I had high hopes for this show. It was curated by none other than Kelly Cutrone, and one of the first people I saw upon arrival was Miss Jay Alexander. I was greeted by the noise of Garbage and Sonic Youth, also promising (though not the mood-setter I would’ve picked for such a high class […]
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 […]
In the early 1970’s, a movement was wriggling around in the United Kingdom. Strutting onto the scene in platform boots, and bellbottoms came Glam Rock. Just a little south-east, at the end of that very same decade, Turkey was developing their first feminist movement. Fast forward to Sunday, four decades later, Turkish designer Hakan Akkaya […]
