Category Archives: Events

Three is the Magic Number

This weekend, The Total Look opened at LA MOCA’s satellite space in West Hollywoood. The show is a celebration of the collaboration between designer Rudi Gernreich, model Peggy Moffitt and photographer William Claxton. The late designer, an LA-based Austrian transplant, was well known for inventing the topless monokini (popular in Europe in the 1960′s) and [...]

Terrywood

This weekend was all about Hollywood. In addition to the Oscars, which were as always, a bit lagging. (David Letterman: “The oscars are like a JetBlue flight, you wait for four and a half hours and don’t take off.”) This weekend was also the opening of photographer Terry Richardson’s Terrywood. This marks the first solo [...]

Full Nelson

The artist Yinka Shonibare describes himself as a “post-colonial hybrid,” having grown up in both Nigeria and London’s East End. His work deals mainly with these themes of colonial expansion, imperial history and shifting cultural power. I know that sounds heady, but bear with me. Having recently been given a prestigious public art commission in [...]

Wall Works

I don’t know about you, but when I was a kid I clipped things out of magazines and stuck them to the wall. I remember vividly having Jodeci, Milla Jovovich and Marilyn Monroe in close proximity. The fact that everything these days is viral and that this might date me makes me slightly sad. I [...]

Wicked Clown Love

Neal Medlyn took up residence at The Kitchen this past weekend with his badass show Wicked Clown Love. Based on the Detroit rap duo Insane Clown Posse (ICP) and their followers, known as Juggalos and Juggalettes, Medlyn performed with his two main sidekicks, Farris Craddock and Carmine Covelli, and a cast of Juggalos. This is a [...]

The Pass It On Project

The Pass It On Project is a documentary film by Melissa Nicolardi and Kalim Armstrong about education, race, and the relevance of the Civil Rights movement in America today. A three-year labor of love, it is finally being screened this weekend through Filmwax. There will also be a Q&A with the featured students, teachers, and filmmakers. [...]

Miami Basel Highlight Wrap-Up

Above photo: Rick Ross signing a photograph of himself by Jonathan Mannion at AE Gallery Saturday, December 2 on South Beach saw the Phillips du Pury charity auction at The Webster benefiting the Playgrounds Around The World charity. Artworks by Ryan McGinley, Dan Colen and the late Dash Snow hung on the walls, the first time [...]

The Cilo at The Grand Street Bakery

A welcome departure from the standard holiday festivities, The Grand Street Bakery marks the debut of The Cilo at The Bakery with tonight’s opening party. Situated in the back room of the bakery, which used to house a flour cilo, The Cilo expands The Bakery’s inspired mix of new and vintage clothing, homewares and trinkets [...]

Fendi Craft Alchemy

At the entrance of Design Miami this year, onlookers gawked at the dreamscape installation – the latest in a series of design/artist collaborations spearheaded by Silvia Fendi. After three years of bold projects at the Fair, the design stalwart called upon Berlin-based design visionaries Sebastian Neeb and Elisa Strozyk this year to create “Craft Alchemy.” [...]

Art Basel Miami Beach Photo Diary Part 2

As things wind down at Basel, here are some final shots of parties, the fair, and Miami itself. Above photo: Monday, December 5: Leaving Miami  Sunday, December 4: Art Basel Miami Beach  Click “Read More” for additional images.