April 9th, 2013 | by Fifi | published in Design
Yayoi Kusama is one of the most exciting and prolific artists working today. With a practice encompassing performance, film-making, painting, drawing, sculpture, installation, fashion, poetry, fiction and public spectacles (or ‘happenings’) over some 60 years, this leading Japanese practitioner has been widely acknowledged as a [...]
September 26th, 2012 | by Fifi | published in Design
The Apartment is a new universe of design objects, furniture, antiques and art. Innovative modern design meets the unparallelled craft of traditional furniture making, showcased in the elegant setting of an apartment in Christianshavn, in the heart of Copenhagen, handsomely restored by founders Tina Seidenfaden [...]
September 20th, 2012 | by Fifi | published in Interiors
Hotels for adventure travelers don’t tend toward the stylish. Enter Basecamp, a new property in the town of South Lake Tahoe, Calif., which opened in June. The concept? To embody the spirit of a traditional base camp — where mountaineers swap equipment, advice and war stories [...]
December 31st, 2011 | by Fifi | published in Design
The opening of the Brooklyn specialty store Beautiful Dreamers by the stylists April Hughes and Marina Burini answered that question on the tip of everyone’s tongue this time of year: Where to go for extraordinary holiday hostess gifts?“We wanted to create a destination for all [...]
August 11th, 2011 | by Fifi | published in Lifestyle
Flow Festival is an annual music festival taking place in Helsinki, Finland in mid-August. The next edition of Flow will be organized this August on 13-14 2011. The music presented at Flow is a strong and varied selection of up and coming and established artists [...]
March 27th, 2011 | by Fifi | published in Travel
STOCKHOLM is more than Abba’s town. It’s a wonderful place with azure waters, Nordic sunset and neighborhood’s clubs and concert venues. Years ago, Sweden was probably best-known for the saccharine pop of groups like Roxette, Ace of Base and Abba. But today Sweden is home to a diverse array [...]
March 7th, 2011 | by Fifi | published in Interiors
This is a beautiful loft located in Greenwich Village in Manhattan showcasing the interaction between a gallery and living space. The main walls in the loft flow through the space, and together with articulated ceilings create hybrid conditions in which exhibition areas merge into living [...]
January 19th, 2011 | by Fifi | published in Interiors
FORGET about rules. In her apartment and art studio, Karin Sander, a Berlin-based conceptual artist, decided to blend them instead. “Even a bedroom can double as a studio,” said Ms. Sander, 53. “I wanted each area to be able to be a work space as [...]
January 17th, 2011 | by Fifi | published in Design
The biggest surprise about Milan’s galleries is how few Italian artists show there. Scattered about town or gathered in a few clusters, they wield enough international clout to make up for the time it takes to travel between them. Tweet
July 11th, 2010 | by Fifi | published in Architecture
Pole dancing is a form of performing art, a combination of dancing and gymnastics. It involves dancing sensually with a vertical pole and is often used in strip clubs and gentlemen’s clubs. A similar pole is used in cabaret/circus and stage performance in a non-erotic [...]
