Auteur director Wes Anderson has joined forces with Prada to produce Castello Cavalcanti. The eight minute short film features Wes Anderson regular Jason Schwartzman (Moonrise Kingdom, I Heart Huckabees) in the starring role, and is set to simultaneously premiere at today's Rome Film Festival and Prada's website. Anderson is on writing and directing duties, with Alessandro Casella…
Month: November 2013
Richard Prince Nahmad Contemporary 980 Madison Avenue, 3rd Floor New York, NY November 11 - January 18 Nahmad Contemporary presents Richard Prince: Monochromatic Jokes, opening at 980 Madison Avenue, New York City, running November 11th, 2013 through January 18, 2014. The exhibition features a selection of paintings from the artist’s iconic series, spanning a period…
Lie Sang Bong presented his Spring/Summer 2014 collection at a private press preview party on Wednesday, November 6th. The preview took place at a 3600 sq ft gallery space in Chelsea, the heart of New York’s vibrant art and fashion scene. Highlights of the collection include modern silhouettes and fashion forward laser-cut detailing created by…
Paris Photo Grand Palais, Avenue Winston-Churchill 75008 Paris, France November 14 - November 17 The Steven Kasher Gallery is proud present a booth at Paris Photo 2013. Various works by Diane Arbus, Jerome Liebling, Roxanne Lowit, Vivian Maier, Daido Moriyama, Ruth Orkin, Leo Rubinfien, Weegee, Brett Weston, and Garry Winogrand will be featured at the booth.…
Art Basel Miami Beach Convention Center 1901 Convention Center Dr, Miami Beach, FL 33139 December 5 - December 8 Art Basel's 2013 Miami Beach show asserts again its status as the premier destination for galleries from the United States and Latin America, with nearly half of this year’s exhibitors coming from those regions. Galleries with exhibition spaces…
In inimitable fashion, Lady Gaga brought new music, sculpture, an anti-drug speech, and a flying dress together at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. The "artRAVE" introduced the world to a sober Lady Gaga and the single "Dope." The newly straight-edge artist hasn't lost any of her penchant for showmanship, as her propeller-driven dress "Volantis" demonstrated. As…
Few sentences inspire less confidence than “based on real events.” The second these four words crawl across a title card it becomes clear that the film has something to defend. In Philomena’s case it’s a shield for craftless, naked, emotional manipulation. Philomena is the herald of Oscar season, when the pretense of heart and wit…
“I don't know what it is about it that I love. I don't know why the sky is blue. I don't know why the grass is green. It just is,” Big Sean says, regarding the inexplicability of what he loves about music. The rising star began rapping by the age of 12, after a neighborhood…
Nick Rhodes, John Taylor, Simon LeBon and Roger Taylor of Duran Duran at the premiere of 'Duran Duran: Unstaged' during the 6th Annual MoMA Contenders Series at MoMA, NYC. Boasting a formidable jukebox of Top 10 singles including ‘Hungry like the Wolf’, ‘A View to a Kill’ and ‘Ordinary World’, Birmingham's legendary rock foursome Duran Duran teamed…
Tim Rollins + K.O.S. Lehmann Maupin 540 West 26th Street New York, NY 10001 November 7 - December 28 Lehmann Maupin will be presenting an exhibition titled On the Origin by Tim Rollins and K.O.S. at their 26th street location in New York from November 7 to December 28. On the Origin will feature a…
David Beckham is not only the face of the Belstaff 2014 s/s campaign photographed by Peter Lindbergh, he has signed on to design a collection for the British luxury brand. The capsule collection is set for release spring 2014 and will feature Belstaff's classic moto style revamped by Beckham's famed personal style. Although he is…
William Bradley Galerie Richard 514 West 24th Street New York, NY 10011 November 21 - December 28 He hasn't reached thirty, but London-based William Bradley is already taking on the heroes of Abstract Expressionism. His upcoming exhibit at Galerie Richard challenges the greats' use of automation and spontaneity. His work begins with abstract gestural watercolors,…
It’s fairly common for industry-thrived stars to include several titles towards their already extensive IMDB profile these days. Amanda Peet is no different. New York native, Peet has been polishing her expertise on “The Good Wife” since 2012 and fine-tuning her much anticipated play, “The Commons of Pensacola”. The forty-one-year old actress is no new…
Vahakn Arslanian 63, rue des Bains Geneva 1205 November 2 - December 14 Marc Jancou Contemporary, Geneva presents Wings of Light: Part II, an exhibition of new works by Vahakn Arslanian. Born in Antwerp and raised in New York City, Arslanian began painting and working with glass at an early age, shattering glass objects as…
"Words are life." Filming a novel whose sole purpose is to defy the death of books and liberate actual reading, The Book Thief is a rarity in the neverending book-to-movie influx. Armed with a whole off and onscreen team of Oscar-winners, calculated cinematography, Schindler's List composer and costume designer and a genuinely wholehearted cast, Downton Abbey director…
MAC Cosmetics have teamed up with Proenza Schouler for a limited edition collection of products. The forthcoming collaboration will feature Ombre Face Powders, Lipsticks, Pro Longwear Eye Liners and Lip Pencils, Nail Lacquers, and a 129SE Powder Brush. The packaging is inspired by one of Schouler's past collections and is said to be extremely unique. "Beauty has…
Performa is dedicated to exploring the critical role of live performance in the history of twentieth century art and to encouraging new directions for the twenty-first century. Performa 13, the fifth iteration of NYC’s scattered biennial of live-visual art performances is back at it again from November 1st till the 24th. Launched in 2011 as…
Courtesy of L'Oreal Paris - newest Campaign featuring Lively Blake Lively, better known as Serena in the teen drama series, Gossip Girl, has landed another endorsement deal. Twenty-six year old Lively was just recently announced as the new face for L’Oreal Paris. The unveiling of her as the latest brand ambassador for the French cosmetics…
' HARRY MEADLEY Paradise Row Gallery 74a Newman Street London W1T 3DB November 8 – December 14 The Basement at Paradise Row presents LEVEL 1, a solo exhibition of works by Leeds based artist Harry Meadley. Appropriating the traditional computer game format of 'levels', this is the first in an intended series of exhibitions by…
RAQIB SHAW Pace Gallery 508, 510, 534 West 25th Street New York, NY November 8 – January 11 Pace Gallery presents Paradise Lost, a three-venue exhibition of London-based Kashmiri artist Raqib Shaw. This makes his first public presentation in New York since the 2008 exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Opulent scenes of…