NY Botanical Garden Frida Kahlo: Art - Garden - Life May 16 - Nov 1 2900 Southern Blvd. Bronx, NY 10458 Open Tues. - Sun. 10 AM - 6 PM The NY Botanical Garden is currently exhibiting Frida Kahlo in a light that has never been seen before. This is the first time that an…
This year, Marilyn Monroe would have celebrated her 89th birthday on June 1st. Even after 53 years of her passing, each day, she grows more and more into a fashion and Hollywood icon. Society deemed her "the dumb blonde" and still note her for her looks rather than her brains. Her "dumb blonde" act was just a…
London's non-profit art walk, "The Line", launched May 23 and opened to the public in East London. The path follows the line of the Greenwich Meridian, across 3 miles from London's waterways from The O2, the Royal Docks, and Three Mills. The exhibit features sculptures by Martin Creed, Abigail Fallis, Damien Hirst, Gary Hume, Sir Eduardo Paolozzi,…
Toy empire Mattel will be releasing a new set of more diverse Barbie dolls. Barbie has iconically been known to have unrealistic, exaggerated features, which has controversially been known to be linked to body image issues amongst little girls. Due to a decline in sales, Mattel has now released a new line of dolls of different…
Jean-Michel Basquiat: "L'Accrochage 3: The Keys of a Passion" The Louis Vuitton Foundation, 8 Avenue du Mahatma Gandhi, Paris, France From June 3, 2015 The Louis Vuitton Foundation in Paris is currently exhibiting the work of Graffiti artist, Jean-Michel Basquiat. The Contemporary collection is organized around contemplative subject, expressionism, and music/sound. This exhibit works around generations…
Richard Tuttle: "Separation" Modern Art, 4-8 Helmet Row, London June 5 - 27, 2015 Modern Art will be holding Richard Tuttle's third solo exhibition of new work by Richard Tuttle. This exhibition comprises four new bodies of work made over the course of the past year. Richard Tuttle's career has spanned over fifty years with more than…
New York City-based filmmaker, Leah Meyerhoff, has been utilizing her film career in order to promote gender equality. She founded "Film Fatales", which is a network for women directors. Founded in Brooklyn in 2013, is has since gained international recognition. Along with running Film Fatales, she serves as a mentor for the Tribeca Film Fellows,…
Museum of Art & Design (MAD) Pathmakers: Women in Art, Craft, & Design, Midcentury to Today 2 Columbus Circle, New York, NY April 28 - September 30, 2015 The Museum of Art & Design is currently running an exhibit solely focused on the accomplishments of women in the arts. This retrospective focuses on the pioneering women who…
Legendary pop artist, Cher, 69, is one of the new faces of the Marc Jacobs Fall/Winter 2015 campaign. Shot by photographer David Sims, Cher is the first in a campaign that also includes Willow Smith and other iconic muses to Marc, both young and mature. She wears a floor-length, black gown which comes from Jacobs' fall…
American Hip-Hop artist, Ciara, is the new face of Italian designer Roberto Cavalli's Fall/Winter 2015-16 advertising campaign. Photographed by Francesco Carrozzini, this stunning series graces beauty with a hint of wildness. "The story of a world encapsulated in one room. A surreal kingdom where the walls look like a magical sky and surfaces enchant with desert…
The Prada Foundation opened a new museum May 9th in an abandoned, old distillery in Milan. With the original location in Venice, The Prada Foundation is known for setting up contemporary art exhibits in abandoned warehouses and disused churches. Dutch architect Rem Koolhas designed the 19,000 sq. meter campus of this new Milan location. The Prada…
Richard Taittinger Gallery Come Midnight 154 Ludlow Street, New York, NY May 16 - June 21 Opening Preview: May 15-16, 12 AM - 8AM The Richard Taittinger Gallery will host a new solo exhibition called Come Midnight, which will introduce new work by Turkish artist Haluk Akakçe. Akakçe is well known. known for his surreal, colorful, and graphic…
The 68th annual Cannes Film Festival is coming up May 13-24, and the film selections have been announced. 19 films will be competing in Un Certain Regard, starting on May 14. The judges' panel for the Un Certain Regard competition will include Isabella Rosellini (President), Haifaa Al-Mansour, Nadine Labaki, Panos H. Koutras, and Tahar Rahim.…
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…
Two rare and newly discovered portraits painted by legendary Irish painter, Francis Bacon, will be up for auction at Sotheby's in London. The expected price for these paintings are £30 million. These paintings, Self Portrait and the triptych Three Studies for Self-Portraits, were sold directly from the Marlborough Fine Art soon after painted in 1975 & 1980. In 2007, a…
Art Market San Francisco 620 7th St, San Francisco, CA 94103 April 29 - May 3 Art Market San Francisco's fifth edition welcomed a record 25,000 visitors to Fort Mason Festival Pavilion within a span of five days. The high quality of modern and contemporary artwork, presented by 70 galleries from around the world, set…
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…
New Art Dealer's Alliance NADA Art Fair Pier 36 | Basketball City 299 South Street, New York May 14-17 The New Art Dealer's Alliance has announced the upcoming fourth annual NADA art fair, which will be held at Pier 36 on the East River. This is an exhibition of 100 galleries from all around the world, including…
China: Through the Looking Glass The Metropolitan Museum of Art Chinese Galleries and Anna Wintour Costume Center May 7–August 16, 2015 The Costume Institute’s spring 2015 exhibition, China: Through the Looking Glass, will be on view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art from May 7 through August 16, 2015. In this collaboration between The Costume Institute…
The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier: From Sidewalk to Catwalk April 1 - August 3 Grand Palais Avenue des Champs Elyses, Paris 75008 The retrospective of fashion designer Jean Paul Gaultier is on his 10th stop of his international exhibition tour in Paris. The exhibit was previously shown in Montreal, Dallas, San Francisco, Madrid,…
