Les Hommes Publics #14 – Maurizio Cattelan cover

Maurizio Cattelan has never believed in comfort. For him, art isn’t a declaration but a detour, a way to cope with the weight of meaning. In this special cover story, photographed by Alessandro Sartori, the Artistic Director behind Zegna’s precise yet poetic vision, the artist becomes both subject and reflection: a man carefully staging his own contradictions.

Between irony and silence, the collaboration unfolds as a meditation on authorship, failure, and disguise, where elegance meets provocation, and beauty serves as a perfect alibi.
It’s a story of control and collapse, creation and refusal, a portrait that aims not to define but to provoke.

Featuring Pierfrancesco Favino, Robbie Wadge, James Bay, Giancarlo Giammetti, and Benito Skinner, Les Hommes Publics Issue 14 celebrates the men who embody our time, muses whose paths transform vocation into purpose, and whose work continues to shape contemporary culture.

216 pages. Hardcover 1.5 mm Fedrigoni lmitlin Neve E/R05 fabric 125 grams.
Inside paper GardaMatt Art 150 grams. GardaGloss Art 150 grams. Matte white hot foil stamping on front cover. Endpapers GardaGloss Art 150 grams.