The Art Newspaper
January 29, 2010
It is published in a newspaper, rather than a magazine, format, in black and (off-)white. It caters particularly for the art professional, and, although it is sold in major outlets, it is not extensively distributed in smaller shops.
Link to Website
Hibino
January 29, 2010
My favorite place for Agedashi Tofu and obanzai dishes in Brooklyn Heights. The idea of Hibino started at a prominent Japanese fusion restaurant in New York City by chef Hirohisa Hayashi and Masaru Fukuda.
Link to Website
Treehugger
January 29, 2010
A great blog, TreeHugger is the leading media outlet dedicated to driving sustainability mainstream. Partial to a modern aesthetic, we strive to be a one-stop shop for green news, solutions, and product information.
Link to Website
Pip-Squeak Chapeau Etc.
January 15, 2010
My favorite hat company, very soft and warm, both Thor & I sport them. Quote from the designer, "with no age or size restrictions, these clothes are less about fashion and more about the way one feels in life."
Link to Website
Bauhaus (workshops on modernity) at MOMA
November 8, 2009–January 25, 2010
This survey is MoMA’s first major exhibition since 1938 on the subject of this famous and influential school of avant-garde art.
Link to Exhibition
Urs Fischer: Marguerite de Ponty at the New Museum
October 21, 2009 – February 7, 2010
For his first large-scale solo presentation in an American museum, Urs Fischer has taken over all three of the New Museum’s gallery floors to create a series of immersive installations and hallucinatory environments.
Link to Exhibition
Vermeer's Masterpiece The Milkmaid at the Met in NYC
September 10, 2009 – November 29, 2009
On the occasion of the 400th anniversary of Henry Hudson’s historic voyage to Manhattan from Amsterdam, that city’s Rijksmuseum will send The Milkmaid, perhaps the most admired painting by Johannes Vermeer (1632–1675), to the Metropolitan Museum.
Link to Exhibition
Will Ryman, Marlboro Gallery in Chelsea NYC
September 10 2009 – October 10 2009
The show will feature approximately 40 sculptures depicting large roses in shades of pink with garden detritus and multiple insects, with a distortion of scale that, according to the artist, reflects a rodent’s view of a New York City rose garden.
Link to Exhibition
Fashioning Felt at the Cooper Hewitt
September 7, 2009
This exhibition explored the varied new uses of felt—an ancient material, believed to be one of the earliest techniques for making textiles. Made by matting together wool fibers with humidity and friction, felting requires little technological expertise and is an extremely versatile material.
Link to Exhibition
Fjällräven Kanken mini backpack
August 25, 2009
The pioneer of modern-day mountaineering equipment, Fjällräven (Swedish for “arctic fox”) was founded over 60 years ago when a young boy came up with an innovative improvement on the common rucksack and voilà, the world’s first framed backpack. Still designing today with the same dedication to ingenuity, this iconic Swedish brand is known the world over for their simple, functional designs that stand the test of time.
Link to Fjällräven. Now available at jcrew.com.
Yo Gabba Gabba
July 30, 2009
Yo Gabba Gabba! is a children's television show currently airing on the Nick Jr. and Noggin cable networks in the United States and the Nick Jr. networks in the United Kingdom and Australia as well as Treehouse TV network in Canada. Created by Christian Jacobs and Scott Schultz, the program is produced by The Magic Store and Wild Brain.
Link to Yo Gabba Gabba
The Highline, Chelsea, NYC
July 8, 2009
The High Line is a 1.45-mile section of the former elevated freight railroad of the West Side Line, in Chelsea along the lower west side of Manhattan. New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg was an important supporter. The southernmost section reopened as a city park on June 8, 2009.
Link to The Highline website
Francis Bacon: A Centenary Retrospective at The Met
May 20, 2009–August 16, 2009
The first major exhibition in New York in 20 years devoted to one of the most important painters of the twentieth-century, Francis Bacon: A Centenary Retrospective will feature 130 works (65 paintings and 65 archival items) that span the entirety of the artist’s full and celebrated career.
Link to Exhibition online
The King’s Garden (Kongens Have) at Rosenborg Castle in Copenhagen
June 27, 2009
In the park you will find the Hercules Pavillon, and the now famous statue of Hans Christian Andersen. In the summer, there is a puppet show for children and the lawns are crowded with sun-worshipers on warm days.
Link to Rosenborg Castle
Art 40 Basel
June 10-14, 2009
Art 40 Basel features more than 300 leading art galleries from all continents. Contemporary art works by over 2500 artists will be on display from June 10 through June 14, 2009. The exhibition includes the highest-quality paintings, sculptures, drawings, installations, photographs, video and editioned works.
Link to Art Basel 2010
Frank Lloyd Wright: From Within Outward
May 15 – August 23, 2009
Fifty years after the realization of Frank Lloyd Wright’s renowned design, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum celebrates the golden anniversary of its landmark building with the exhibition Frank Lloyd Wright: From Within Outward, co-organized by the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation and the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation.
