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  • Take A Look: 4-3-16

    Take A Look: 4-3-16

    Every week, I come across sites, stories and updates that catch my eye online and usually I just re-tweet, share or repost the link on whatever platform I’m on at the time.

    While that’s not bad, I think it’s time to keep better track of them by doing post updates here too!

    Take A Look
  • Zaha Hadid Dies At 65

    Zaha Hadid Dies At 65

    Even as I type these words, I cannot believe that one of the greatest architects in the world, Zaha Hadid, died today at age 65. It seems impossible that this powerful, talented phenomenon of a person can be stilled.

    It is also striking to me that one of my most cherished idols, passed away here in South Florida, in Miami, closer in proximity to where I live than I ever would have thought.  After all don’t giants pass from this world in far off places, like Mount Olympus.

    This past December, I was invited to celebrate the launch of REVOLUTION PAVILIONS at Design Miami/ –a collection of limited edition pre-crafted home and pavilions designed by 30 of the world’s most acclaimed architects and designers introduced by real estate impresario, Robbie Antonio.

    One of the two fully constructed pavilions there at the Design Miami/ was Zaha Hadid‘s curved VOLU Dining Pavilion.

    A masterful fusion of lightweight engineering and precision fabrication, this pavilion elevated outside dining to an innovative level I have never seen before. As a born and raised New Yorker, who regularly fronts a wary sangfroid, I was awestruck.

    For almost an hour I examined it – I walked around it, I sat around it, I took photos of it, I walked in it and finally sat in it.  Simply out, it is a spectacular structure that I love to own much less dine in.

    This was just a tiny example of her work. Fortuitously, a much greater example, will be located here in Miami – the One Thousand Museum luxury residential skyscraper. Got fingers crossed that I will be invited to the preview when it opens in 2018 as I would love to take a closer look at this singular mind of genius that has left us foolish mortals behind.

     

  • Dream Trip: Royal Ascot

    Dream Trip: Royal Ascot

    I’ve decided it’s time to start posting about those places and events I would love to travel to and share my dreams of exploring the globe!

    This first post is about Royal Ascot held this year from Tuesday, June 14th to Saturday, June 18th.

    Any event that has a style guide, like this one from Harpers Bazaar UK, has got to be fashionable as well as fun and for this reason Royal Ascot is on dream travel wishlist!

  • 5 Things I Learned from New York Fashion Week FW16

    5 Things I Learned from New York Fashion Week FW16

    New York Fashion Week FW16 had extra-cold New York winter weather but that was not enough to keep the fashion and celebrity hordes from attending the shows.

    Here’s what I learned from the first week of of Fashion Month

    1. The Marc Jacobs FW16 Runway Show ruled them all!


    This is the one show that all the fashion cognoscenti agreed was outstanding and it makes perfect sense that Lady Gaga would be his special guest on the runway.

    2. The Coach FW16 Collection by Stuart Vevers offered the coolest interpretation of the varsity jacket seen in a long time! 

    Varsity flair rules Coach’s truly American collection. Visit LesFacons.com to go behind the scenes.

    A photo posted by LES FAÇONS (@lesfacons) on


    All the cool “It” girls will want one.

    3. Wide-Legged Pants work! 

    DKNY FW16✨⭐️ @dkny #DKNY #dknyfw16 #vsco #vscofashion #runway #vscotrend #fashion #models #fw16 #runwayfw16

    A photo posted by Joyce Doret (@joycedoret) on


    They are comfy, cool and versatile.

    4. Yezzy Season 3 

    #YeezySeason3 has arrived. Find the livestream on VogueRunway.com. #NYFW

    A photo posted by Vogue Runway (@voguerunway) on


    Love it or hate it, everyone talked about it and that is what a collection needs in today’s market.

    5. The official NYFW site, app and social media channels set the standard for Fashion Month FW16!

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    If you missed anything from NYFW FW16, that was your fault! The Official NYFW site offered comprehensive info on schedules, designers, backstage and street style videos, events and more while their Instagram provided constant updates. They did the darn thing complete with mike drop!

    via GIPHY

    Make sure to watch out for my 4 Things I Learned From Milan AW16 coming up soon!

  • Art on Paper March 3-6

    Art on Paper March 3-6

    The second edition of Art on Paper has returned to New York City’s Pier 36!

