In the face of TikTok’s monumental rise worldwide, the app has had a tumultuous week. With major bans and global superpowers now placing the megahit app under the microscope amid rising political tensions, TikTok may never operate the same again; and its majority Gen-Z audience may need to turn elsewhere for a cultural maypole. For…
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If you love to museum hop and have visited the museums in your city five times over, look no further for inspiration on where to go. Get ready to go globetrotting because our comprehensive list of the most unusual museums covers all corners of the world, from New York to the bottom of the Caribbean…
On the evening of Thursday, September 21st, Apne Aap, a non-profit organization aimed at putting an end to sex trafficking, presented “Women Worldwide,” a fundraiser in honor of actress and humanitarian Ashley Judd, feminist activist and abolitionist attorney Dorchen Leidholdt, and gender equality activist and Apne Aap director Mona Sinha. The event, which was held…
"Magma is a Greek word for this lava that builds up inside. I think that’s when I’m ready to record a new song! That’s why I think 'magma-pop' is a good way to describe it," Samsaya says about her music. Born in India and raised in Norway, Samsaya's music is absolutely reflective of her roots and upbringing.…
Ram Shergill - Kaleidoscope StoryLTD Industry Manor 3rd Floor Prabhadevi Mumbai 400 025 August 12th - 25th Since childhood Ram Shergill was destined to be a photographer "My passion for photography first emerged when I was about six years old, my brother bought a camera, and he was playing with filters etc, and I got…
Deux Ex Machina Julian Schnabel CFA Berlin April 28-July 28 Julian Schnabel will be presenting his first major solo exhibition, since his retrospective in 2004, entitled Deus Ex Machina in Germany at the CFA Berlin from April 28-July 28. The show consists largely of work that uses enlarged snapshots and photographs of images such…
MANISH ARORA - PARIS F/W 2012 FASHION SHOW Indian fashion designer Manish Arora presented a Fall 2012 collection influenced by the “surreal and deconstructed iconography” of Brooklyn street artist Judith Supine. Arora created prints that melded fluid drawings of faces and bodies in neon prints, using them on his jackets, dresses, and skirts. Other looks…
PEACHOO + KREJBERG - PARIS F/W 2012 FASHION SHOW Peachoo Datwani and Roy Krejberg merged their culturally diverse design aesthetics, she’s from India and he’s from Denmark, in their Fall 2012 collection for their label Peachoo+Krejberg that showed models in preparation for an arctic winter. Jackets were hooded and leather was fur-lined, with puffy sleeves and vests,…
Dame Judi Dench, Tom Wilkinson, and Bill Nighy in The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, directed by John Madden, follows a hodgepodge group of British retirees, including Bill Nighy, Dame Maggie Smith, Dame Judi Dench, and Tom Wilkinson, who feel displaced and undervalued at home, and decide to shake up their…
ASHISH - LONDON F/W 2012 FASHION SHOW Three-time recipient of the New Generation award, Indian-born Ashish Gupta made his first debut on the LFW runway in 2004 after finishing his studies at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design. Drawing inspiration from the grunge movement, Gupta’s collection displays eclectic layers of sweeping shirts, knit…