BiPoleR A Pole Dancing and Video Art Joint October 15th Curated by Virginia Villari BiPoleR is a project that intertwines two different art forms: performance and video art. A group of pole dancers – Kyra Johannesen, Marlo, Lian Tal – and a video artist – Sumseen – will meet on the poles of the R Bar, creating a dialogue between video projections and pole dancing. The show is structured in three Read More ...
Hoda Fadel was born in 1982 in a small village in south Lebanon. Throughout her childhood she had been attracted equally to the artist’s pencil as to the astronaut kit. She has been exploring the artist in her but the dream to dive into space has been put on hold until further notice. She has ventured into work in so many fields including: fashion retail, modeling, tv hosting..etc..and the more roles she Read More ...
I’d love to see your comments on this one…. Via Eater If you recall, the Beatrice Inn opened as a reaction to the abundance of bottle service clubs like Cain, Pink Elephant, Stereo and Tenjune that had suddenly overwhelmed New York nightlife. Suddenly the biggest party in town had shifted from the clubs to a small, defunct Italian restaurant in the West Village. Hipsters and their ilk rejoiced, while the Read More ...
Get Involved Today Tapestries of Hope unearths the Zimbabwean myth that if a man rapes a virgin he will be cured of HIV/AIDS. The consequences of this myth are tragic; sexual abuse is rampant, girls as young as one day old have been raped, and victims are being infected with HIV/AIDS. In 2007 Michealene traveled to Zimbabwe to document this affliction, focusing on the work Betty Makoni has done to help the victims of Read More ...
Sonal Kantaria is photographer based in London, UK. She holds a Masters in Photojournalism from the University of Westminster, London. Her photographic works casts a social documentarist’s eye on marginalised communities that traces the faultlines in modern society. Her thoughtful and compassionate approach teases out the larger forces and salient issues engulfing her protagonists to emerge into the light. Her recent project Naseeb: Trafficked incorporates stills and moving footage and takes Read More ...
Via Nowness Indie kids the world over are buzzing about Atoms for Peace, the new Thom Yorke-fronted band whose members include Flea (of the Red Hot Chili Peppers), Nigel Godrich (Radiohead’s longtime producer), Joey Waronker (who’s played with R.E.M., Beck, and Elliot Smith), and Mauro Refosco (of David Byrne’s band). They’re a mysterious bunch, with only a handful of tour dates under their belts, no tracks yet recorded, and set Read More ...
Louis 21 is a showroom and gallery which includes limited design furniture, contemporary art work and other funky lil surprises.
The painter, Gaella Gottwald was born in 1975 in Montreal of Croatian descent. She has lived in 13 cities in more than 7 different countries. She has a degree in History of Art and Architecture from Brown University, and received her design degree from the European Institute of Design in Milan, Italy has studied at the Applied Arts Academy of Prague, illustration and painting, film at the FAMU and print Read More ...
Arab Division In 2004 designer and line curator Mitra Khayyam set out to accomplish three goals with the start of her T-shirt line Blood is the New Black: 1. Display the works of emerging artists, designers and photographers in order to propel their careers and support the underground art movement, through design collaborations 2. Introduce fans of both fashion and the arts to new designers, photographers and illustrators, to whom Read More ...
