A new women’s magazine entitled, Jackie, was launched in December 2008 by the Milan based publishers, the Swan Group. The publishers’ creative team had in mind that the women for whom they were creating the magazine were best encapsulated by much of Vettriano’s work.
In a hugely flattering tribute to the artist’s work, the first issue of Jackie featured an image of Vettriano’s painting In Thoughts of You on its front cover and included a feature about the artist inside the magazine.
Currently, Jackie Magazine is available only as a supplement to the Swan Group’s, Monsieur magazine but it will become its own idependent title later this year.
Vettriano was interviewed by Monsieur for their December issue and was given the great honour of being invited by the Swan Group’s chairman, Franz Botre, to attend their annual gala dinner in Milan in November, as their guest of honour. The black tie dinner was a charity fundraising event, which featured an auction of lots, including two items donated by Vettriano, to raise funds for the neo-natal intensive care ward of the Niguarda Hospital in Milan.
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Click HERE to download the Jackie Magazine feature.
The portrait photograph shown here was shot in the bedroom of Vettriano’s London home and is one from a series on which he collaborated with the photographer, Fredi Marcarini.
Copies of the December 2008 issues of both ‘Monsieur’ and ‘Jackie’ magazine may be ordered directly from Monsieur by contacting them via their website www.monsieur.it