Francesco Vezzoli Photographs Mahmood as Robert de Montesquiou for Numéro Art Cover
Italian artist Francesco Vezzoli has created the cover for the sixth issue of French contemporary art magazine Numéro Art, featuring singer Mahmood. The cover photograph shows Mahmood emulating the pose of Robert de Montesquiou as painted by Giovanni Boldini in 1897. Vezzoli reinterprets Boldini's portrait by adding colorful, glittering tears streaming down Montesquiou's face, a recurring motif in Vezzoli's work. Mahmood, winner of the 2019 Sanremo Music Festival with the song "Soldi," is styled in fin-de-siècle attire with gloves and cane. The issue also includes two other covers: one featuring Cindy Sherman's Facetune-altered selfies and another with musician Blood Orange (Dev Hynes) photographed by Jacolby Satterwhite. Vezzoli previously designed a Vanity Fair cover in April 2020 inspired by Lucio Fontana.
Key facts
- Francesco Vezzoli photographed Mahmood for the cover of Numéro Art's sixth issue.
- The cover reinterprets Giovanni Boldini's 1897 portrait of Robert de Montesquiou.
- Vezzoli added colorful, glittering tears to the portrait of Montesquiou.
- Mahmood won the 2019 Sanremo Music Festival with the song 'Soldi'.
- The issue has three covers: Vezzoli/Mahmood, Cindy Sherman, and Blood Orange by Jacolby Satterwhite.
- Vezzoli previously created a Vanity Fair cover in April 2020 inspired by Lucio Fontana.
- Robert de Montesquiou was a French poet and dandy who associated with Marcel Proust and Gustave Moreau.
- Mahmood is styled in fin-de-siècle attire with gloves and cane.
Entities
Artists
- Francesco Vezzoli
- Mahmood
- Alessandro Mahmoud
- Giovanni Boldini
- Robert de Montesquiou
- Cindy Sherman
- Blood Orange
- Dev Hynes
- Jacolby Satterwhite
- Marcel Proust
- Gustave Moreau
- Lucio Fontana
Institutions
- Numéro Art
- Vanity Fair
- Festival di Sanremo
Locations
- Brescia
- Italy
- Milano
- Paris
- France