Relinquishing her second season with Jimmy Choo, Nicole Kidman is the face and feet for the Cruise 2014 Campaign. The Oscar-winning Australian actress is famed for her titan mane and this term around, she channels a blonde siren. Kidman portrays Brigitte Bardot, with a beehive reminiscent of the ‘60s star. Bardot was such a presence…
Month: October 2013
John Giorno 106 New Bond St London W1S 1DN, United Kingdom November 20 – January 18 New York based, John Giorno is considered to be one of the pioneers of Performance Poetry. With a career spanning over 50 years, many influential figures of the contemporary art world, as far as the 1960s rank of writers and…
Take yourself back to a time when no one had heard of Wes Anderson, long before The Darjeeling Limited and The Royal Tenenboums, to a time just before the release of comedy-drama Bottle Rocket in 1996. Cinema was pretty much a cavalcade of predictable Bruce Willis and Julia Roberts flicks, cinematic eccentricity had all but…
Vivian Maier Howard Greenberg Gallery 41 East 57 Street Suite 1406 New York, NY 10022 November 8 – December 14 An exhibition of self-portraits by recently discovered street photographer Vivian Maier made from 1950 – 1976 will be on view at Howard Greenberg Gallery from November 8 – December 14, 2013. The exhibition coincides with the…
Daniel Lergon 20 Rue De L’abbaye Abdijstraat B-1050 Brussels November 9th - December 19th Almine Rech Gallery is presenting the second exhibition of German artist Daniel Lergon, at the Brussels' Gallery. For his second solo exhibition at Almine Rech Gallery in Brussels, Berlin based artist Daniel Lergon (born in 1978) presents works from his latest series,…
The Picture Collection Rue de l'Abbaye 20, 1050 Ixelles, Belgium November 16 – December 21, 2013 Almine Rech Gallery is presenting The Picture Collection, by artist Taryn Simon. The Picture Collection comprises forty-nine works created from the New York Public Library’s picture archive, one of the august institution’s lesser-known troves. The archive contains 1.29 million prints, postcards, posters, and…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wxI4KK9ZYo Many a New Yorker is making a pilgrimage to Ludlow St or Lexington and 125th to pay tribute to one of the greatest songwriters of our time, with Lou Reed’s ‘I’m Waiting For The Man,’ blasting hypnotically from their cans on the way. The notoriously brooding co-founder of The Velvet Underground and legendary New…
The Model Alliance Underage models are joining the umbrella of workers protected by the Department of Labor. On October 21, Governor Cuomo signed a bill extending new legal protections to minor models . The bill's provisions are being hailed as a major potential step forward in the treatment of young models, and are posed to…
I took a wild ride with the man of the moment – the Neon Icon himself – Riff Raff, otherwise known as Jody Highroller, MTV Riff Raff and “Alien”, while he hits NYC for CMJ. It’s mid-October in New York City, CMJ Music Marathon is under way and the buzz on the streets is all…
James Karales Howard Greenberg Gallery 41 East 57 Street Suite 1406 New York, NY 10022 November 8 - December 14 James Karales’ photographs of the Civil Rights movement put him on the photo world map, but some of his other major themes will be the focus of an exhibition at Howard Greenberg Gallery from November…
Giorgio Armani celebrated One Night Only New York at Superpier in Hudson River Park on October 24th, where he displayed the Eccentrico exhibition and runway show dedicated to Giorgio Armani Privé. Personalities from the worlds of fashion and entertainment, including Leonardo Di Caprio, Naomi Watts, Hilary Swank, Renee Zellwegger, Martin Scorsese and others joined Mr.…
RISK Fabien Castanier Gallery 12196 Ventura Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 91604 November 2 - December 15 Fabien Castanier Gallery announces “Metallic Tissue,” an exhibition featuring new work by Kelly “RISK” Graval, which will open on November 2 and run through December 15 and curated by graffiti historian, Roger Gastman. For this exhibition, Graval explores his versatility…
Bestselling author Malcolm Gladwell has become infamous for his “10,000-Hour Rule,” a theory that argues that the key of success in any field is a matter of practicing a specific task for 10,000 hours. This may explain why Chicago-based production duo The Hood Internet is still around. The group, made up of members Aaron Brink…
PDN Photoplus International Conference + Expo Jacob K. Javits Convention Center 655 W 34th St New York, NY 10001 Conference: October 23 - October 26 Expo: October 24 - October 26 The annual Photo District News Photoplus Conference + Expo returns for its 30th anniversary this year to the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in…
The Whitney Museum of American Art hosted its annual Gala and Studio Party, sponsored by Louis Vuitton, and raised more than $2.75 million at Skylight at Moynihan Station. Guests were treated to a surprise performance by music legend David Byrne. The Board of Trustees of the Whitney Museum of American Art, Gala Co-Chairs Darius &…
The Refusal of Time The Metropolitan Museum of Art 1000 Fifth Avenue New York, New York 10028-0198 October 22 - May 11 Marking a major collaboration between two leading U.S. museums, The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) announced today the joint acquisition of South African artist William…
Last week, Alice Ehrenfried of Southampton, UK, launched a petition on Change.org demanding all major brands and magazines to quit condoning Richard’s crude work ethics. The petition is titled “Vogue, H&M, Mango, Supreme, & all other brands: Stop using alleged sex offender Terry Richardson as your photographer”. It currently boasts 9,000+ signatures, with a goal…
Sylvester Stallone State Russian Museum St. Petersburg, Russia October 27 - December 1 An unprecedented exhibition of Sylvester Stallone paintings in the first-ever display of his artworks in Russia will take place at the State Russian Museum in St. Petersburg. The exhibition will present important works from Stallone’s almost 40 year passion for painting,…
Richard Aldrich Bortolami Gallery 520 W 20th Street New York, New York 10011 November 8 - December 21 Bortolami Gallery is presenting Richard Aldrich's paintings. The structure for Aldrich's upcoming show is that of two distinct parts. The first, opening November 8th, will be on view for a week and a half, after which a second…
Silla: Korea's Golden Kingdom The Metropolitan Museum of Art 1000 Fifth Avenue New York, New York 10028-0198 November 4 - February 23 The Metropolitan Museum of Art is presenting Silla: Korea's Golden Kingdom exhibit. In the ancient world, the Korean kingdom of Silla (57 B.C.–A.D. 935) was renowned as a country of gold. Through nearly 100…