TANK / Volume 11 Issue 8 / Summer 2026 - Magazine
This summer issue of TANK finds its annual Summer Reader unexpectedly drawn towards the theme of romance. From canonical literature to bonkbusters, Booker Prize winners and forgotten favourites, it explores the literature of love in all its forms, asking what our reading habits reveal about contemporary anxieties and desires.
Inside, readers will find an extensive summer reading list spanning contemporary fiction, holy texts and overlooked classics, alongside essays, interviews and conversations with Wayne Koestenbaum, Nate Lippens, Amelia McGarvey, Daniel Blumberg, Yoko Tawada, Roddy Doyle and many others. The issue also features excerpts from Yang Shuang-zi’s Booker Prize-winning Taiwan Travelogue and Jack Parlett’s Flamboyance, as well as an interview with Rose Wylie on her acclaimed Royal Academy retrospective.
Fashion features include Matthieu Blazy’s sophomore collection for Chanel, a visit to the Lesage atelier behind the new Métiers d’art tweeds, a celebration of Scholl’s 70th anniversary of the Pescura sandal, and Sara Zanoni’s dreamlike editorial of Cartier’s updated Clash collection. The issue also explores the V&A East Storehouse with Tamar Clarke-Brown, Anmol Ahuja and Ingrid Schroder, while Aitor Laspiur journeys through the Basque Country inspired by Bernardo Atxaga’s Obabakoak.
Also included are conversations with Fcukers, Anton Jäger, Cristine Brache and M.I.C, covering subjects from pleasure and politics to memory and the end of the world.
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About TANK
Founded in London in 1998, TANK is an independent quarterly exploring fashion, art, politics and culture through rigorous criticism and striking visual storytelling. Bringing together artists, writers and designers from across disciplines, it offers a space for ideas, experimentation and thoughtful perspectives beyond the mainstream.
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