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05Dec

December Events From Museums to Galleries Exhibitions

December is for enjoying family members over soirees and being merry, but between those reunions there is always time to take a break from the stress of the Holidays and catch the exhibits of our favorite artists.  Here is the December roundup of events from museum and gallery exhibitions in your favorite Cities.

December events from museums to galleries exhibitions, Irving Penn, Grand Palais

New York

Art in the Open: 50 Years of Public Art in New York, at Museum of the City of New York Through May 13, 2018

The Museum of the City of New York is highlighting some of the most influential works ever displayed in the street of New York, so if you missed some of these artists work, this is the time to catch up and see the most innovative ones under one roof.  Among the artists exhibiting are Kara Walker and Christo and Jeanne-Claude.

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06Nov

Art Exhibitions Around The World: November Edit

There is a tremendous art movement happening in November all over popular and stylish cities.  With the Autumn weather comes the time to head indoors and live through the eyes of artists visiting Museums and Galleries.  Enjoy this November roundup of the best Art Exhibitions Around The World

New York, New York

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Michelangelo Divine Draftsman & Designer at The Met From Nov. 13 through Feb. 12

A celebrated artist for over half a millennium, Michelangelo is having his largest exhibit at The Met in New York City.  The exhibition will showcase 150 drawings, three marble sculptures and other works, including Met’s own collection of two rarely displayed drawings and one sculpture.  Among the works presented, is a monumental cartoon for his last fresco in the Vatican Palace.  There will also be work of other artist for comparison and context.  A must see exhibition for sure.

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12Sep

The Collection of Alberto Pinto at Christie’s Paris

Concurrently with La Biennale Paris, the auction house Christie’s Paris is offering The Collection of Alberto Pinto auctioning objects from the Interior Designer’s Paris apartment.  The over 1,000 lot collection spans a great range of artistic periods and styles from the Renaissance to European and Asian porcelain, silverware, linens and works by Claude Lalanne.  Besides being a passionate collector, Pinto also knew how to decorate the most extraordinary table settings for his clients and his own parties.  The Collection of Alberto Pinto at Christie’s Paris will be offer from Sept 12-14 and you can bid online.

The collection of alberto pinto at christie's paris

The collection of alberto pinto at Christie's paris

Alberto Pinto was born in Casa Blanca to Argentinean parents.  His many cultural influences since a child can be easily seen in his eclectic interiors.  Pinto studied at the Ecole du Louvre in Paris after he moved to New York City where he founded a photo agency specializing in architecture and decoration.  After doing various photo shoots for press group Conde Nast, he developed a particular flair for Interior Design.  His newly discovered passion led him to open his own design firm in Paris.  After Alberto’s passing in 2013, his sister Linda who had always worked at his side, took over the management of Alberto Pinto Interior Design which employs 80 people.  Architectural Digest featured Linda’s Parisian apartment early this year, you can see it here.

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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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13Jul

Pierre Sauvage Colorful Parisian Apartment: An 18th Structure

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A beautiful canopy bed in a bedroom where blue and white are the background.

When you live in Paris, you can have the luxury of choosing your next home based on the century of your preference.  A pure luxury when you are a designer professional or design aficionado.  For Pierre Sauvage and his partner, an 18th Century apartment provided all the proper features for their ideal aesthetic as opposed to an 19th Century one, which according to Pierre is perfect for a country home but not for an apartment because it may feel outdated.  ” I like classic structures and strong-looking floors, Like you see in the work of David Hicks in the ’70s,”  Says Sauvage.  And that may explain why Pierre Sauvage layered all the floors in the apartment in in different patterned rugs… a blue and red oriental-looking carpet in the bath, leopard in the library… and geometry in the dining room.  Pierre Sauvage is also the owner of Casa Lopez, a rug company and most of the rugs come from there.  The colorful apartment is featured very appropriately in the Color issue of AD’s current issue.  Blue and almost colored wood paneling reign in the apartment as a background for the sumptuous fabrics and furniture….

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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. 

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