Afiya Bennett Is Lensed By DeAndre Da Costa For L'Officiel India May 2018

Rising model Afiya Bennett is styled by Brendon Alexander in images by emerging New York photographer DeAndre Da Costa for L'Officiel India May 2018.

Bennett was Naomi Campbell’s protégé on 'The Face' and has modeled for Fenty Beauty and Levi's. She is engaged to model Lloyd Dickerson.

Adut Akech, Binx Walton & Fran Summers Front 'Jamaican Rhapsody' By Tim Walker For Vogue UK June 2018

Adut Akech, Binx Walton & Fran Summers Front 'Jamaican Rhapsody' By Tim Walker For Vogue UK June 2018

Models Adut Akech, Binx Walton and Fran Summers make sweet music in 'Jamaican Rhapsody', styled by Kate Phelan. Tim Walker captures the Caribbean Mooji-mood for Vogue UK June 2018./ Hair by Christiaan Houtenbos; makeup by Sam Bryant

ICA Miami Announces 'Judy Chicago: A Reckoning' Major Survey Of Her Feminist Art

"RAINBOW SHABBAT" (1992) IS THE CONCLUDING IMAGE IN "THE HOLOCAUST PROJECT: FROM DARKNESS INTO LIGHT," A TRAVELING EXHIBITION THAT CHICAGO CREATED IN COLLABORATION WITH HER HUSBAND, THE PHOTOGRAPHER DONALD WOODMAN. 

The Institute of Contemporary Art Miami will host a survey exhibition featuring the work of pioneering and prominent feminist artist Judy Chicago, in time for Art Basel in Miami Beach. 

Opening in early December 2018, 'Judy Chicago: A Reckoning' is organized around six major bodies of Chicago's work, including test plates created for 'The Dinner Party, her masterwork permanently installed at The Brooklyn Museum, writes artnet

“For many years, as gratified as I am for all the attention 'The Dinner Party' garnered, it also blocked out the rest of my prodigious body of art,” Chicago told artnet News in an email. “Slowly, other aspects of my production are beginning to be seen around the world, which I am thrilled about.”

Bella Tells Gigi Photographers Want Her To Look Bored, In Solve Sundsbo Images For Harper's Bazaar US June/July 2018

Bella Tells Gigi Photographers Want Her To Look Bored, In Solve Sundsbo Images For Harper's Bazaar US June/July 2018

Top model Bella Hadid covers the June/July 2018 issue of Harper's Bazaar US. Solve Sundsbo captures Bella with styling of couture looks from Armani Prive, Giambattista Valli, Valentino, Chanel, Givenchy and more by Anna Trevelyan./ Hair by Sam McKnight; makeup by Peter Philips

Bella is interviewed by sister Gigi, and the first question cracks me up.  I am so sick of self-appointed curators of models criticizing Bella for always having the same facial expression, writing in comments that she has no talent and is a zombie. 

GH: Fans assume they know you because you’re in the public eye. But what is one thing people would be surprised to learn about you?

BH: That I never go a day without smiling. People always say I have the same facial expressions. But what they don’t realize is that for a long time I looked that way because photographers on set would direct me to look “bored” or “very nonchalant.” But it isn’t necessarily the way I really am. You’ve known me, of course, my whole life. And ever since I was a baby, I was always smiling.

WOC Talents Cardi B, Azelia Banks, Rita Ora + Feud Over Degrading Cultural Dialogue

Good goddess! Just three weeks ago, AOC had rapper Cardi B educating us on the Roosevelts. She named every American president backwards, or something to that effect. We extolled her intelligence, very abundant in her May 2018 GQ interview with Caity Weaver.

And now, all hell broke lose in an verbal-only brawl between Azelia Banks -- representing intelligent, cultivated women rappers like her -- and Cardi B, who reminds her of an "illiterate, untalented rat" and a "caricature of a black woman."

Banks continued in her Friday interview on the popular radio program 'The Breakfast Club' with her main argument: "Two years ago, the conversation surrounding black women’s culture was really reaching an all-time high. There was just this really, really, really intelligent conversation going on nationally and then everything just kind of changed and then it was like Cardi B.”

Cardi B had a few choice words about Banks in response, defending herself, her rapper personal and her musical style, saying:

Kosovan-Brit Singer Dua Lipa Covers ELLE UK June 2018, Lensed By Liz Collins In 'New Life Rules'

Kosovan-Brit Singer Dua Lipa Covers ELLE UK June 2018, Lensed By Liz Collins In 'New Life Rules'

Pop star Dua Lipa is styled by Anne-Marie Curtis in 'New Life Rules', lensed by Liz Collins for ELLE UK June 2018. Lipa's star is rising high, and she will drop into Miami on June 12, writes Ocean Drive. 

Lipa is interviewed by ELLE UK's Hannah Nathanson, who writes:

"Since releasing her debut eponymous album in June 2017, Dua has become known as a warrior of love for a new generation of women. Her raw, honest lyrics hinge on female empowerment, relationships and heartbreak, and are backed by a unique strain of dark pop, which Dua describes as ‘dance crying’. ‘It’s all quite fun to dance to, but if you listen to just the lyrics, or strip it down and just do a piano version of it, it’s quite sad,’ she explains. Her voice is warm and husky, a personal trademark once singled out for being too low when she auditioned for the school choir. Now, though, her mature, soulful tone is the reason she’s become the most-streamed female artist in the UK."

