“Stickymonger Curates "Spray Painterly" Exhibition at Allouche Gallery”
Allouche Gallery in New York has announced a new group show curated by
Brooklyn-based artist Stickymonger along with fellow spray paint artists
namely Gucci Ghost, Michael Reeder, Paul Insect and UFO907.
Entitled “Spray Painterly,” the exhibition looks to challenge the common
perception of spray paint artworks as just merely graffiti by categorizing it
as a fine art medium. All artists gathered come from various artistic backgrounds
and utilize the medium to create their own individual styles through conventional
and unconventional methods...
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“Christie's Next Show is for a New Generation
of Design Collectors”
Basic.Space is taking over Christie’s Beverly Hills with an exhibition of 50 chairs,which gathers design classics alongside contemporary pieces.
Named “50 Chairs at Christie’s”, the pieces have been curated by Basic.Space
and will feature works created by, and also owned by, famed designers.
For Basic.Space founder Jesse Lee, the event is designed to cater to the “next generation of collectors”, pairing cult favourites such as Gufram’s huge
Pratone lounge chair with classics like Charles and Ray Eames’ LCW in a rare
calfskin edition...
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“A shopping experience bringing rare design,
art and fashion — with a little bit of intimidation”
It was clear while ascending to the Pacific Design Center that Design.Space
— the inaugural retail experience blending rare design, art and fashion — was
for the heads. In the parking lot, I spotted a woman wearing a coat from the Row, another in a pair of Miu Miu thong-boots. The signaling was subtle but clear:
We come to this place for flexing. I followed them and other stylish people
to the top floor of the center, where rooms holding rare works of art, housewares, furniture and fashion awaited...Over 700 black tie guests fill the Metropolitan
Museum of Art for the Apollo Circle benefit. The theme: “Into the Darkroom:
Shadows, Shapes & Fantasies” – a nod to the current exhibition Man Ray: When Objects Dream.
Polina Proskina, Olga Sorokina, Eddy Hersaut and Caroline Vazzana lean
into the surrealist vibe of the evening. Annie Taylor and I wear gilded eye
brooches by Elsa Schiaparelli who was a friend of Man Ray...
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“The Met's Apollo Circle Goes AFTER HOURS”
Over 700 black tie guests fill the Metropolitan Museum of Art for the Apollo Circle benefit. The theme: “Into the Darkroom: Shadows, Shapes & Fantasies” –
a nod to the current exhibition Man Ray: When Objects Dream.
Polina Proskina, Olga Sorokina, Eddy Hersaut and Caroline Vazzana lean into
the surrealist vibe of the evening. Annie Taylor and I wear gilded eye brooches
by Elsa Schiaparelli who was a friend of Man Ray...
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“Complex NY Presents 'Echo Chamber'
Exhibition With Tyler Rexeisen and Henrique Hermes”
Each work displayed as part of the "Echo Chamber" exhibition "is accompanied
by a companion piece of identical dimensions, replicated but altered."
The works by the Los Angeles-based Rexeisen and Portugal-bred Hermes are
said to act as a metaphor for how the artists developed their identities "through recognizable symbols that recur across their bodies of work."
"At the end of the gallery hangs a single collaborative painting done by both
artists, disrupting the even quantity and uniformity of the diptychs," a press
release explains...
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