Tag: Museum
Boyfriend angry at girlfriend destroys $5m worth of art at Dallas museum
Brian Hernandez angry with girlfriend destroys $5m worth of art work at Dallas Museum of Art after breaking into gallery and proceeding to break ancient Greek artifacts.
A Texas man disgruntled with his girlfriend is alleged to have broke into...
The Metropolitan as ‘Muse.’
Museum membership as status symbol? It may seem a bit stuffy, but The Metropolitan Museum of Art has made a strong case to the under-30 set. Tickets to the heavily attended ‘Young Members Party’ were so in demand that...
Christie’s keeps them coming…and how!
In an unusual move, architecture was the surprise star of Christie’s recent 20th Century Decorative Art and Design event. Around fifty potential bidders were treated to a reception at the famous auction house to get a sneak peak of...
Beyond the Jugular: The New Feminists arrive.
In an art world and a wider culture that so often portrays women as models and muses as opposed to the creators of their own art and void comes Lauren Ross’s wonderfully curated video ensemble – ‘Reflections on the...
A Night out at the Museum of Natural History: When the Socialites Come Alive.
It was a dark and stormy Thursday evening. Scampering in my black patent stilettos, I dashed from my cab and took shelter in the Museum of Natural History. And what happened afterhours in this dimly lit establishment was, in...
Will Everything Be Taken Away? UN-SCR-1325 opens at the Chelsea Art Museum.
In the midst of Armory Week’s champagne cocktails and pretentious (albeit enthralling) parties, it was refreshing to attend a powerful opening where the focus was, shockingly enough, the art. Curated by the perceptive Jan Van Woensel and his curatorial...
B-lining for the Quadruple kisses at the Armory’s launch party.
The Armory Show 2009 preview party held at MoMA proved to be a New York borough mixology of sorts. From Williamsburg hipsters adorned in regal mustaches, lumberjack plaid, and Lee cords, Chelsea Gallerists, Downtown cool kids, to the Upper East Siders in...
Hard Times.
Last Thursday the Chelsea Art Museum Young Associates and guests put on their slickest suits and dreamiest dresses to attend the Winter Wickedness party. As most of us on planet Earth have been informed, either by the transcendent power...
The Ultimate Post Modern Performance Art
New York, where is the love? Within the great confines of our fine metropolis, some of the crudest, rawest animal instincts are bread and Big Appleites are not afraid to expose them. One sees another passing him on the...
World opening in Germany. The Hidden Trace- Jewish Paths to Modernity.
On December 6th, I missed Art Basel Miami and the party sponsored by Asprey Jewelry, which one of my dealers, Kiptonart, was throwing at the luxurious Setai Hotel, in South beach. I could not make it to Miami this...
