Last night in New York, Elektra Records celebrated 60 years of producing music with a panel discussion led by Patti Smith guitarist and journalist Lenny Kaye at the 92nd Street Y. The primary guest for the evening was label founder Jac Holzman, who worked as the creative head for Elektra and his international music offshoot, Nonesuch Records. Among the bands ... Read More »
The Frick’s newest exhibition opened earlier this month and explores Spanish drawings from the early 17th to early 19th century through the work of such famed artists as Ribera and Francisco Goya. The show entitled “The Spanish Manner: Drawings From Ribera to Goya” will be up until January 9th and contains over 50 drawings focusing on Spain’s “inventive and unique ... Read More »
Ethel Kennedy, the widow of the late Robert F. Kennedy, a senator and brother of President John F. Kennedy, will be selling a rare copy of the Emancipation Proclamation signed by President Lincoln. Robert F. Kennedy bought the document in 1964 at Sotheby’s for $9,400, when he was serving as U.S. attorney general. Sotheby’s is hosting the sale of ... Read More »
Yesterday, the Eldridge Street Synagogue unveiled the final and last piece in its renovation that has taken over 20 years, since it was rediscovered and saved from decimation in the 1980s, a stained glass window by contemporary artist Kiki Smith, in collaboration with architect Deborah Gans. The window is made-up of swirling blues and an array of stars, which mimic ... Read More »
New York based photographer, author and filmmaker Andrew Zuckerman is set to release yet another highly anticipated book entitled Music, a follow-up to his acclaimed Creature and Wisdom. Music explores the the process of making music, the power of music and the experience of writing, producing and performing through interviews with fifty musicians, artists, composers and producers whose genre range ... Read More »
Famed Indian designer Raghavendra Rathore told The Times of India over the weekend that the work of Johannes Vermeer helped to inspire him to explore the medium of art instead of fashion. “Art to me is a reflection of our times. Every emotion and the rigid landscape of life inspire the need to express thoughts on canvas and everything depends ... Read More »
From September 17 through January 2, 2011, The Morgan and The New York Public Library are holding a joint exhibition of the late, great American author Samuel Langhorne Clemens—better known by his pen name, Mark Twain. “Mark Twain was the quintessential American author, humorist, lecturer, essayist, and master of satire. Twain enjoyed immense public popularity during his lifetime and became ... Read More »
Do you obsess over Project Runway and model your wardrobe over Rachel Zoe? Then get ready for Fashion’s Night Out on September 10th. Happening in cities across the world, the epicenter of celebration will of course be New York City where there will be block parties like the Teen Vogue Block Party sponsored by ASOS and will include a full ... Read More »
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