She recently announced an anniversary tour, which will mark her 40-year career.
The opportunity for Madonna to offer a comeback on the cover of
Vanity Fair
.
The singer appears there grimée as the Virgin Mary on the cover of the first special Icon issue of the magazine, to be published on February 1, and co-produced by the French, Italian and Spanish editions of the title.
A shot on which the interpreter of
Hung Up
poses with an imposing headdress, signed Dolce & Gabbana, and a black veil decorated with golden embroidery.
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We can also see tears running down the artist's face, in front of which a heart pierced with blades has been placed.
The magazine spun the religious metaphor between its pages, publishing four more portraits of Madonna.
In particular three reinterpretations of the Last Supper, including one on which the singer wears a cream-colored dress topped with a red fabric, and poses standing on a table, in the middle of a group of women wearing crowns.
The Lord's Supper
On two other images, the sexagenarian wears a bronze corset and a crown of flowers, then she is immortalized in black and white, suspended from a rope and surrounded by bullfighters.
"In this very special issue, Madonna becomes Madonna again: an icon,"
Vanity Fair France
said in a statement.
Not just the embodiment of a musical trend or a style of dress, but a figure as disturbing as it is sacred.”
The singer, for her part, confided in this edition on the current state of her career.
"It's a good time for me - I have ideas, I'm inspired, I hang out with creative people, I watch movies, I go to exhibitions, I listen to music," he said. she excited.
Four decades after her debut, Madonna was therefore not afraid to take on a new challenge: that of securing 35 dates across Europe and North America, starting July 15.