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    The Celebration Tour (No Spoilers)

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    21 minutes ago, SuperBicycle said:

    I think these are the original dates from the 2nd leg US tour that was never postponed. So I would assume, at this stage, that these concerts will happen as planned.

    The dates I saw prior when buying my ticket like 2 months ago ended mid December. So I don’t know 🤷‍♀️ 

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    Madonna partners with YSL SAINT LAURENT for 'SEX BY MADONNA'

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    The text on the wall for those interested.

     

    SEX

    BY MADONNA

    PHOTOGRAPHED BY STEVEN MEISEL CURATED BY ANTHONY VACCARELLO

    ON ANTHONY VACCARELLO'S INITIATIVE, SAINT LAURENT IS REISSUING MADONNA'S SEX BOOK, THIRTY YEARS AFTER ITS FIRST PUBLICATION. TO MARK THIS OCCASION, THE HOUSE INVITES VISITORS TO WANDER FREELY THROUGH THE WORLD OF THE ICONIC BOOK, BROUGHT TO LIFE WITH PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN FROM IT. CONCEIVED BY MADONNA, PHOTOGRAPHED BY STEVEN MEISEL AND ART- DIRECTED BY FABIEN BARON, SEXWAS AN INSTANT HIT WHEN IT WAS PUBLISHED IN 1992. ALREADY AT THE HEIGHT OF HER WORLDWIDE POPULARITY, MADONNA SIMULTANEOUSLY RELEASED HER NEW ALBUM "EROTICA" AND THE SHOCKING BOOK, UNPRECEDENTED IN THE WORLD OF PUBLISHING AND THE MUSIC INDUSTRY PACKAGED IN A THICK SILVERY-BLUE CELLOPHANE WRAPPER THAT MADE IT LOOK LIKE A HIGH-END ADULT MAGAZINE, THE BOOK HIT THE SCENE AS THE LATEST MARKETING COUP FROM A STAR IN TOTAL CONTROL OF HER OWN PUBLIC IMAGE, WHICH WAS UNHEARD OF AT THAT TIME. BEHIND THE PROVOCATIVE WRAPPING, READERS DISCOVERED WHAT ONLY FEW EXPECTED FROM A MAINSTREAM POPICON. ONCE AGAIN, MADONNA PUSHEDTHE ENVELOPE, SUBVERTED THE CODES OF THE CREATIVE ESTA BLISHMENT, AND BECAME THE UNEQUIVOCAL AMBASSADOR OF 1990'S UNDERGROUND CULTURE.

    UPON ITS RELEASE, MADONNA AND MEISEL'S SEX DEFIED ITS TIME AND BECAME AS MUCH A MARKER AS IT WAS A RE-VELATION. THE BOOK'S POWER CONTINUES TO BE FELT SEX REVISITS AN AVANT-GARDE AND PROVOCATIVE PUNK AESTHETIC, WHILE PRESENTING A FOCUSED CREATIVE VISION THAT STANDS THE TEST OF TIME. THIRTY YEARS AGO, THE BOOK'S SENSATIONAL MARKETING MADE IT EASY TO MISS THE BREADTH OF ITS IDEOLOGICAL AND AESTHETIC AMBITION. TO-DAY, WE CAN APPRECIATE ALL OF THE BOOKS REFERENCES:

    FROM THE LUSH SCENES OF LUCHINO VISCONTIS •THE DAMNED* THROUGH THE NUDIST UTOPIA OF THE INTERWAR PERIOD TO THE TRANSGRESSIVE PORTRAITS OF ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE AND THE LUSTFUL IMAGES OF HELMUT NEWTON; FROMTHE OPEN SPIRIT OF FANZINES TO THE CAMP ETHOS OF ANDY WARHOL'S SUPERSTARS. MADONNA WROTE SEX WITH THE NAME "MISTRESS DITA", IN HOMAGE TO THE GERMAN ACTRESS DITA PARLO, WHO MADE HER MARK ON THE EXPRESSIONIST CINEMA OF 1930'S GERMANY, WITH THE PSEUDONYM, MADONNA INTENDED TO CREATE AN ALTER EGO INHABITING THIS ULTRA-SEXUAL UNIVERSE, IN THE VEIN OF MARCEL DUCHAMP'S FROSE SELAWY. LIKE CINDY SHERMAN, WHO BLURS BOUNDARIES AND GENRES BY PUTTING HERSELF IN THE PICTURE, MADONNA DEMYSTIFIES FANTASIES AND EM BODIES DESIRES THAT, AT THE TIME, WERE DEEMED BARELY ACCEPTABLE BY SOCIETY.

     

    IT IS FASCINATING TO SEE HOW SEX ALIGNS WITH CONCERNS CENTRAL TO OUR TIME AND ITS COUNTERPOINT MOVEMENTS WHERE WHAT WAS HIDDEN BECOMES TRANSPARENT, TRANS.

