco Vezzoli project.
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- i-D
- Condition
- Very Good
- Completeness
- Main magazine treated as complete under the standing TMR magazine rule; supplied evidence shows front and rear covers. Full page-by-page collation has not been performed.
- Date
- December 2007 / January 2008
Catalogue note
i-D No. 283, December 2007 / January 2008, The Art & Commerce Issue, with Cate Blanchett photographed by Matthias Vriens as part of a Francesco Vezzoli project. The issue explicitly stages the relationship between contemporary art, celebrity, fashion publishing and commerce: its central Vezzoli feature followed his 2007 Guggenheim performance 'Right You Are (If You Think You Are)' involving Blanchett, and the cover translates that art-world collaboration into i-D's magazine form. The supplied rear cover preserves a period Dolce & Gabbana eyewear advertisement.
Why this object matters
The Vezzoli/Blanchett/Vriens project deliberately translates an art-world collaboration into magazine form. This substantive art-commerce intervention retains Gold at 9.1, with the held exterior evidence distinguished from full interior inspection.
Evidence limits: No new physical inspection or collation was performed. Copy-specific conclusions remain limited to the retained catalogue and accession evidence.
Score and assessment method
Archive Importance: 9.1 / 10 · Gold Star.
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