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Click. Everyone huddles around the monitor to see the new shot of Lucy Liu (can you believe she just hit 50? We want what she’s having!), who has forged identities as an artist and director over the years.

The multi-hyphenate had returned to New York right after wrapping up the final season of

Elementary, in which she plays a female Watson, for our shoot with Singaporean art partner Ryan Su, whose non-profit foundation is promoting art awareness with Lucy’s exhibition.

It is a tense moment as the crew refines the shot. Brows furrowed, our Fashion Editor Jacquie Ang steps forward to adjust the Hollywood star’s sleeves. Lucy reaches out, and with a playful poke, teases: “Tickle, tickle!”

Diorshow Iconic Overcurl mascara Lucy Liu in Valentino Says Ryan Su of Lucy Liu’s artwork: “Velocity shows great intensity. Lucy was allowed to photograph the site where the World Trade Center had collapsed on 9/11. These photographs are included as a collage in the middle of her artwork, surrounded by her written responses to the attack and an embroidered skyline of New York City. The double-sided mixedmedia artwork even includes weaving, calligraphy and found objects.“ Dyson Airwrap Valentino Velocity, by Lucy Liu

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