Under the Stars with Laurel Nakadate
May 4, 2013
Is blood really that thick? Artist Laurel Nakadate, whose body of work explores relations with strangers, decided to investigate. Curious about her genetic link to others, she took a DNA test to track down distant relatives on her mother’s side.
Orly Genger Knows the Ropes
May 1, 2013
Monolithic, sinuous barriers of rope make up Red, Yellow and Blue, a public art installation by the artist Orly Genger, inaugurated yesterday as part of the Madison Square Park Conservancy’s Mad. Sq. Art program.
Edvard Munch Gets the Warhol Treatment
April 26, 2013
For a fresh perspective on the work of Expressionist artist Edvard Munch, look through Andy Warhol’s eyes, at “Munch/Warhol and the Multiple Image,” opening tomorrow at the Scandinavia House.
Chloe Sevigny’s West Coast Blues
April 19, 2013
“I’m lonely here, I’m really lonely,” says Chloë Sevigny into the phone. Los Angeles is a bubble. She misses New York.|
Richard Kern’s Girls
April 18, 2013
Photographer and filmmaker Richard Kern shot a naked girl for the first time in the early ’80s. By now, breasts have lost their novelty.
Tulle Tale
April 17, 2013
In a twist, a single piece of tulle, fabrice used to veil the face, can be manipulated by artist Benjamin Shine to itself articulate a portrait. Shine
For Andrew Carmellini, Simple is Beautiful
April 16, 2013
Andrew Carmellini talks about food in a breathless stream of consciousness. With his new restaurant Lafayette opening this week, Carmellini adds a French bistro to his portfolio, reacquainting downtown Manhattan with French country cuisine.
The Real Maquettes
April 10, 2013
“Chuck Close Photo Maquettes” at Eykyn Maclean New York is a career survey examining Close’s process, with maquettes (a term meaning small versions of a larger artwork) on display ranging in era from the 1970s to now.
An Eye on the AIPAD Photography Show
April 4, 2013
The Association of International Photography Art Dealers’ 33rd annual AIPAD Photography Show begins today. As we skimmed the selections on the impressively crowded white-walls, these six images in particular caught our eye.
Nordic Invasion
March 29, 2013
Nordic art is blowing up in a big, digital way. Bjork’s psychedelic, magma-filled music video “Mutual Core” played on the 15 largest screens in Times Square every midnight in March, and that was only the beginning
Unphotographable, Until Proven Otherwise
March 22, 2013
A glimpse at The Unphotographable will give you an understanding, or a fair lack thereof, of its contents. “The cover is itself, with nothing on the cover,” explains editor Jeffrey Fraenkel, who curated a show of the same name at his eponymous San Francisco Gallery earlier this year. “You will know it when you don’t see it.”
Most Wanted: J. Mendel Faille Dress
March 18, 2013
Peplums epitomize prim and perfect trimmings: dainty, elegant, simple. But, like that girl in high school with color-coordinated everything, there is such a thing as too pretty.
Burning up the Kitchen
March 5, 2013
After graduating college with degrees in mathematics and philosophy, Burns turned to cooking when he realized that high-school math teacher was not his dream job.
The New Museum Parties Like it’s 1993
March 1, 2013
The 1990s were a great time. Grunge meant you didn’t have to care—not pretend to not care, Williamsburg style, but really not care—and look awesome doing it.
A Lens on William Klein
March 1, 2013
William Klein has always colored outside the lines. With forays into experimental photography, fashion photography at Vogue, and later, film, he had few preconceived notions about the art forms, and did not care to aspire to others’ norms—his methods were mostly improvised.
Jim Gavin Regrets Nothing
February 26, 2013
For author Jim Gavin, all it took was a writing class at UCLA to snap the then-20something out of a rut. His knack for storytelling led to a Wallace Stegner Fellowship in Fiction from Stanford University, and later, a byline in The New Yorker‘s fiction section, awarded after an unsolicited submission.
Gold Fields Saw the Sign
February 22, 2013
Gold Fields wrote, rewrote, and again rewrote their debut album before feeling satisfied. And it still took three weeks holed up in lead singer Mark Fuller’s parents’ garage, with the album’s artwork (finished earlier) plastered on surrounding walls, to come up with a name: Black Sun, out February 26.
BLK DNM on the Bike
February 20, 2013
Scurrying around during New York this Fashion Week, it was hard to miss supermodel Frankie Rayder’s denim-clad derrière riding a motorcycle down a remote, tree-lined road. The BLK DNM posters featuring Rayder had materialized overnight, looking sleek next to tattered concert promotions and liquor advertisements.
Most Wanted: Alexander Wang Sheer Layer Dress
February 12, 2013
From super-thin cotton tee-shirts to gossamer fabrics, Alexander Wang is as close they come to mastering the use of sheer fabric for subtle, sensual downtown allure.
C2C is Going Global
February 11, 2013
It’s not often a teenage hobby—especially one initially pursued in downtime between the standard adolescent-boy priorities, video-gaming and skateboarding—leads to a career. For the four members of the French DJ team C2C (Pfel, 32, and Greem, 20Syl, and Atom, all 33), the rickety record turntable 20Syl owned started as just another distraction.