A feminist Pirelli calendar and the rise of Donald Dump – the week in art

Pirelli has a bit of a gear change with Annie Leibovitz’s portraits. Plus a high-speed tour of Art Basel Miami Beach, and how Donald Trump the pottymouth sparked an art movement – all in your weekly art dispatch

The Aventador LP 700-4 Pirelli Edition

Lamborghini and Pirelli for more than 50 years. Sant’Agata Bolognese-based Italian supercar manufacturer Lamborghini celebrates the long and ongoing history of collaboration with prestigious Italian tire manufacturer Pirelli with a very special edition of the Aventador LP 700-4. The partnership began back in 1963, the year the House of the Raging Bull was established, and … Read more

#TheCalExperience: Steven Meisel for Pirelli Cal in its most classic format

#TheCalExperience at Royal Palace of Milan.   Pirelli brought the most beautiful women in the world in the new edition celebrating the arrival of 2015. The 2015 Pirelli Calendar was presented at Pirelli HangarBicocca, the Pirelli contemporary art space in Milan. Milan was chosen as the venue with the aim of showing an iconic object with … Read more

Secret Helmut Newton for The Cal 2014

“The Cal” 2014: Helmut Newton’s 1986 secret calendar.   Pirelli celebrates its 50th anniversary next year. For 50 years “The Cal” has continued to mark the passing of time with images by the most highly acclaimed photographers of the moment – capturing and interpreting contemporary culture and often setting new trends. For the milestone, Pirelli … Read more

Custom-made: Cate Blanchett in Silhouette Titan Minimal Art

Australian actress Cate Blanchett, the face of the new Georgio Armani fragrance Si, is the new ambassador of Silhouette Eyewear. The Austrian eyewear brand brought two acclaimed icons together to present the new Titan Minimal Art. Photographed in black and white by the iconic German photographer Peter Lindbergh (the fashion photographer of the supermodels like Milla Jovovich, … Read more

2013 Pirelli covered-up calendar

In 2012, Pirelli asked the worldwide famous photographer Steve McCurry to create a covered-up calendar that would inspire the next generation. Including 34 color photographs, with 23 portraits of actresses, singers and models, nine photographs, the 40th edition of the Pirelli calendar has been shot in Rio and “You can photograph nudes anywhere. But these … Read more