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10 Questions for Phill Taylor, A New Name in Fashion Photography

29 Nov

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- By Val Bitici – - Less than one decade ago, Phill Taylor ditched his mundane office job to become a fashion and portrait photographer. Now, the Londoner enjoys the creative life of an artist and divides his time between having fun at work and having fun with friends. Admired by Olivia for his recent [...]

Que Serra, Serra – New York City

5 Nov

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- By Elizabeth Brockway – A casual post-brunch stroll into West Chelsea’s Gagosian Gallery this fall has landed patrons perhaps not where they would expect to find themselves—inside a maze of steel. Richard Serra is famous for his enormous yet minimalist sculptures, and Gagosian is playing host to a new crop of them. This show, [...]

The Life and Passion of Willem de Kooning, at MoMA

30 Oct

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- By Val Bitici – - Willem de Kooning once famously proclaimed, “I don’t paint to live, I live to paint.” This simple statement is the unofficial theme of the artist’s impressive retrospective currently on view at MoMA. A mammoth show that sprawls de Kooning’s 74-year career (painting, drawing, and sculpture) across seven galleries, “De [...]

Cecil Beaton: The New York Years, Opening Tomorrow at MCNY

24 Oct

Cecil Beaton, Self-Portrait on Brooklyn Bridge, 1929

- By Val Bitici – - Cecil Beaton once reflected: “Perhaps the world’s second-worst crime is boredom; the first is being a bore.” Born in London in 1904, Beaton moved to New York in the 1920s, in search of excitement and inspiration. The bon vivant called the city his home until the 1960s, when he [...]

Roy Lichtenstein’s Elusive Entablatures at Paula Cooper Gallery – New York City

21 Oct

Ohhh Alright by Roy Lichtenstein, 1964

- By Val Bitici-  Less than one year ago Roy Lichtenstein’s Ohhh… Alright (1964) sold at auction at Christie’s for a record $42,642,500. Part of his iconic comic-strip series of the 1960s, this painting is one of the works that catapulted the artist to fame as a founding member of the American Pop Art movement. [...]

I’m Feeling Minimalist Today!

21 Oct

Lara Stone for Calvin Klein Collection - Inspires Ben Stelly in NYC

The things that inspire us give others insight into who we are. When we asked our guest contributors and supporters to show us a bit of themselves through pictures, art, and fashion – we knew we would never get the same object twice. Each inspired snapshot was a window into the life of each person [...]

The Creator’s Project – New York City

20 Oct

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- By Charles LaCalle – Free music. Free art. Twenty thousand hipsters. A crisp fall weekend. All these made for the success of the second annual Creator’s Project. Billed as a “new kind of arts channel for a new kind of world,” the Project aims to build a network of creators in design, art, and technology. [...]

Wearable Art – New York City

11 Oct

Man Ray Mask, 1974. Photo by Micah Schmidt.

-By Carson Sieving-    We often say that a piece of jewelry is a “work of art,” but a new exhibit at the Museum of Arts and Design in New York City turns the idea around and presents almost 200 pieces of jewelry by artists better known for their work in other media.  Many items are [...]