I return often to AFA Gallery, a landmark in SoHo’s historic cast iron district. SoHo has more cast-iron buildings than any other global district, and AFA occupies one of them. The way light bounces off one creature on a busy, sunny Saturday changes so wildly on a slow, rainy Monday. It only makes sense then […]
Biological mothers linking arms with their youth—on the runway, alongside spiritual mothers or mentors and their mentees—in the latest NYFW designs: This past New York Fashion Week’s Mothers to Daughters Legacy Walk was an emblematic reminder of how fashion merges with philanthropy to uplift women’s voices. A “global movement” aimed at “forging deep connections, amplifying […]
“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, […]
