Puttin’ on a NYC Spring Show

YBA star Damian Hirst’s retrospective at the Tate has come within the cross-hairs of the British branch of the Occupy Wall Street movement. One of his works, Hymn, a large-scale reproduction of an anatomical dummy installed in front of the museum, was tagged with “Occupy.” Does Hirst’s personal…

With its centralized approach to governing, Singapore’s ruling People’s Action Party, in power since the republic’s birth in 1963, has created an economic juggernaut. But can the city-state that forbids chewing gum create a premier arts marketplace and incubator?

Over the last decade the…

“I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best.” Oscar Wilde

The London season traditionally revolves around flowers, horses and regattas. To these outdoor events, a trio of fine and decorative arts fairs now competes to be added. One is a long-established fair that has…

“I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best.” Oscar Wilde

March 30-April 3,Pavillon des Arts & Design, Tuileries, Esplanades des Feuillants, Paris.
It’s the 15th edition of what is primarily a decorative arts fair—one comprised of 79 blue-chip, mostly Parisian…

The Year of the Rabbit: The Playboy Collection sale results

One of the few Hugh Hefner fun-facts not frequently laid bare is that prior to starting Playboy in 1953, he was a cartoonist. A strong sense of line? An appreciation of the graphic, the colorful? You betcha.

The Pajama-ed One, in…

Vodka and a Shot of Design? In the business of Big Liquor, image is not everything, but it’s still an awful lot. Case in point is Absolut Vodka, the Swedish grain-based brand which launched in the U.S. in 1979, and which has since become the third largest brand of alcoholic spirits in the…

“It’s something to think about when you’re stuck in traffic.” So said Los Angeles-based artist Chris Burden at this morning’s press conference inaugurating Metropolis II—his eye-popping fantastical collision of the fine and decorative arts, assemblage and, hey, urban planning thrown…

Press release:

TEN YEARS OF PLANNING CULMINATES IN AN UNPRECEDENTED TRIO OF
EXHIBITIONS ILLUMINATING POST-WAR JAPANESE CONTEMPORARY CERAMICS AT JOAN B. MIRVISS LTD. 39 EAST 78TH STREET

NEW YORK—- Continuing with her on-going effort to present cutting-edge contemporary Japanese ceramics,…