“Nature is the best Artist” Staking her claim yet again, as premiere nature jeweler, artist Kira Koktysh has installed the final link to the chain of her Botanical Metamorphosis series: First Seeds to Blooms, then Leaves and Fruits, and now—Mushrooms! The final link—Mushrooms: The Other Fruit—bridges the seasonal life-to-death motif. Remarkably mysterious organisms, […]
Kindling yet another spoke of the NYC culture fractal is New York’s Design Week. However the best of it located itself in SoHo’s cast-iron district, where one abounds in visual eye-openers, comfortable chairs, and curated ambiance. Studding SoHo’s Belgian blocks are indoor and outdoor furniture, lighting fixtures, abstract Cuban paintings, mirror and sculptures. Sometimes it does […]
Witnessing Tania Stavreva on piano at the National Opera Center of New York- Opera America, one rainy October night, rekindled my affinity for the lost art. Taking lessons, performing recitals and wooing family members on the black baby grand in our marble-sky lit living room as a kid, the piano became less accessible and more of a […]
