02Sep

Cultural Events Around The World: September Edition

September is a very special month. Not only because it’s my birthday, mind me, but because it’s a month that seems to celebrate all things related to Art, Fashion, Culture and more… A lot of Cultural happenings… The month of September is the true beginning of the year as regards to the Fashion Calendar, representing the end of Summer and the beginning of a new Fashion season and school year. Fashion Weeks kick off in New York on Sept. 7th presenting Spring/Summer 2018 Collection and ending in Paris on Oct. 30th. Here is a fraction of all the wonderful cultural events happening in the most exiting and cosmopolitan Cities for your exquisite delight…

New York

Rodin at the Met; Sept 16 through Jan. 15

On the centenary of the death of Auguste Rodin (1840–1917), The Metropolitan Museum of Art will celebrate its historic collection of the artist’s work. Nearly 50 marble, bronze, plaster, and terracottas by Rodin, representing more than a century of acquisitions and gifts to the Museum, will be displayed in the newly installed and refurbished Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Sculpture Gallery. With a selection of drawings, prints, letters, and illustrated books, as well as photographs of the master sculptor and his art.

13Aug

Cultural and Fashion Events Around The World: August Edition

August is a month with not much happening in the Cultural or Fashion scene. This is the month when many people in Europe take their vacation. Mayor cities like Paris become empty when their denizens take off to the plages or country side. Perhaps something not too bad for a tourist that prefers to stroll the streets of Paris solo, like we did two summers ago. In America, however there is no such thing as taking a month-long vacation… yet still we prefer to say outdoors and enjoy the warm weather as long as we can.

For those who still prefer to head inside during those very hot afternoons, here are a few interesting fashion and cultural events around the world available this month, from fashion to Arts, and to take a look at those events that are trailing from past months you can go here.

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18Jul

5 Reasons Why You Need Oversized Art For Your Home

Oversized art in a room is a great way to bring in the extra design details that your home may need. An over scaled piece of wall art injects immediate architecture, personality and identity to a modern home. Anything from a modern art option like a black and white photograph of a favorite icon to a traditional painting, here are 5 reasons why you need oversized art for your home.

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It will give you a piece of mind.

Gallery walls are a very beautiful option and can create an impressive focal point, but it could be a headache for those with no expertise on the material. Choosing one oversize piece of art will avoid all the hustle of ruining your walls by making unnecessary holes.

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01Jul

Public Art Installations, Cultural Events Around The World: July Edition

It’s summer and it should be enjoyed to the fullest a.k.a outdoors and perhaps enjoying one of these many public art installations and cultural events around the world taking place in your city. We only get three months of Summer so let’s make good use of it. In this month’s installment of Cultural Events to experience around the world, I’m mostly covering outdoor public installations, which are not only making Cities beautiful but they are mostly free to enjoy and inspire spectators. Public art installations are one of my favorite things for many different reasons, apart from the ones stated above they are also a great way to burn some calories towards your daily goal and you won’t even notice.

Public Art Installation and Cultural Events Around The World

New York City

Bjorn Skaarup, Hippo Ballerina

Right across from The Lincoln Center is a whimsical outdoor sculpture by Danish artist Bjørn Okholm Skaarup. The artist took inspiration for the 15-foot-high bronze sculpture from two different sources: a film and a painting. Dante Park, W. 63rd St between Columbus Ave and Broadway,

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Jenny Sabin Studio, Lumen

This installation at the MoMA PS1 courtyard is most likely the coolest installation in the City right now. Made of one million yards of robotically woven fabric and stretching across the open air courtyard, the woven structure also changes over the course of the day, displaying color in sunlight and glowing after sundown. Museum’s visitors are able to interact with Lumen, which reacts to heat, sunlight, and density of bodies in its immediate environment.

27May

Cultural Events: Exhibitions and Lifestyle Events around the World, June Edition

The Netherlands

Theo van Doesburg

The Netherlands: De Stijl One Hundred Years Celebration

De Stijl, “the style” in Dutch, was an artistic period born in The Netherlands in 1917. The movement’s ideology is one of Universal Unification. The artistic proposition of De Stijl is simplicity and abstraction in asymmetric rectangular and square planes where the only colors used were the primary colors, commonly red, yellow, black. Cubism.
The Artistic Period’s centenary is celebrated throughout The Netherlands with many Museum exhibitions. More information here.

Los Angeles Events

President Ronald and Nancy Reagan Living Room

Los Angeles: Jeremiah Goodman Retrospective
Through June 9
The renowned Interiors Illustrator Jeremiah Goodman’s work is on display for the first time ever in Los Angeles, at Dessin Founder. The exhibit showcases 55 original gouache paintings.

Basel, Switzerland

Basel: Art Basel
June 15 – 18
The art week which is by now the most renowned Modern and Contemporary art fair worldwide, supporting galleries and artists, takes place this month in Basel. The International art fair shows in three different continents throughout the year, Hong Kong and Miami Beach. Basel show brings the international art world together, with 291 of the
world’s leading galleries displaying the works of over 4,000 artists. A
full program of art world talks takes place each day. Exhibitions and
events are also offered by cultural institutions in Basel and the
surrounding area, creating an exciting, region-wide art week.

02May

The Most Glamorous Night of the Year

Photo by The Met via Vogue

This year, on the 1st Monday of May a.k.a Costume Institute’s annual The Met Gala happened last night, as I’m sure it’s no news. This year the exhibition is “Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garçons: Art of the In-Between” celebrating the unconventional fashion of Comme des Garcons creator, Rei Kawakubo. An innovator of her own who has always refuse to follow rules when it comes to designing and creating her clothing line. If you go into Comme des Garcons website you’ll be welcomed with a massage that reads “wear your freedom” in Japanese translated into English. The celebrated Fashion Designer also owns the department store Dover Street Market with flagships in three different continents including one in London and one in New York. If you have ever visited one of Dover Street Market stores, you can clearly see the concept is one of its own where the designers show a very strong personal design vision and style. The exhibition is curated by Andrew Bolton, Curator in Charge of The Costume Institute. Raul Avila has been in charge of the gala décor since 2007. Apart from being one of the only places where streaming live from inside is strictly prohibited, the event main purpose is not only to provide a platform where the most coveted celebrities can show the world how beautiful and privilege they are, we all already know that but, the main purpose of the most glamorous night of the year is to raise money for the Costume Institute; the fashion department at the Met. Last year’s exhibition “Manus ex Machina, raised $13.5 million. Tickets this year are $30,000 apiece, and tables are about $275,000. Anna Wintour, American Vogue editor-in-chief oversees every detail of the event.
The exhibition opens to the public three days later on May 4th and goes through September 4th, 2017. If you cannot make it to the exhibition, there is a book authored by Andrew Bolton and designed by Fabien Baron, published by The Metropolitan Museum of Art that you can buy here. Below, some of the most stunning gowns of the night.

Naomi Watts, Stella McCartney and Kate Hudson wearing Stella McCartney. I love both of these dresses and I think Kate’s very white hair looks great.

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Cultural Events Around The World: September Edition

Cultural and Fashion Events Around The World: August Edition

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Public Art Installations, Cultural Events Around The World: July Edition

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The Most Glamorous Night of the Year

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