    GRESSION BECOMES THE NORM. PROVOGATION BECOMES AFFIRMATION AND ELITISM IS REPLAGED WITH INCLUSMITY. THE EVOLUTION OFVALUES ALLOWS US TO GRASP THE FULLIRONY AND POWER OF THIS WORK, WHOSE IMAGES - UNDERAPPRECIATED AT THE TIME BECAUSE OF THEIR PROVOCATIVE NATURE FIND A NEW RESONANGE IN A CURRENT CONTEXT, WHILE THE DEBATE AROUND QUESTIONS OF GENDER AND SEXUAL ORIENTATION HAS SHIFTED, THE UNDETERRED INFLUENCE OF MADONNA'S BOOK REMAINS UNIVERSAL AND UNIQUE. SEX ECHOES OUR CHANGING SOCIETY AND QUESTIONS THE WAY WE LOOK AT OUR FANTASIES, DICTATED BY MEN IN THE PAST THREE DECADES LATER WE CELEBRATE WOMEN'S EMANCIPATION AND SELF-AFFIRMATION WITH A RENEWED DEFINITION OF SEXUAL FREEDOM.

    Madonna partners with YSL SAINT LAURENT for 'SEX BY MADONNA'

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    11 minutes ago, Karma said:

    Not sure if this was posted but yes, it's basically a replica of the original book with no CD

    THE BOOK *$2,200 
    THIS REPUBLISHED BOOK VARIES SLIGHTLY FROM THE ORIGINAL VERSION, HERE'S WHY:
    0 NO CD WILL BE INCLUDED IN THIS
    VERSION
    0 THE BOOK WILL BE ENCLOSED WITHIN A METAL BOX

    • OTHERWISE, ALL PRINTS ARE EXACTLY
    THE SAME AS THE ORIGINAL
    THERE ARE ONLY 800 COPIES PRODUCED WORLDWIDE - 200 OF WHICH WE CAN PRESELL DURING ART BASEL ONLY 

    1 BOOK PER CLIENT-SAME CREDIT
    CARD CANNOT PURCHASE MORE THAN ONE BOOK (CURRENTLY ONLY SOLD AT THE EXHIBITION) TIME ARRIVAL AND SHIPPING WILL BE INFORMED AT THE EXHIBITION. 

    • NO SALES TO MINORS (MUST BE 18 YEARS + OLDER)

    THE EXHIBIT
    • NO ENTRY TO MINORS (MUST BE 18 YEARS + OLDER)

    THERE ARE 17 PRINTS FEATURED IN THE
    EXHIBIT. ALL OF WHICH COMING FROM THE BOOK

    •THE PRINTS ARE NOT AVAILABLE FOR SALE-THEY ARE FOR DISPLAY ONLY

    Blah I don’t care then 

    Madonna partners with YSL SAINT LAURENT for 'SEX BY MADONNA'

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    From Saint Laurent’s website

     

    ”

    SAINT LAURENT RETURNS TO ART BASEL MIAMI BEACH WITH AN EXHIBITION PLANNED AND CURATED BY MADONNA AND ANTHONY VACCARELLO, TO CELEBRATE THE RE-EDITION BY RIVE DROITE OF MADONNA’S GROUNDBREAKING BOOK SEX. 

    UPON ITS RELEASE IN 1992, MADONNA’S BOOK BECAME A CONTROVERSIAL SENSATION AROUND THE GLOBE, DUE TO ITS EROTIC CONTENT AND LIBERATED VIEWS OF SEXUAL SELF-EXPRESSION. ENVISIONED BY ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL MUSICIANS OF ALL TIME, SEX CONTAINED IMAGERY BY STEVEN MEISEL AS WELL AS WRITTEN TEXT BY MADONNA. 

    TO MARK THE BOOK’S LASTING IMPACT AND SPECIAL ANNIVERSARY, MADONNA AND ANTHONY VACCARELLO DECIDED TO REVIVE ITS CONTENTS FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER IN THE CONTEXT OF AN EPHEMERAL EXHIBITION. THE PHOTOGRAPHS BY STEVEN MEISEL WILL BE ON VIEW IN A TEMPORARY BEACHFRONT BOX BUILT ESPECIALLY FOR THE OCCASION.

    SAINT LAURENT’S BESPOKE RE-ISSUE OF THE BOOK IS LIMITED TO 800 COPIES PUBLISHED BY CALLAWAY, NEW YORK, AND WILL BE AVAILABLE STARTING NOV 29TH. 

    FREE PUBLIC ACCESS, 18 YEARS OR OLDER
    ADDRESS: BEACHFRONT AT 17TH STREET
    HOURS: 10 AM – 7 PM”

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