Link to Exhibition at the Guggenheim, New York
Compass in Hand: Selections from The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection
May 11, 2009
MOMA, Contemporary Galleries, second floor, Exhibition runs April 22, 2009–January 4, 2010
The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection, acquired by the Museum in 2005, is an extraordinary collection of over 2,500 contemporary works on paper. Shown: I sei sensi (The Six Senses) by Alighiero e Boetti (Italian, 1940-1994); Exhibition catalog set.
Link to Exhibition
Makie
April 15, 2009
Proprietor Makie Yahagi and designer Yuji Ogata have been translating their impeccable taste into the finest childrenswear to come out of the US since... ever! This dynamic duo are New Yorkers by way of Japan, and their refined style is 100% storybook beautiful.
Link to Makie Clothier
DROOG, Outlet in NYC
March 31, 2009
Droog New York, at 76 Greene Street in SoHo, is the Dutch design brand’s third international store; it already has outlets in Amsterdam and Tokyo. The store opened last Wednesday, 25 February, 2009. The store features a collection of edition pieces, dozens of smaller items and will play host to various creative exhibitions. In line with the spirit of Droog, the 5,000-square-foot, two-story warehouse interior sets itself apart from SoHo’s high-design district.
Link to Droog.com
WILD OCEAN, at The American Museum of Natural History in NYC
March 19, 2009
Wild Ocean, a captivating IMAX film at American Museum of Natural History, delves into this underwater struggle for survival and examines the effects of global warming and overfishing on this great migration and the local people.
Link to American Museum of Natural History
MANZONI, at Gagosian in NYC
March 10, 2009
The first comprehensive U.S. retrospective of the work of Piero Manzoni (1933-1963), the enfant terrible of Italian art in the 1950s and early 1960s. Exhibition runs from January 24 through March 21, 2009
Link to Gagosian Manzoni Exhibition
SAVOY, tasty fresh local restaurant
February 12, 2009
Two story restaurant on Prince Street, styling a tasty simple but unusual menu with fresh local fruit, vegetables, fish and meats.
Link to Savoy Online
Link to partner restaurant, Back Forty
ENVIROSAX, a move in the right direction...
February 11, 2009
The reputable Envirosax bag available in 10 solid colors. Made from nylon, the logo series bags can be printed with your logo for visual impact, using the silk-screen printing method.
Link to Envirosax
WALL STORIES: CHILDREN'S WALLPAPER AND BOOKS, Cooper Hewitt
February 8, 2009
On view at Cooper-Hewitt October 3, 2008 through April 5, 2009
What do Cinderella, Peter Rabbit, Popeye, Mickey Mouse and Goofy, Winnie-the-Pooh, Alice in Wonderland, Peter Pan, and Pinocchio have in common? They are among the dozens of beloved children’s story characters that can be found in Wall Stories: Children’s Wallpaper and Books, an exhibition which plumbs the holdings of Cooper-Hewitt’s Wallcoverings department—the largest such collection in the United States, with more than ten thousand objects dating from the seventeenth through the twenty-first centuries—and the Museum’s 70,000-volume National Design Library.
Link to Exhibitions website
ALEXANDER CALDER THE PARIS YEARS 1926-1933, Whitney Museum of American Art
February 8, 2009
On view at Whitney Museum of American Art October 16, 2008 through February 15, 2009
The Whitney has the largest body of work by Alexander Calder in any museum and is proud to be the exclusive American venue for this landmark exhibition, co-organized with the Centre Pompidou.
Link to Exhibitions website
JOHN GERRARD, Knoedler Project & Simon Preston Gallery
February 4, 2009
Gerrard’s work takes possession of a new ground located somewhere between painting, photography and cinema. The artist has pioneered the use of realtime 3D, a medium whose origins lie in virtual gaming, to make time-based photographic sculptures. He creates singular, painterly scenes, using the technology to explore ideas relating to power, control and human experiences of time.
Link to Knoedler's Project
Link to Simon Preston Gallery
JUNKRAFT, Message in a bottle
January 23, 2009
JUNKraft, raft made from 15,000 plastic bottles, was sailed by Algalita staff from Long Beach, California to Hawaii during the summer of 2008 to bring attention to the issue of plastic marine debris.
Link to Junkraft online
ST. MARKS BOOKSHOP in the East Village, NYC
January 20, 2009
One of my favorite book shops that display new books and a variety of magazines on art, design, architecture and culture.
Link to St. Marks Bookshop online
CAFFE FALAI in NYC
January 13, 2009
Former Le Cirque pastry chef Iacopo Falai—also behind Clinton Street’s Falai and Falai Panetteria—continues on his savory streak with this Italian café that highlights fresh-baked breads. The teeny space preserves the chef’s sleek style: all-white walls and tables, a glossy tiled floor, and a row of sparkling chandeliers divide the dining area from the bustling open kitchen.
Link to Caffe Falai online
MARLENE DUMAS at MOMA
January 8, 2009
Measuring Your Own Grave on view December 14, 2008 – February 16, 2009
Link to MOMA website
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