Fete Accompli

January 4th, 2012  |  by  |  published in Lifestyle

Last night the photographer Arthur Elgort opened his SoHo studio to friends and admirers looking to land last-minute gifts, like a photograph by the famous lensman of Kate Moss. Or how about a portrait of Mick Jagger? There was plenty of Elgort’s oeuvreto choose from (and all at [...]


Loft in New York

March 7th, 2011  |  by  |  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 [...]


Vertical Expansion

January 19th, 2011  |  by  |  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 [...]


83rd Thanksgiving Day Parade

November 26th, 2009  |  by  |  published in Design

The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade is an annual parade presented by Macy’s. The tradition started in 1924, tying it for the second-oldest Thanksgiving parade in the United States. The three-hour event is held in New York City starting at 9:00 a.m. EST on Thanksgiving Day.


ARTY

April 22nd, 2009  |  by  |  published in Interiors

Bil Ehrlich, a young Harvard-trained architect, bought and gutted a derelict five-floor Manhattan town house and created, behind its old cast-iron facade, a huge white alterna-house. But it seems downright laughable today that the house might have once been seen to be cold and impersonal. [...]


Takashi Murakami

February 23rd, 2009  |  by  |  published in Design

Takashi Murakami is frequently called the Japanese Andy Warhol, is an astute manipulator of visual languages, artistic mediums and business models. The show which I present was organized at Brooklyn Museum, last year, New York City.


SoHo Loft

February 13th, 2009  |  by  |  published in Interiors

This is a wonderful SoHo loft with a light-filled space made rich with rough brick walls, a sculptural masonry fireplace and wooden ceiling joists. The owners are Natalya and Eugene Kashper.


An Aesthetic Loft

November 9th, 2008  |  by  |  published in Interiors

This is Deborah Marland and David Backus’s airy-four story house located in Park Slope, Brooklyn. The house is clean and contemporary. Actually Ms. Marland has lived in this house since the early 1970′s, when he moved there with his mother.


Loft Living Guys

November 6th, 2008  |  by  |  published in Interiors

From left: Ruby Young, Ian Roberts, Jeff Brown, Alex Herring and Christina Sedan, who is visiting. The four live in a loft on McKibben Street in Bushwick, Brooklyn.


Afrobeat

October 3rd, 2008  |  by  |  published in Lifestyle

”Fela”! Is a new Broadway musical about the Nigerian bandleader Fela Anikulapo Kuti who died of AIDS in 1997.