Juergen Teller Flashes 'Inside Chanel' With Anok, Stella, Fatou For Vogue UK June 2018

Juergen Teller Flashes 'Inside Chanel' With Anok, Stella, Fatou For Vogue UK June 2018

Models Stella Lucia, Fatou Jobe and Anok Yai wear Chanel, styled by Poppy Kain in images by Juergen Teller for Vogue UK June 2018./ Makeup by Celia Burton; hair by Syd Hayes

Elina Kechicheva Flashes Ali Oskm Emma Frick & Noa Vermeer For Numero Tokyo June 2018

Elina Kechicheva Flashes Ali Oskm Emma Frick & Noa Vermeer For Numero Tokyo June 2018

Models Ali Osk, Emma Frick and Noa Vermeer share a 'Melancholic Afternoon', styled in girlish femininity by Gaelle Bon. Photographer Elina Kechicheva is behind the lens for Numero Tokyo June 2018./ Hair by Franco Argento; makeup by William Bartel

82 Female Actors & Directors Led By Cate Blanchett & Agnes Varda Stage Feminist Protest In Cannes

Eighty-two women including French filmmaker Agnès Varda and the actresses Salma Hayek and Marion Cotillard — appeared on the red carpet for the premiere of “Girls of the Sun” , directed by Eva Husson.  In a display of temperment fiercely embraced by the Kurdish women freedom fighters honored in Husson's film, the women joined Cate Blanchett in a red carpet protest of inequitable representation of women at the Cannes Film Festival. 

The number 82 was chosen precisely because in the 71 festival competitions since 1946, only 82 movies by female directors have contended for awards, compared with a total of 1,645 films by male directors. Only one movie by a female director, 'The Piano' by Jane Campion, has ever won the festival's top price, the Palme d'Or. Ms. Husson is one of three female directors among the 21 Palme d'Or contenders this year for 'Girls of the Sun'. 

According to The New York Times, the 82 women walked up the carpeted staircase, then turned to face the crowd. 

Willy Vanderperre Eyes Anok Yai, Kris Grikaite & Fran Summers For Prada Pre-Fall

Photographer Willy Vanderperre captures Prada 365 Pre-Fall 2018 Industreality ad campaign, styled by Olivier Rizzo and starring Anok Yai, Kris Grikaite and Fran Summers. The Pre-Fall 2018 collection combines the functional with the feminine.

Craig McDean Captures Rianne Van Rompaey & Saffron Vadher For Document Journal #12

Models Rianne Van Rompaey and Saffron Abigail Vadher are styled by Grace Coddington in uptown Manhattan, wearing lots of Loewe. Photographer Craig McDeancaptures the duo for Document Journal #12 S/S 2018./ Hair by Anthony Turner; makeup by Mark Carrasquillo

Xavi Gordo Flashes World Cup Ready Izabel Goulart For Elle Russia June 2018

Model Izabel Goulart is joined by Edu Roman and Jorge Roman in advance of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia, June 14-July 15.  Vadim Galaganov styles Izabel in an eclectic mix lensed by Xavi Gordo for Elle Russia June 2018./ Hair by makeup by Daniel Rull

Anok Yai & Duckie Thot Front 'Spring Takes Flight' By Mario Testino For V Magazine S/S 2018

Models Anok Yai and Duckie Thot come together in 'Spring Takes Flight', styled by Nicola Formichetti. Mario Testino was behind the lens for V Magazine Spring/Summer 2018./ Makeup by Diane Kendal; hair by Yusef Williams

Jessica Chastain's '355' Female Spies Save The World Project Is Hotter Than Hades In Cannes

Jessica Chastain's '355' Female Spies Save The World Project Is Hotter Than Hades In Cannes

The women are out in full force in Cannes, and in the post-Weinstein, #MeToo era, they mean business -- proving that they really can survive without Harvey. Variety reports that three major Chinese distribution companies are competing to acquire distribution rights in Greater China, and also to become equity investors in Jessica Chastain's original idea project '355'. 

'355' is named after the first female spy in the American revolution, although her precise identity is not known. In Chastain's film, five female operatives band together to stop a global organization determined to acquire a deadly weapon that would thrust the world into chaos. The women are strangers and technically enemies in some cases. Under this dire threat of global destruction, Cruz, Bingbing, Cotillard, Chastain and Nyong'o join forces and become friends in the code-name '355' cell. 

Cannes Jury President Cate Blanchett Makes Sustainability Cornerstone of Festival Fashion Choices

Cannes 2018 jury president Cate Blanchett arrived in the south of France with stylist Elizabeth Stewart, who sat down with The Hollywood Reporter to discuss the star's Cannes wardrobe. Blanchett is using her fashion choices to address several issues that are front and center in Hollywood and around the world:: female representation and sustainability. 

On Tuesday at a jury photo call, Blanchett chose a pastel pink suit by Stella McCartney. The designer recently took full control of her flourishing luxury brand, buying out the 50% share of her company from luxury-giant Kering. McCartney has made environmental and animal welfare the foundation of her luxury business. “You don’t have to dress like a man to be powerful, she (Cate) just happens to like suits and they are a great staple,” notes Stewart. 

Enrique Badulescu Flashes Sanne Vloet In 'Sporty Beach' For ELLE Germany June 2018

Model Sanne Vloet styled by Kathrin Seidel in hot colors, 'Sporty Beach' designs from Louis Vuitton, Michael Kors, Hermes and more. Photographer Enrique Badulescucaptures the sunny beach rays for ELLE Germany June 2018.