    Art on Paper will be open all weekend at downtown Manhattan’s Pier 36 featuring 75 galleries from around the world presenting special exhibitions of paper-based art. The fair’s second edition launched Thursday evening to a night of record attendance, andthe buzz has continued as more discover the unique, highly focused exhibitions of incredible quality that have quickly shaped Art on Paper into a The New York Times“Where to go Now” destination.

    If you are in the area, make sure to go!

  • SCOPE NEW YORK 2016

    SCOPE NEW YORK 2016

    How I wish I could be in NYC this week!!! The 16th edition of SCOPE New York 2016 starts today March 3rd thru March 6th one block from the Armory Shoes Piers at Metropolitan West Pavilion. 60 international galleries will be in attendance showing the best in contemporary art.

    SCOPE New York stands apart from the rest with their critically-acclaimed open-plan exhibition design that allows exhibiting galleries to flow organically in the space rather than being smushed in small booths on top of each other.

    This year their special programming includes the RUSH PHILANTHROPIC ARTS FOUNDATION presenting a new, limited edition print portfolio marking the 20th Anniversary of Rush and its programs. 

    Using the SCOPE Art App, visitors can access the catalog, check out exhibitor highlights , view the floor plan and create their own collections!

    Event highlights include: The Platinum First View Brunch, on Thursday, March 3, 2 – 4PM: Featuring complimentary cocktails. This event is free for Platinum VIP cardholders, by invitation, or $150 ticket at the door. Also on Thursday, March 3, SCOPE welcomes registered Press and VIP cardholders to our Preview reception, with complimentary cocktails from 4 – 6PM.

    SCOPE’s Official Party will be presented by BMI, featuring live performance by Zebra Katzand complimentary cocktails from Ilegal Mezcal. Hosted by Marquee, the event will take place Saturday, March 5, 9 – 11PM. Admission is based on capacity and by invitation and confirmed RSVP only.

    For SCOPE New York 2016 info click here !

    Full disclosure – I always make sure to check out SCOPE Miami Beach during Art Basel/Miami Art Week , even this past December with the unusual monsoon rainy weather!

    Image Haruki Ogawa – Fusion II, 2015. Oil, alkyd, acrylic on hemp canvas, 98 x 108 x 6.2 cm. Courtesy Frantic Gallery, courtesy of Frantic Gallery/SCOPE

  • Met Breuer Opens March 18th

    Met Breuer Opens March 18th

     The Met Breuer media preview took place yesterday and what an amazing preview it was!

    Formerly the home of the Whitney, the Met Breuer in New York City is now the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s new home for its modern and contemporary art collections.

    The Met Breuer’s program spotlights modern and contemporary art in dialogue with historic works that encompass the full range of The Met’s vast collection. The building will host both monographic and thematic exhibitions, as well as new commissions and performances. The two inaugural exhibitions at The Met are Unfinished: Thoughts Left Visible, a cross-departmental curatorial initiative that brings together works by some of the greatest artists of all time, from Titian to Louise Bourgeois, who experimented with a non finito style; and the largest exhibition to date dedicated to Indian modernist Nasreen Mohamedi. Additionally, a music installation by Artist in Residence Vijay Iyer will activate The Met Breuer’s Tony and Amie James Gallery in the lobby  throughout March.

    For those who could not be there in person, there was the Facebook Live live broadcasting a first look at the building and a walk through of the Nasreen Mohammedi (1937-1990) exhibition with Sheena Wagstaff, Leonard A. Lauder Chairman, Department of Modern & Contemporary Art and Brinda Kumar, who helped curate the show.

    The Inaugural Season features:

    • Unfinished: Thoughts Left Visible, major thematic survey featuring unfinished works of art from the Renaissance to the present day;
    • Monographic exhibition of Indian modernist artist Nasreen Mohamedi;
    • Continuous in-gallery performances by Artist in Residence Vijay Iyer (through March 31, 2016), a newly commissioned sonic experience by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer John Luther Adams, and an all-day performance in The Met’s three locations of the U.S. premiere of Karlheinz Stockhausen‘s composition KLANG;
    • Forthcoming exhibitions in 2016 season include rarely seen, early photographs by Diane Arbus (opening July 2016);
    • Mid-career retrospective of the contemporary painter Kerry James Marshall (opening October 2016), with a complementary “artist’s choice” installation of works from The Met collection;
    • Inhabiting Marcel Breuer’s Architecture, an exhibition of newly commissioned architectural photographs of four iconic Marcel Breuer-designed buildings (opening November 2016)

    I will be sure to be visiting there soon!

    More about the Met Breuer Inaugural Season here… (more…)