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— KIRSTEN DUNST, ACTRESS“I've worked with a lot of first-time female directors. It's just gravitating to someone who wants to do something different than the rest. People who have a very distinct point of view. I like people who swing for the fences, take big risks, don't care about what other people think.”
The Clearing
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A Syrup of Sun
Polina Osipova is a multidisciplinary artist exploring the threads between the past future, the temporal... Read more about A Syrup of Suns
You Are Poets
Acclaimed English filmmaker Sally Potter is perhaps best known for her Oscar-nominated film 'Orlando' with... Read more about You Are Poetss
To Dress People Like Her
Brit Marling was our first ever cover interview for Violet. To celebrate her return for... Read more about To Dress People Like Hers
ECHO. Wrapped In Memory
ECHO, a new exhibition launching at the MoMu Fashion Museum in Antwerp this month, explores... Read more about ECHO. Wrapped In Memorys
In The End We'll All Become Stories
'Past Lives' is a story about love as an action. The choices we make about... Read more about In The End We'll All Become Storiess
Heart Armour
Polina Osipova was born into the Chuvash culture, a Turkic ethnic group with a history... Read more about Heart Armours
She Contains Multitudes
Natasha Lyonne’s work spans decades as an actor in some of our favourites like Slums... Read more about She Contains Multitudess
In Love and In Fury
The pandemic has heralded a reflectiveness that is melancholic, frightening, and forces a reorientation of... Read more about In Love and In Furys
Impossible Blossom
Photographer Aaron Farrelly and styling duo Aya Studios capture the embrace of outside in this... Read more about Impossible Blossoms
Ārka
Ārka, among other things, means lightning, a ray of light. In the midst of the... Read more about Ārkas
The Isolation Interviews - Nimco Ali
Somaliland born Nimco Ali, after having experienced the trauma of FGM as a child, has... Read more about The Isolation Interviews - Nimco Alis
Nothing is Lost
Angelica Jopling and I meet in a courtyard corner booth at the Chiltern Firehouse, right... Read more about Nothing is Losts
The Sun Is Shining Here
The revered American artist, Eleanor Antin, interrogates and plays with self-identity and self-determination, the body... Read more about The Sun Is Shining Heres
The Dust Would Catch the Light
Brit Marling was our first ever cover interview for Violet. To celebrate her return for... Read more about The Dust Would Catch the Lights
Woman Life Freedom
Forough Alaei’s work has become, especially since the most recent uprisings in Iran, vital lifeblood... Read more about Woman Life Freedoms
Witches Are Not So Delicate
Greek mythology's witch-woman-demigoddess, Circe, was shunned by the gods for her affinity to nature and... Read more about Witches Are Not So Delicates
Dreaming Towards Something
Vulnerability, loneliness, sexual discovery… at a time when human connection was severed, a story about... Read more about Dreaming Towards Somethings
Odesa
Born in Ukraine, visual artist Yelena Yemchuk immigrated with her family to the United States... Read more about Odesas
Slingshot
The person most intimately familiar with Mercedes Helnwein’s new book, 'Slingshot', is probably Jennifer Morrison.... Read more about Slingshots
Theresa Reed
Can the rational and the unexplainable co-exist? What can we learn from ancient methods of... Read more about Theresa Reeds
The Isolated Figure
Artist Sarah Ball's portraits draw on Victorian police photography, Instagram selfies and pure gut instinct... Read more about The Isolated Figures
Alison Sudol – The Runner - Official Video
Musician, actress and writer, Alison Sudol, had a busy spring in the books. A U.K... Read more about Alison Sudol – The Runner - Official Videos
The Poem You Make of Me
Artist Karyn Lyons’ evocative, sensual paintings explore youthful vulnerability and desire – emotions costume designer,... Read more about The Poem You Make of Mes
Heart's Ink
Book stores are vast continents, magical realms, haunted houses, love letters, time capsules, sanctuaries. To... Read more about Heart's Inks
The Mother Lovers
British filmmaker Paula Goldstein's documentary 'Born Free' explores the true cost – physically, emotionally, financially,... Read more about The Mother Loverss
Glow Like Moons
Confrontation of the spiritual world is brave in its own right, but when admission of... Read more about Glow Like Moonss
The Community of Hope
There was something deeply profound to the conversation I had with Jane Pincus, Karen Weinstein... Read more about The Community of Hopes
Dream Logic
Writer, artist, photographer and filmmaker Emma Elizabeth Tillman’s work is rooted in what she calls... Read more about Dream Logics
I Am Walking Roots
Daughter of a giant of British theatre, Sir Peter Hall, Rebecca Hall was consistently cast... Read more about I Am Walking Rootss
The Scientists - Dr. Anika Molesworth
How do we know what’s true? How do we solve seemingly impossible problems? How do... Read more about The Scientists - Dr. Anika Molesworths
Upside Now
Musician Megan Wyler's career spans genres, continents and collaborators: from singing soprano on the Rodarte... Read more about Upside Nows
Chanel x The Violet Book - Francesca Hayward, Principal Dancer, The Royal Ballet
Francesca Hayward, after Misty Copeland, is still an anomaly in the ballet world. As a... Read more about Chanel x The Violet Book - Francesca Hayward, Principal Dancer, The Royal Ballets
Peru
Helena Christensen’s photographs of her mother’s homeland, Peru, strike unexpectedly. The assault of colours, the... Read more about Perus
This is a Rebel Song
There are rare moments in life when you read a book and feel its power,... Read more about This is a Rebel Songs
Wearloom: Ukrainian Garments
'Wearloom: Ukrainian Garments', a new exhibition at The Ukrainian Museum in New York, explores the... Read more about Wearloom: Ukrainian Garmentss
14 Spells (to save your life)
Emma Summerton rose to prominence through the power of her self-portraits: early Polaroids she shot... Read more about 14 Spells (to save your life)s
All I Know Is I Loved Being With You
Sylvia Mann was just 11 years old when photographer Angela Hill first met her. She... Read more about All I Know Is I Loved Being With Yous
She Was
Actress Vicky Krieps makes films that are searching for the meaning of this life; while... Read more about She Wass
Cloud On My Tongue
After a year spent, like many of us, testing her limits of capacity for both... Read more about Cloud On My Tongues
Marika Clymer
Can the rational and the unexplainable co-exist? What can we learn from ancient methods of... Read more about Marika Clymers
Children of Covid
Through images and handwritten letters, photographer Bex Day’s 'Children of Covid' series documents the children... Read more about Children of Covids
Flailing Failing Falling
Dancer and choreographer, Emma Portner, creates poignantly honest spaces for people to access themselves through... Read more about Flailing Failing Fallings
The Messenger
On the occasion of the re-release of her third novel 'Torpor', Stephanie LaCava talks to... Read more about The Messengers
We Are Stardust, We Are Golden
Linda Perhacs is unique in many ways. She is truly a self-taught “outsider” artist, she... Read more about We Are Stardust, We Are Goldens
