March 2008
51 posts
“I would like to encourage people to think about the history of taste in a more...”
– Agent provocateur | Art & Architecture | guardian.co.uk Arts This is an extremely interesting read on the new director the National Gallery in London, Nicholas Penny, written by Jonathan Jones for the Guardian. This is my favorite bit from the article - which speaks to Penny’s own...
Genevan Heathen Blog: Cuizinier Mondays Pt.I:... →
Get your Mondays started the RIGHT way….. no more “Manic Mondays” (a la The Bangles)… it’s all about Cuizinier Mondays now.
I always look forward to updates from flickr user piksi_’s stream. She is a vet student in Finland. She uploads photos of her outfits often (more than once a week) and they are stunning! Today is probably my favorite yet, a high waisted black skirt (you may not know this but I own more than a few of these myself). Check her “Wardrobe Remix” set in particular.
Gustavo Dudamel parties with the Phil >>... →
Gustavo Dudamel = AMAZING!
La Nuit des Musées - Lausanne →
Save the date.
Dying for this jacket from Sophie Hulme, new designer out of London. via JC report
Bottega Veneta Ad Campaign, Sam Taylor Wood (2008) “Self Portrait Suspended”, Sam Taylor Wood (2004-2005) One of my favorite photographers, Sam Taylor Wood (whose work I first saw at the Frieze Art Fair in Fall 2004 as part of the White Cube booth), shot the recent ad campaign for Bottega Veneta. I remember glancing at this ad before and recognizing the setting (Wood’s studio)...
“Art museums know it. So do orchestras. Little theater companies, too. Nearly...”
– Short piece written by the Classical Music Critic @ the Philadelphia Inquirer on what the ramifications of decreased arts education in public school have had on the current and future role of art in society. Without being introduced to music and art by my parents I can safely say that my own...
Music Class Teaches Kids to Build and Play Guitars... →
This is a-mazing!
Must Read: "The Endless City" (Phaidon)
Did you know that the number of buildings over eight stories in Shanghai went from 121 in 1980 to 10,045 in 2005? That 56 percent of all London residents in 2001 were foreign born? And that 65 percent of New Yorkers belong to an ethnic minority? You will after flipping through “The Endless City” (Phaidon), a chronicle of the unprecedented shift towards urban living that the world has been...
Trans-Atlantic Flights - Getting to Europe Is... →
YES YES YES! Let’s see if this impacts Geneva-Boston, Boston-Geneva flights at all.
A Guide to the French. Handle With Care. - New... →
This is an amazingly funny piece to read. I always love hearing people tell others about being an “outsider” and how they transitioned to feeling “at home”. Maybe this appeals to the eternal traveller/drifter in me?
The New York Times Magazine - >> "Redrawing the... →
An entire issue of the NYT Magazine is devoted to women changing the art world. It definitely inspires me to pick up on some of my ideas about how art education should be done in public schools and how art needs to be more accessible (this means more than just free admission) and run with them. Time to change the world.
“If you look at highly successful people, they make the same number of mistakes...”
– Flowers, via Social Work - New York Times Short but powerful story about Jim McCann, the founder of 1-800 Flowers. The last line is for sure the takeaway line though.
“These grants are for general operations,” said June W. O’Neill,...”
– City Cultural Fund grants arts groups $2.1 million | Philadelphia Inquirer | 03/20/2008 Philly is doing an amazing thing by providing unrestricted grants to arts organizations - it is the day to day cost of running a non-profit that many groups need help with, not specialized funding. BOSTON, WHERE...
Alexander Wang Playlist « T Magazine →
Soundtrack for the moment. Opinion being withheld until I get to the end of the playlist. Listening to Girl Talk reminds me of Winter 2007. I wonder if he is going to go back to school once hipster-dom chills out a bit….
"Whitney Museum to Receive $131 Million Gift from... →
People are increasingly discussing the potential ramifications of the economic slump (dare I say recession?) and its impacts on the philanthropic world. Although I realize that this represents a very very specific and unique gift - I think that families and foundations such as the Lauders are setting a standard for funding philanthropic endeavors independent of the market. Perhaps this will make...
For Bronx School’s Dancers, the Moves Are Irish >>... →
Watch the video, read the article. I very nearly cried when I watched the video and a young kid named Angel spoke. I love stories like this - it’s so my style.
If You’re Young and Not Fainthearted >> Bowtie:... →
My adoration of the bow tie harkens back to my youth spent in rural Virginia, where “The University” reigned supreme (aka the University of Virginia), seersucker and madras were handed down generation to generation, and my mother started popping my collar at age four. Bow ties are not a good look for everyone, but this article makes my heart skip a beat. If you can rock the bow tie,...
Guardian Unlimited: Arts blog - art: Rem Koolhaas'... →
Interesting small piece of commentary by Sean Dodson over at the Guardian re: OMA’s plan for Dubai’s Waterfront City.
The Stage / News / Mayor Livingstone announces... →
Beautiful "Fashion Cut-Ups" over at... →
The Back-of-the-Envelope Design Contest -... →
The Chronicle for Higher Education held a contest where they invited readers to submit design proposals for Bush’s Presidential Library. Restriction: the designs had to fit on the back of a business-sized envelope. Click the link for the top submissions.
Lincoln Center Theater Launches Program for New... →
The Lincoln Center continues to grow and acknowledge the needs to develop new audiences for its programming as well as expanding current programming. SO MUCH LOVE!
Open Yale Courses →
I read about this a few months aga and e-mailed a link to my father. I really love that an institution like Yale is offerring free online courses of some of the introduction classes. Need a refresher on your first year political philosophy course? Take it here. Need to study the Old Testament for the first time? Yup, you can take that too. Modern Poetry? Introduction to Physics? Psych? YES YES...
“Some 1,000 artists and arts organizations are now working in the Dumbo section...”
– Two Trees Management provides affordable studio space for artists in Dumbo » New York Times If only there were more developers and landlords like this….
Comedy Stop: What Would Alex Keaton Do? - New York... →
A very funny, albeit, somewhat realistic look on who Alex Keaton, Michael J. Fox’s character on “Family Ties”, would be voting for in the 2008 election. Alex Keaton was a staunch Republican in a liberal family on the television show, and the question posed to the writer was, “What Would Alex Keaton Do?” Interesting that in order to talk politics, some people find it...
2008 WHITNEY BIENNIAL →
Do I even need to say anything else?!? 2006 Biennial’s was a little disappointing for me, although I walked away mesmerized by a few pieces that I still think about reguarly today. I won’t be able to make any of the early-on performances that are scheduled but I will for sure make it to the Biennial this year (especially considering I skipped out on Frieze Art Fair in London this...
“The 10 x 10 Housing Project challenged 10 architectural teams to provide...”
– Read more about Indaba 10 X 10 Housing Project and Design Indaba. Via Dezeen.
todo mundo » Miles Davis would love Lil Wayne.... →
Kevin and I got into watching videos of Miles Davis from the late 80s and early 90s the other day. He summarized his findings in a post over at Todo Mundo. Must read.
What a Difference a Freakishly Long, Ungodly... →
Feature on my men in Green in this past weekend’s PLAY magazine in the NYTimes.
