Art

In the busyness of Friday we missed Cynthia Rowley’s proper runway show, but I was sure to head up to the Gagosian Shop on the Upper East Side to see her collaboration with the gallery. For the night presentation Cynthia had a couple of runway looks photographed and those photographs superimposed on white shift dresses [...]

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This week’s Downtown Express includes an article on the growing art gallery/bar scene in the Lower East Side of NYC. They announce that in one of these galleries, Gallery Nine 5, will be a an exhibition called “Makeover” starting this Friday, featuring the work of artist Sali Taylor, who’s created “montages of images of contemporary [...]

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While most people will either sleep in or try to get a good deal on a family supply of scarves this Friday, here’s something fun you could do instead: Stop by the Sunglass Hut (between 1pm and 5pm) in Soho to watch artist Chris Mendoza hand-paint 100 pair of Wayfarers with graffiti-ish illustrations for customers [...]

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Keds were our sneaker of choice in grade school, but they haven’t been since – and we’re sure we’re not alone in this. But have you seen the sneakers they had some GenArt kids design? At left, is the limited-edition design by artist Anne Faith Nichols, of British Columbia. They’re blue, there’s a bird, they’re [...]

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Slideshows

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While some companies are trying their hardest to come across as inexpensive as possible through advertised (and constant) sales and “everyday” low prices (Olay, Target, Bloomingdale’s), other companies, we’ll call them “luxury,” simply aren’t, because the general consensus has been that the luxury market is doing just fine. But a big impressionist and modern art [...]

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Quote of the Day

“It’s a survival instinct. But I think, you know, they’re all as bad as each other. I mean, you look at the [art] dealers, it’s a heavy show you’re playing with there. That’s as bad as any retailer I’ve ever come across. It’s the same kind of thing, it’s selling, selling and selling.” – Stella [...]

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Fact: Everyday, Britt walks past this gallery on her way to and from her hotel in Paris. Fact: And everyday, it’s closed. Fact: Jessica Stam is the only Stam we’ve ever heard of. Theory: Is this a side project of hers that gets neglected during Fashion Week? Of course we know it’s not, but funny [...]

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Comment of the Day

“To our mind the work of a fashion designer is so different from that of an artist! We usually work in a necessarily more collaborative manner. We present our work twice a year, using the same medium, respecting the same human form, within an industrial framework, using industrial means of production, and having our work [...]

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If you happen to find yourself in Dallas between the dates of July 31 and September 6, we already have an event that we think you should attend – The Light & Sie gallery (129 Leslie Street, 214.745.2255 – Tuesdays through Saturdays, noon to 5pm) is hosting a group exhibition called Sehnsucht (translated loosely from [...]

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Site Seeing

Spotted on Prince Street yesterday afternoon. A preview to the Met Ball? Only to us…

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