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Collective Hardware is soon to be Collective Failure.
So we hear hear through the grapevine that Stuart Braunstein's and Ronnie Rivellini's Collective Hardware is about to go down the chute. How you wonder did this happen? Well, on the surface the outfit is a...
StyleFactory suddenly arrives in Noho, NY.
In case you are not a resident of this fine city, let me explain something to you. In New York, our lives are broken up into weeks. This past week has been dubbed “Creative Week” and...
KARIN + RAOUL host PULCHRITUDE, at Damon Dash.
The Dash Gallery hosted the premiere of Karin + Raoul Magazine—an exhibition titled “Pulchritude” this past Thursday May 13th. The fashionable elite—musically inclined and provocative photographers themselves graced the space between all four walls, as bartenders and hosts in...
NY Design week wrap up.
DUPONT CORIAN AND INTRAMUROS PRESENT CARTE BLANCHE In celebration of the 25th anniversary of famed magazine Intramuros, Dupont Corian and Intramuros present Carte Blanche, an exhibition showcasing 25 innovative works made of Dupont Corian by...
Kenny Kenny and his nocturnal entourage.
This past weekend I found myself shamelessly cavorting with Kenny Kenny's entourage at a winding gallery space- Collective Gallery in the thick of Chinatown, NY. Of course if truth be known, Kenny Kenny flippant and...
Hermaphrodite 2010.
In their exhibit/performance art colloboration, Aphrodite Désirée Navab and Chervine, Iranian artists based in New York City, explore the gender stereotypes and pressures of Iranian patriarchal culture. Chervine photographs Aphrodite as she transforms herself...
Andersson & Nordstrom;A Swedish Showcase in Chelsea.
Shared interests can bring a family together. When those interests also happen to be passions—and livelihoods—that togetherness takes on a whole other dimension.
Such is the case with husband-and-wife artists Mamma Andersson and Jockum ...
Final Jeffrey Deitch exhibit sends them to the streets.
This past Saturday, anyone thinking they were going to get in and partake in the last public open gallery exhibit of the Deitch Gallery before its alma mater Mr Jeffrey Deitch takes on his new coveted role as...
INVEN.TORY Exhibition: The Point Suite Pop-Up Show.
In our short-attention-span culture, the idea of the pop-up show, exhibits, or just about pop-up anything seems rather appealing and exciting. For a short time, shops or exhibits are set up in a rather unconventional...
Capturing Moments, Influencing Pop Culture & Having a Good Time: ‘American Boarders.”
I’m at the Stellan Holm Gallery on the Upper East Side waiting for my chance to speak with the man of the hour, Los Angeles based pop artist, Paul Rusconi. The white walls that surround me are adorned with...
Spectacle at the Viewing Room, Chelsea.
Slowly climbing the stairs at 551 West 21st Street to the Viewing Room on Thursday, I realized I was going to see some impressive art. It wasn’t because I was familiar with the work I was...
The Damon Dash Gallery presents Kyle Goen.
Damon Dash gallery had their opening reception this past Thursday, for Kyle Goen’s “The Voice that Arms itself to be Heard” large-scale paintings and photographs.
Hosted and curated by Erykah Badu--R&B hip-hop singer and recording artist—and rap mogul Damon Dash--Roca-A-Fella...
Victor Demarchelier- Quietly creating beauty.
If there is one person we should be paying attention to in the appropriation of beauty, that person would clearly have to be Victor Demarchelier. The son of famed fashion photographer Patrick Demarchelier, Victor has already...
Is there something going on between Jeffrey Deitch and Keith Haring?
When Clayton Patterson's article first fell on my lap I was intrigued, titillated, and also concerned. Concerned about the implications, the arguments, and the consequences of questioning widely accepted doctrines that the art world has taken for liturgy. On...
The A list crowd turns up to ‘Your History is not our history.’
Last night saw the elite of the Art World saunter through the latest collective efforts of dandies David Salle and Richard Phillips at the auspicious Haunch of Venison, NY- 'Your history is not our history.' In their efforts to...
