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House and Home, Lifestyle

Tips For Creating Different Zones In Your Garden

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Creating intentional garden zones can transform even the simplest outdoor space into a functional, inviting retreat for you and your guests. A single stretch of lawn might offer plenty of room, but without purpose it can quickly feel flat and uninspiring. By dividing your garden into distinct “rooms,” each with a clear function — whether that’s dining, relaxing, playing, or planting — you add structure and interest. The key is to design each zone thoughtfully, ensuring it serves a real purpose in your daily life rather than becoming a space that goes unused.

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Arts and Culture

Modern Art Monday Presents: Headless Man Trying to Drink By Yinka Shonibare

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headless man trying drink by yinka shonibare photo by gail worley
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Yinka Shonibare’s surreal and visually unforgettable sculpture Headless Man Trying to Drink (2005) brings together biting social commentary, clever visual humor, and a rich exploration of post-colonial identity — all in one absurdly tragicomic gesture.

Crafted from fiberglass and wood, with clothing made from the artist’s signature Dutch wax-printed cotton, the life-sized headless figure leans forward, mouthlessly attempting to drink from a stylized water pump and fountain made of polymer-gypsum. Of course, without a head, this feat is impossible — which is exactly the point.
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Arts and Culture

Art On The High Line: Veit Laurent Kurz, Salamanderbrunnen

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Salamanderbrunnen
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Veit Laurent Kurz (b. 1985 in Erbach, Germany) cultivates artificial ecosystems composed of a variety of living and nonliving materials, including plants, mosses, nondescript chemicals, biohazardous material containers, industrial plastic tubing, and paint.

Salamanderbrunnen

For the High Line’s Mutations series, Kurz created Salamanderbrunnen; a fountain that circulates Herba-4, Kurz’s imagined “herbal juice of the future,” asking us to imagine the new forms of nature that we create together.

Salamanderbrunnen

Salamanderbrunnen will be on Exhibit at the High Line, Closest to the Gansevoort Street Staircase, Through April 2018.

Salamanderbrunnen

Arts and Culture

Let’s Go: Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Sculpture Garden at MOMA!

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MOMA Sculpture Garden
All Photos By Gail

Summer doesn’t last forever, especially in NYC, so why not plan to enjoy the nice weather while we have it by spending as much time outside in beautiful places as possible? Just do it!

Moma Sculpture Garden Fountain

Maybe you are already a huge fan of Art, but weren’t aware that the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) has a gorgeous, landscaped sculpture garden that provides a relaxing oasis in the center of Manhattan. It’s only open when the weather is nice, so you need to go now.

Skyscraper Vertical View
This is Your Vertical View While Seated Near the Fountain Pictured Directly Above

The Sculpture Garden is named for Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, an American socialite and philanthropist who was the wife of financier and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller Jr. Mrs. Rockefeller was known for being the driving force behind MOMA’s creation. It is nice that they named the sculpture garden for her.

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Pop Culture, Toys and Collectibles

Marcel Duchamp Rmutt Urinal Pez Dispenser

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Rmutt Pez Dispenser
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In the tradition of Marcel Duchamp’s Ready-Mades, this 3D printed Pez dispenser by British artist Tom Burtonwood (in the likeness of Duchamp’s Fountain sculpture) combines high and low, pop and populous, and art and kitsch.

Available in the gift shop at the New Museum of Contemporary Art for $70, discounted to $59.50 for Members!

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