Mary Quant On view Now until February 16th, 2020 The V&A Museum, London The V&A Museum in London has been given unprecedented access to Dame Mary Quant’s Archive to curate the first international retrospective on the revolutionary fashion designer in nearly 50 years. To help the V&A bring the exhibition further to life, the museum…
Month: April 2019
The 2019 Guggenheim Young Collectors Party took place on April 11th, featuring “ballet kink” performative interventions in the museum’s iconic Frank Lloyd Wright–designed rotunda. Choreographed by artist Brendan Fernandes, the performances drew from classical ballet and modern dance, with a nod to fetish and Japanese bondage art of shibari. The BDSM styled performance was a…
The Unexpected Subject 1978 Art and Feminism in Italy On view: April 4 – May 26 2019. FM Centre for Contemporary Art Via Giovanni Battista Piranesi 10, Milano. FM Center for Contemporary Art presents The Unexpected Subject. 1978 Art and Feminism in Italy, a new exhibition curated by Marco Scotini and Raffaella Perna, proposing for the first time a wide-ranging…
The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery celebrated its 2019 Portrait Circle Spring Soirée on April 8, with a conversation on art, portraiture, and fashion featuring Christy Turlington Burns and Tonne Goodman. More than 200 guests gathered under the museum’s Foster + Partners-designed Kogod Courtyard to enjoy champagne and passed hors d'oeuvres followed by a program of…
The Bronx Museum of the Arts celebrated their annual gala and art auction at Capitale on April 9, 2019, which raised over $1 million, making it the most successful gala in Bronx Museum history. The evening honored leaders in art and social justice Hank Willis Thomas and Eric Gottesman of For Freedoms, Junko Kobayashi, President…
MAC COSMETICS introduced its newest collection of matte lipsticks "The M·A·C COSMETICS Powder Kiss Lipstick collection" with a bash at Sony Hall, the former site of the decadent WWII era nightclub Diamond Horseshoe, this past April 9th. Sony Hall was transported to its hedonistic roots with the one night only M·A·C POWDER KISS CABARET MC’d…
INFINITAS X INCOGNITA works by Dalila Pasotti On view: Now through April 19th Lucas Lucas Gallery NYC Weds - Saturday 12pm to 7pm Review by Susan Kirschbaum Perhaps only a few visitors will notice the ceramic white witch hanging from the rafters of the Lucas Lucas Gallery for Dalila Pasotti’s ethereal sculpture show INFINITAS X…
"Public art has become an important and beautiful attraction in cities around the world. Mercedes’ actions could scare artists into not wanting to make any artwork outdoors for fear that big companies will use and exploit their work without permission, and we must never let that happen. We are dedicated to fighting against this type…
NADA House May 2 - August 4 Governor's Island, NYC On View: Weekends from 11am-5pm Free + open to the public Opening Preview: May 2 from 1pm-5pm NADA House, the organization’s second off-site exhibition on Governors Island, features 45 artists from NADA Member galleries and non-profits in a new, expanded format across 34 rooms in…
"We are building an entirely new kind of beauty company: one that owns the distribution channel and makes customers our stakeholders," Emily Weiss, founder and chief executive officer, said in the statement. By connecting directly with consumers, Glossier has access to “endless inspiration for new products," she said. Two companies owned by women just made…
Delving deep into the world of music, fashion, sport, politics and the arts, The Face Magazine is reborn and reimagined as an integrated, multi-channel offering, reflecting the need of today’s ‘always on’ audience, but never losing sight of the wit and intelligence that made The Face great. Its mission aims to discover new talent and uncover the fascinating…
On April 2nd, The 35th Annual International Center of Photography (ICP) Infinity Awards celebrated significant accomplishments and emerging talent in the fields of photography and visual culture. The 35th Annual ICP Infinity Awards kicked off with ICP Board Chair Caryl Englander and Board President Jeffrey Rosen, sharing their personal perspectives about the International Center of…
MBFWA 2019 May 12th-18th Carriageworks Sydney, Australia IMG released the preliminary schedule for Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Australia (MBFWA) 2019, with American designer Jonathan Simhkai debuting his Resort collection in MBFWA for the first time. The event will be held in Sydney from May 12th - 18th. From 2017 to 2018, MBFWA saw a 35% increase…