This Friday, June 4th, we’re co-hosting a preview party for the Exit Art Ecstasy Benefit Auction. Proceeds from the auction—which includes artists like the recently deceased, forever impressive Louise Bourgeois, Alfredo Jaar, Yoko Ono and Swoon—go to support new, adventurous voices who explore and articulate contemporary history: social, political and everything in between. So come get [...]
Author Archives: Erin Dixon
Four Days of Nan Swid and Donald Kaufman
May 7, 2010 – 8:45 pm
At Gallery 9E in Chelsea, artists Nan Swid and Donald Kaufman mix mediums and creative forces in a four day symposium of color and spatial relations.
As the co-namesake of former design agency Swid-Powell Design, Swid’s pieces reflect a practiced multi-dimensional and tactile aesthetic. Employing the objet trouvé techniques of Braque and Rauschenberg, she layers divergent [...]
Pioneers of Color
April 12, 2010 – 2:00 pm
2nd St. East & South Main St., Kalispell, Montana, August 22, 1974 by Stephen Shore.
My affinity for photographer Stephen Shore’s Americana began with the above image of Kalispell, Montana. Though I’d never been to Kalispell, my grandmother grew up there and Shore’s photograph perfectly embodied the place my young mind had shaped from her stories. [...]
Dossier at Paris Fashion Week F/W10
March 6, 2010 – 9:48 pm
Dossier Creative Director Skye Parrott is currently in Paris for Fashion Week, shooting a photo diary for The New York Times. If, per chance, you’re wishing you were in The City of Light drinking champagne, eating macaroons and basking in the genius of Ghesquière, I’d suggest checking it out—along with our comprehensive coverage on Style.
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I Miss You When You’re Not Here
February 21, 2010 – 5:04 pm
In her ongoing search for fragility and truth, Dossier contributing editor Spela Kasal photographs everything from emerging models to still-life scenes. The resulting images land somewhere between fashion and fine art, and as of this Tuesday, February 23, they will be on display at Ofr in Paris. The solo exhibition, titled I Miss You When [...]
Howard Zinn 1922-2010
January 28, 2010 – 12:05 am
Photo courtesy of Drury.edu.
While it was his sweet smile that first captured my attention, it was his brilliant mind that kept me coming back for more. Rest in Peace, Howard Zinn.
The Style Dossier for the Week of 12.05.08
December 5, 2008 – 12:00 pm
Each Friday, Dossier will bring you knowledgeable style commentary, context and inspiration — a roundup of the week’s best style coverage — in no particular order.
1. Twelve seems to be the ripe creative age these days, which — frankly — is freaking me out. Following on the heels of The New York Times pre-pubescent restaurant [...]
Dossier’s Sample Sale Dossier
December 2, 2008 – 2:39 pm
Starting Monday, December 1st
Cullen And Whim (Men and Womenswear)
Now-December 5th, 9am-7pm
231 West 39th Street (between 7th & 8th Avenues), Suite 1016
First Among Equals (Womenswear)
Filippa K, Corpus, Cassaves, Hyden Yoo and more
Now-December 4th, Monday-Friday1pm-9pm and Saturday-Sunday 12noon-8pm
177 Orchard Street (near Stanton Street)
Rogan and Loomstate (Men and Womenswear)
Now-December 7th, 11am-7pm
91 Franklin Street (between Broadway & Church Street) [...]
Dossier’s Sample Sale Dossier (In addition to all those Happy Holidays sales)
November 26, 2008 – 5:22 pm
La Perla (womenswear)
November 24th – 28th, 9am-6pm; Thanksgiving Thursday 9am-3pm; Friday 9am-7pm
260 Fifth Avenue (between 28th & 29th Streets)
Rogan and Loomstate (mens and womenswear)
November 29th – December 7th, 11am-7pm
91 Franklin Street, (between Broadway & Church Street)
Designer Black Friday Weekend Sale (mens and womenswear)
Dior, Gucci, YSL, Marc Jacobs, Prada, Balenciaga, Armani and more.
November 28th – [...]
The Style Dossier for the Week of 11.21.08
November 21, 2008 – 8:51 pm
Each Friday, Dossier brings you knowledgeable style commentary, context and inspiration — a roundup of the week’s best style coverage — in no particular order.
1. In fashion, like any creative market that relies on consumption, commercial reality often diverges greatly from innovation — just ask John Galliano or Nicholas Ghesquiere. For all their acclaim and [...]
