Conceptual designer, Kyungah Min, launched the high-tech KAIMIN SS20 collection during New York Fashion Week. Unveiling a commercial denim line, SLFF (pronounced ‘self’) honors transformation in the conditioned world. Albeit through exaggerated tulle and ruffles, or geometric cutouts of denim, vinyl, or leather—the innovatively inclusive KAIMIN’s “Introspective Prism” SS20 collection wildly epitomizes the cultural fractal. […]
Wine Enthusiast hosted yet another scrumptious and sumptuous celebration of 100 Best Wine Restaurants around the U.S. Known for their delicious pairings of extraordinary food and wine, the restaurants were represented by their respective beverage coordinators. I had the pleasure of speaking to managers from Veritas in Columbus […]
“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, […]
Hermès’ opening of the New York Meatpacking boutique this week prompted a lavishly hip after party at Skylight on Vesey Street. An emblematic foray into Studio54 meets Greek mythology, the Kitchen, Garden Tapestry and Kings rooms transported guests into a royal feast + 1970’s disco fête. Set amid ancient Mediterranean scenery was the serpentine […]
Questioning the functionality of the Visual, Written and Classic Arts has become an epidemic, via the advent of the portable web and iphone. Who has time to paint when filters and image reconstruction apps exist? Why carry heavy books around–with the inventions of Audible, Kindle and Utube–only to strain the eyes? Who attends plays, operas or […]
A precious gemstone mined ubiquitously for its soothing clarity and rich history, emeralds reveal truths, induce clarity, rest the eyes, and evoke jungles. Encountering the Coomi X Muzo collection at Baccarat Hotel last week activated a long felt curiosity into the royalty of greenness. Individual masterpieces encompassing the vast range of emerald origins—jungles, lush fields […]
Treading the graffiti-laden streets of Bushwick Open Studios , a golden hour’s sunset portended closing. Suddenly, a fractal of fireworks burst in my face: say hello to the exquisite Allison Eden Studio. A perspectival entryway bestowed with translucent shapes and colors abound, I drown amid pixilated bliss. A leading custom glass supplier for commercial and […]
“The canvas is a system to give a meaning to the atmosphere…” Sole figures amid mysteriously laden landscape characterize Federico Infante’s current exhibit at Hugo Galerie in SoHo, Manhattan. Subdued, mysterious and introspective, Federico initially approaches each painting with a week or week or two pre-reflection period. Then he enacts the expressive process of […]
Perusing the candied portals and cosmic archive of over 70 top emerging and contemporary artists at Superfine! NYC 2018, an affinity for vibrancy and intricacy had me tapping on the shoulders of 4 remarkable artists; their works uphold strikingly relevant themes and interconnectivity: People, their relationship to the natural environment and memory. […]