Esquire Covers Exhibition

I went to the Esquire Magazine Covers exhibition at The Hospital the other day. Don't waste your time going, it's shit.

They've taken great covers from the sixties, the Muhammad Ali, the Vietnam one, the Dustin Hoffman one etc, and recreated them with, er, people from the fashion industry. It's not even well done. Bad photographs and bad Photoshop work. It's quite insulting to be honest.

Anyway. One of them is good and that's this recreation of the Warhol cover with Paul Smith. You can buy these exclusive, limited edition covers at the exhibition and so I bought the Paul Smith one. It cost £5 and came in a handy, foil blocked paper bag. Maybe that's the way forward for magazines - put them in over elaborate bags and raise the prices?

There's a more sensible discussion about these over on Jeremy's blog.

Comments

[Tom Harle]

They're nearly £5 anyway these days aren't they?

I do still quite like last year's redesign though.

[lauren]

i love an exhibition review that starts with "don't bother going, it's shit". thank you.

[Steve]

The good old punchy Ben is well and truly back.