Artist Drea Cofield found out the hard way that the morality police behind social media platforms run by Meta can be wildly arbitrary and merciless. While working on pieces for her 2023 solo exhibit at Galleri Urbane in Dallas — just a few weeks before the show was set to open– Cofield’s Instagram account was shut down immediately after promoting the exhibition. Entitled Send Nudes, the exhibit showcases paintings of selfies sent to the artist by consenting adults who understand how their images will be used. Instagram wasn’t hearing it.
In 2021, Spike Lee made cinematic history as the first Black president of the Cannes Film Festival jury. He collaborated with Louis Vuitton’s first Black artistic director, Virgil Abloh, to create a wardrobe for the occasion. Continue reading Eye On Design: Spike Lee’s Magenta Louis Vuitton Suit→
Twice annually — in the spring and then again in late summer — New York’s Public Art Fund installs a new site-specific artwork in Central Park’s Doris C. Freedman Plaza, and it’s always fun and exciting to see that the next sculpture will be. However, with the recently- installed Parabolic Light, a translucent magenta obelisk by artist Fred Eversley, New Yorkers will get to enjoy its reflective glow for an entire year! Continue reading Eye On Design: Parabolic Light By Fred Eversley in Central Park→
When I first spotted Mark Conway at the recent Summer Fancy Food Show, I wasn’t aware that he’s the host of the World Food Championships podcast. I only knew that I had to meet the man who wore this gorgeous Magenta Suit — with sneakers, shirt, tie and vest in coordinating shades of pink — to the show, because he looked amazing! Continue reading Pink Thing of The Day: Chef Mark Conway!→
JEFF KOONS
Balloon Venus (Magenta), 2008–12
High chromium stainless steel with transparent color coating
102 x 48 x 50 inches (259.1 x 121.9 x 127 cm)
1/5 unique versions
If you live in the tri-State area, you can see this awesome pink goddess of a sculpture in person at the Gagosian Gallery, located at 555 West 24th Street in NYC, through June 29th, 2013.
