NYFW SS16: Jason Wu
In New York this season Jason Wu emerged as one of the strongest designers to make an earlier than usual start, thanks to an altogether more mature approach to intricately constructed garments. He allotted this...
NYFW SS16: Givenchy
Throwing caution to the wind in the face of the fabled and time-honoured international fashion week schedule by high-tailing it across the Atlantic Ocean and setting up shop in New York for SS16, leaving Paris ...
NYFW SS16: Tadashi Shoji
In New York this week Tadashi Shoji showed us a glimpse of what spring will look like next year. Sticking with the classics of florals, pastels, and light airy fabrics, Tadashi keeps the season feeling feminine...
Diane von Furstenberg launches AW15 campaign film starring Karlie Kloss
Diane von Furstenberg has launched their new AW15 campaign film starring supermodel and DVF muse Karlie Kloss. Presenting the fashion brand’s new Secret Agent handbag as its centrepiece, the film, a collaborati...
An Arcadian vision – Glass visits Philip Johnson’s Glass House, the last work of an eccentric architect
The quintessential architect’s playground, The Glass House estate was built by Philip Johnson in a span of some 50 years, between 1949 and 1995. An ever-accumulating landscape that bridged the Ancient, Classica...
Decadent French dining in Manhattan
Picholine, in midtown Manhattan, exudes the sort of New World elegance conjured up by old books like The Great Gatsby or The House of Mirth. The classic, canopied front gives way to a plush dining...
Dreamscapes of the everyday
Painting the uncanny, quiet truths of personal experience. Lois Dodd, a forerunner of the 1950s New York art revolution, in conversation
The artist Lois Dodd paints visions of humble beauty that are at o...
The American Dream
The Dream Hotel Downtown, situated conveniently in the middle of the revivified Meatpacking District, is an oasis of all that is stylish, fashionable and convenient. In a city full of luxury accommodation, ...
Frieze New York 2015
Now in its fourth year, Frieze New York has established itself as a main fixture in the city’s art scene. This year’s event was a large and lively affair, with over 190 galleries from 33 different countries...
German photographer Candida Höfer at Sean Kelly Gallery
Following years with Sonnabend Gallery, acclaimed photographer Candida Höfer has joined Sean Kelly Gallery. From Düsseldorf is Höfer’s first exhibition with the gallery and her first in New York since 2013.
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The MET Gala 2015: the Glass verdict
At the MET Gala in New York the dress code for this year’s Costume Insitute Ball was China: Through the Looking Glass which meant chinoiserie chic and, in general, divided the offerings between pseudo-oriental ...
Home is where the art is
Our home is where we feel secure, raise our families, and spend most of our time – and now you can get yours made into an original work of art by British artist Boo Paterson.
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Kazuo & Fujiko Shiraga at Fergus McCafferey New York
Kazuo Shiraga has become one of the most prominent members of the Gutai group and a highly successful artist in his own right. However, less commonly explored is the role his wife Fujiko played in his practice ...
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 ...