Noir, nostalgia and fashion: Fearless and innovative, Alexis Bittar, NYC born and bred jewelry designer and cinematic storyteller showcased his Fall Winter Accessories Collection at his third New York Fashion Week. Bittar is a pioneer of avante garde statement pieces and intricate metalwork, ranging from crystal studded cuffs, lucite earrings, necklaces, and jewel-laden clutches. Interestingly, […]
Freshly surfacing from delayed trains, school closings, and work hiccups this past week, New Yorkers struggled to stay warm and to secure adequate groceries amid the interminable subzero temperatures. Such constraints compelled creatives, celebrities, and art enthusiasts to show up in maximal self-expression to the Whitney Museum of Art’s infamous Art Party this past frigid […]
William PK Carter builds worlds where fabric breathes, animals sing, and identity finds its rhythm in thread. Carter’s practice is meticulous, but it began long before she even picked up a needle; art was already within her, quietly fractalizing into the person she’d become. “Both my parents painted for fun,” Carter says. “And also, my […]
Juxtaposing soft, delicate flowers and pastels with darker hued provocative accessories, Helena Calmfors’ debut solo exhibit, curated by Indira Cesarine at The Untitled Space, certainly lives up to its name: Floral Disciplines. The exquisiteness of contrast is imbued by interlocking blooms and crosshatched lingerie, situated among cuffs, ticklers and other fetish iconography. Fractallizing various mediums—albeit […]
A new player in the cultural and creative industries has officially stepped onto the scene, aiming to bridge and fractalize the often disparate worlds of art, branding, and business. Avant Management, a boutique firm based in New York City, celebrated its official launch a few Friday nights ago with a private, invitation-only event at the […]
Robert Mango’s art lives in the space where the real and the imagined converge—a place of myth-making, dream-making, and surrealist logic. From his formative years in Chicago, he stood out at the School of the Art Institute, where he quickly became, as he puts it, “the darling of the teachers there” because he had “a […]
In her new current show Orchid Fever at 5-50 Gallery in Queens New York, Hayley Young‘s mixes painting, digital distortion and saturation create psychedelic and complex compositions. “I’d already been painting flowers and landscapes from travel photos, but I wanted to go deeper, ask myself why I was so drawn to those subjects. Living in […]
Whether you walk on two legs or four, Ideal Glass Studios, was the place to be for the Rescue Dogs Rock NYC Fashion Show: Puppy Love. Produced by Chance Spiessbach of ChanceTV, it was an over the top amalgamation of high fashion, electrifying performances, and heartfelt philanthropy. The night featured models on roller skates clad […]
The Zang Toi show opened with a caftan-clad goddess strutting to Arabic music at the exquisite Park Avenue Christian Church, sacredly evocative of the Blue Mosque in Istanbul. The production then quickly transitioned softly to Amanda Lear’s “Si tu savaus ma belle”, while reliving the transitory phases endured by the prominent luxury railway, the Orient […]
Artist Blakelee Pieroni’s Meta Betties project fractally brings together art, activism, and digital innovation, offering a forward-thinking approach to how performance and conceptual art can engage with blockchain technology. By addressing societal norms and advocating for social change, her work has discovered a powerful outlet in the digital world. Her roots as an artist are […]