Abortion: one word that brings about more controversy than any other. With so many Americans standing on either side of the fence surrounding the topic of abortion, it should come as no surprise that when Chelsea Handler admitted to having two abortions as a teen, the internet was in an all-out frenzy. Every article, including…
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The fight for equal rights has been an ongoing challenge for women that, in recent years, has finally been thrust into the limelight with the addition of many noteworthy supporters. Where "feminism" used to be seen as a sort of "dirty word," it is now part of common language. Many celebrities turned activists, such as Patricia Arquette, Meryl…
The David Lynch Foundation is presenting the first "Festival of Disruption" on October 8th and 9th in Los Angeles, California at the Ace Hotel and Theater. This interactive experience will be curated by filmmaker and artist David Lynch who will be featured for his photography exhibit along with Chris Stein. The two day event will…
This September marks 40 years since America was introduced to everyone's favorite female crime fighting trio. The iconic ABC television series, Charlie's Angels, focused on three beautiful women who just graduated from the Los Angeles Police Academy who were recruited by their boss, Charlie Townsend, to work as private investigators. Charlie was an elusive boss…
ALEXANDER MCQUEEN: SAVAGE BEAUTY MARCH 14 – AUGUST 2 Victoria & Albert Museum Cromwell Road, London SW7 2RL From his couture collections to his personal life, Alexander McQueen loved to break boundaries. Known for his outlandish runway shows and darkly surreal creations, the late designer transformed British fashion during a time when it desperately needed…
Known as the ‘Olympics of the Art World’, Art Basel Switzerland presents its 2015 premiere international art show June 18-21. The program will be held in Basel, one of Europe’s most cultural cities nestled between the borders of Switzerland, France, and Germany. This year's tenth installment of the modern and contemporary art show hosts up to 300 leading galleries from…
Steinway & Sons, manufacturer of the world’s finest pianos, celebrated the launch of company’s new Steinway Spirio, the world's finest player piano system. The event held a chic, private reception at the One Kearny Club in San Francisco. With the San Francisco sunset as a backdrop, Steinway CEO Michael T. Sweeney, joined by other high-profile Steinway executives such as Steinway CMO…
Oscar winner Marion Cotillard will be playing the lead in "Joan of Arc at the Stake" as part of the season finale for the New York Philharmonic. The production will be moving from Paris to New York. This will be Cotillard's Philharmonic debut. This will be the U.S. premiere of director Come de Bellescize's production of "Joan…
There’s just too much white noise. You wake up and there are text messages. Some are slurred incoherent phrases written by friends who missed you last night. Some are questions wondering if you have time to meet for coffee this afternoon, to see a movie in the evening, to come to work because someone called…
Teresita Fernández Almine Rech Gallery 11 Saville Row, 1st Floor, Mayfair November 14th - December 20th, 2014 Inspired by the landscape and natural phenomena as well as diverse historical and cultural references, Fernández presents a group of new works for her second exhibition with Almine Rech Gallery that collectively demonstrate her remarkable ability to transform…
After weeding out trends for the Spring/Summer 2015 collections from New York Fashion Week and London Fashion Week, there was a trend that got a lot of people talking about the London collections, but was only whispered about in New York. What I'm talking about here is nipples. While sheer to completely transparent fabrics often grace runways, (remember when Charlie Le Mindu opened his Paris…
Taryn Simon: A Polite Fiction Foundation Louis Vuitton 8, Avenue du Mahatma Gandhi Bois de Boulogne October 27th, 2014 Underneath layers of cement and drywall in the Fondation Louis Vuitton is a message in green permanent marker on concrete: “Oubliez la terre. Elle ne vaut pas le coup . . . à moins que vous…
The Floral Ghost Planthouse Gallery 107 W 28th Street October 24th - December 12th, 2014 This October, Planthouse Gallery has invited six artists - Simryn Gill, Florian Meisenberg, Katia Santibañez, Philip Taaffe, Fred Tomaselli, and Anton Würth - along with the writer Susan Orlean, to consider plants and the perpetually changing nature of the city,…
Richard Pousette-Dart Pace Gallery 510 West 25th Street November 7, 2014 – January 10, 2015 Pace Gallery has announced its first exhibition of work by Richard Pousette-Dart. The exhibition will feature twelve paintings and ten works on paper examining the artist’s use of geometric imagery from the late 1960s through the mid-1980s. To accompany the…
Growing up, I always thought of tattoos as something worn by the unwashed, motorcycle riding crew. Every piece of skin stained with ink was either a drunken mistake or a symbol of their tough and trashy lifestyle. I am now surrounded by a generation where everyone, from business buffs to computer techies, are investing their big…
For the past 6 months, Emma Watson has been making great strides in her newest position as one of the United Nation's Women Goodwill Ambassadors. Recently, in New York City on September 20th, the 24-year-old actress gave an exceptionally inspiring speech at the U.N. Watson spoke on feminism and gender equality for the launch of…
Advertisements for diets and plastic surgery "fixes" are frequently in the media, on billboards, and even plastered around our daily commute. Americans are notorious for their constant desire to lose weight and lose it fast by popping a diet pill or drinking lemonade mixtures for three weeks. But the massive infatuation that spreads through a…
Although women have overcome a massive amount of turmoil in the past sixty years, one major issue that remains widely untouched is rape. Did you know that one in five women in the United States has been raped? Did you also know that about fifty percent of those rapes have gone undocumented due to fear of…
Over Labor Day Weekend, nude photos of various celebrities including Jennifer Lawrence and Kate Upton were leaked online by a 4chan user, causing an absolute uproar. While many have been expressing pity for the stars, a larger number of people are turning their noses up and, for lack of better term, "slut-shaming" Lawrence and Upton for taking the photos…
While adults scratch their heads wondering why someone would pay hundreds of dollars to see to a DJ, more young Americans are immersing themselves in the culture of electronic dance music. The rave behavior doesn’t seem innocent—and it’s not. As EDM’s popularity continues to rise with festivals drawing hundreds of thousands of people, dance music…