Looking up
Part one of a two-part series – Representations of self: the urban skyline
“Skylines are urban signatures. They are the shorthand of urban identity, and the chance for urban flourish. Cities of all descr...
Seen and unseen
Invisible may no longer be an adjective suitable to describe a photographer who has recently been the subject of an Oscar-nominated documentary, and yet it is the first that comes to mind when viewing Vivia...
The Frye Company launches sunglass collaboration with Cutler and Gross
Luxury leather specialists, The Frye Company has launched a sunglass collaboration with Cutler and Gross for SS15. Renowned for their high quality products, both brands pride themselves on their exceptional cra...
Chinese painter Mao Yan’s American debut
The contemporary art world tends to favour Chinese artists who use a blatantly “Chinese iconography”. Defying this aesthetic, portrait artist Mao Yan’s work seems to borrow much from the traditional European se...
Shiraga’s “foot paintings” exhibited at Mnuchin Gallery
Gutai artists, particularly Kazuo Shiraga, have been all over the art gallery world this year. Mnuchin Gallery jumps on this bandwagon with its latest exhibition of major paintings by Shiraga, tracing the evolu...
A Haunted Art Dollhouse at Luxembourg & Dayan
From next week, Luxembourg & Dayan’s townhouse on Manhattan’s Upper East Side will be transformed into a spooky cross between a dollhouse and a haunted house by Alex Da Corte. Die Hexe—“the witch” in German...
NYFW AW15: Proenza Schouler
Inspired by vintage photographs from art openings, abstract expressionist painting and minimalist sculpture, Lazaro Hernandez and Jack McCollough presented their Proenza Schouler Autumn Winter 2015 collection i...
New York City’s three Chinatowns spotlighted in celebration of Lunar New Year
In celebration of the Lunar New Year, NYC & Company will spotlight New York City’s three Chinatown neighbourhoods—Sunset Park in Brooklyn, Manhattan’s Chinatown and Flushing in Queens. NYC & Company is ...
NYFW AW15: Narciso Rodriguez
Narciso Rodriguez is a master of figure-flattering monochrome and cuts that balance gracefully between strength and femininity. This season his creations benefited from added platform height, the models soaring...
NYFW AW15: Carolina Herrera
AW has seen Caroline Herrera respond to nature once again this season in a wise choice of style stimuli. Aqua accordingly Herrera’s strength lied in the grace of zen-like waterways inspired optically stunning p...
NYFW AW15: Zac Posen
Zac Posen laid out his signature full force female gala at NYFW this AW season with garments befitted for the modern diva. Naomi Campbell was the show’s final showpiece after all, which generally says it all. T...
NYFW AW15: 3.1 Phillip Lim
Phillip Lim is on a roll. 2015 marking the 10-year anniversary of his label, the past seasons has seen the brand grow and develop, from the on-trend consumer favourite to a bona-fide fashion signature in its ow...
NYFW AW15: Donna Karan
Donna Karan’s latest collection seems to be inspired by the very city that she is showing in. New York has a reputation for its towering skyscrapers and concrete jungle aesthetic, and Karan seems to be echoing ...
NYFW AW15: Diane von Furstenberg
Diane von Furstenberg’s relevance is unquestionable. In New York this season the design icon proved that with a display of her ineffable knack for dressing up and woman while simultaneously dressing her down, f...
NYFW AW15: Prabal Gurung
There was a newfound lightness to Prabal Gurung’s presentation – the bright prints, collaged cuts and wild textures of the past few seasons made way for something far more minimal, but also more interesting. Sh...
NYFW AW15: Derek Lam
Derek Lam approached the 1970s soberly, not unlike last seasons pastel offerings. Loose, luxurious tailoring and some really great outerwear were the highlights of yesterday’s New York presentation – while the ...
NYFW AW15: Joseph Altuzarra
For Joseph Altuzarra AW means lavishing layers upon the female form and not just your run-of-the-mill layers, from the tailoring down to the trim and even the tasseled handbags, these are seriously luxe CDFA aw...
NYFW AW15: Jason Wu
Jason Wu elevated the elegance he is becoming firmly renowned for among the Fifth Avenue set this season in New York. Presenting a collection to be remembered, Wu touted glam simplicity almost exclusively, prim...
2015 New Museum Triennial to open this February
The only recurring exhibition in New York that spotlights contemporary early-career artists, the 2015 New Museum Triennial will be open to the public on February 25. The Triennial provides a platform for an eme...
Local history – examining a pivotal intersection between three postwar artists
Dominique Lévy gallery is presenting Local History, a transatlantic exhibition that presents the moment of creative intersection between three distinct post-war artists. Spanning from the 1950s to the 1970s, th...
The subject of colour – Glass talks to New York artist Stanley Whitney who only has one concern
The subject of colour – Glass talks to New York artist Stanley Whitney who only has one concern
Stanley Whitney’s work leaps out at you, sings even, with its combined influences of African roots and contempo...