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Design and Innovation

Eye On Design: Alberto Guardiani’s Lipstick Heel Pumps

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Would you pay $400 for a lipstick? No way! How about $400 for high heels? Well, maybe. Luxury footwear brand Alberto Guardiani, founded in 1940 by brothers Luigi and Dino Guardiani, initially manufactured men’s shoes under the Nuova Centauro brand  (which still exists). Alberto, the son of Dino, took over the business in 1972 and the brand is now one of the leading Italian manufactures of shoes and accessories. Two of fashion’s sexiest accessories – red lipstick and black high heels – come together for their remarkable Lipstick Heel Pumps collection.

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Arts and Culture

Modern Art Monday Presents: Roger Fry, A Room in the Second Post-Impressionist Exhibition

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Fittingly, artist Roger Frey (1866 – 1934) memorialize the public debut of  Henri Matisse’s The Red Studio in a painting that represents a group of Matisses artworks arranged in situ. A Room in the Second Post-Impressionist Exhibition (1912) is the only surviving visual documentation of Pinneau Rouge on display at the Grafton Galleries in London in 1912. The gentleman on the leather sofa is probably the artist Duncan Grant, an admirer of Matisse who had been welcomed as a visitor to the studio at Issy. Grant was one of several members of the Bloomsbury Group (a close-knit circle of British artists and writers) who worked with Fry to organize the show.

Photographed in the Museum of Modern Art in New York City

Arts and Culture

Jean-Michel Basquiat: King Pleasure Gives The Pop Culture Icon a Second Life

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Story and All Photos By Gail Worley

This is purely coincidental, but maybe ten days before I attended the massive new exhibit Jean-Michel Basquiat: King Pleasure, a pair of brazen art thieves attempted to steal one of the late artist’s paintings — valued at $45,000 — from a Chelsea art gallery in broad daylight. The crime was easily foiled as the couple — who, sadly, avoided apprehension — attempted to just walk out of the gallery holding the artwork. Ballsy! I mention this to illustrate the fact that Basquiat’s popularity hasn’t waned  in the 34 years since his death from an accidental drug overdose at age 28. Though he did not get to live a long life,  Jean-Michel Basquiat  lives on through his art, and King Pleasure is here to make sure he is not forgotten.

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Arts and Culture

Jordan Wolfson’s Wild Solo Exhibition at David Zwirner

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Colored Sculpture By Jordan Wolfson
Colored Sculpture By Jordan Wolfson (Above Photo By Josh White.  All Other Photos and Video By Gail)

Geoffrey and I suspected we were in for some kind of rare treat when we arrived at David Zwirner and found ourselves waiting in a short line just inside of the gallery foyer. We were informed that artist Jordan Wolfson had made the gallery promise not to let more than 20 people into his exhibit at one time. “Well, OK,” we thought. Why not build a little suspense before we entered the exhibit, the contents of which was not visible from where we were standing.

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Film and Television, Pop Culture

Photos From Star Wars and the Power of the Costume Exhibition at Discovery Times Square!

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Hey what’s up? Today we are having our first official snowfall here in NYC, and it is lovely, but mostly it makes you start pondering how are we going to get through the winter months, and still have fun, without leaving the house. If you are looking for ideas of fun outings you can take in the borough of Manhattan that involve indoor activities, and which are all pretty close to public transportation (i.e. limiting required outside time) then you should plan to head over to the Discovery Center in Times Square for the Star Wars and the Power of the Costume Exhibition, which is just outstanding. Continue reading Photos From Star Wars and the Power of the Costume Exhibition at Discovery Times Square! →