Picasso’s “Guernica” at the Reina Sofia

As much as I love art to my very core, there have been only two times I have had a truly visceral reaction to art, an experience that moved my soul and brought me to tears. The first was seeing Michelangelo’s Pieta at St. Peter’s in Rome with my mother in [...]

I thoroughly enjoyed the exhibition “Ostalgia.” And it’s about time the New Museum finally got some kudos for a show. Stemming from a term that came about in the 1990s, the title describes “a sense of longing and nostalgia for the era before the collapse of the Communist Bloc.” In the struggle for people to [...]

I have never been a huge fan of Bontecou’s but I so enjoyed this small exhibit of works on paper and sculptures. Best-known for her wall sculptures made from old conveyor belts stitched together, these works allow a more intimate view of the artist’s creations. Often made with soot, the drawings are otherworldly and less [...]

Red, a play starring Alfred Molina and Eddie Redmayne, focuses on a certain period in the artist Mark Rothko’s career when he is commissioned by Philip Johnson to create a series of murals for the Four Seasons Restaurant in the Seagram’s Building in New York City. An artist driven by his passion as well as [...]

Nina Garcia, best known as Fashion Director at Marie Claire magazine and judge on Project Runway with Heidi Klum, has penned a new book on fashion. The Style Strategy: A Less-is-More Approach to Staying Chic and Shopping Smart pares fashion sense down to answering three simple questions: What do I have? What do I need? [...]

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