A Box From Tehran: A hand-selected souvenir series by Elin Aram, this edition is drawn from Iran’s cultural landscape

A Box From Tehran


Elin Aram drew much attention with her new hand-selected souvenir series, A Box From. Its debut offering shed light on Seoul, South Korea, and told a story of the city by means of uniquely personal gifts….

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Shinola Store NYC: Detroit’s multifaceted brand opens up shop in TriBeCa with The Smile Newsstand

Shinola Store NYC


Shinola opened their debut brick-and-mortar store in Midtown Detroit in June 2013 and this weekend they opened their second in NYC’s TriBeCa neighborhood. Designed by the Rockwell Group to inspire shoppers to linger, the spacious store features a small cafe and…

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Pattern Recognition at MoCADA: A class of young, multidisciplinary artists break the norm with a show of ideological and aesthetic patterns in contemporary abstraction

Pattern Recognition at MoCADA


Coming from a background in marketing, Dexter Wimberly isn’t afraid of a hard sell. Since moving to the art world as an independent curator, Wimberly has worked to discover and promote talent that is…

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Lightning In The Hand: NYC-based filmmaker Joey Grossfield turns to Kickstarter to fund his indie Western film

Lightning In The Hand


“It is American mythology—Westerns are our Greek mythology,” says Joey Grossfield, director, writer and producer of “Lighting In The Hand,” an independent film currently seeking financing on Kickstarter. Taking a turn in a different direction than…

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Interview: Sophie Morichi of Archivio Picone : The family of Italian designer Giuseppe Picone keep his artistic legacy and contribution to “Made In Italy” alive

Interview: Sophie Morichi of Archivio Picone


by Heather Stewart Feldman When artist, ceramist and fabric and fashion designer Giuseppe Picone passed away in 2008, he left behind a precious gift to Italian craft history. Picone’s invaluable artistic legacy and many contributions were key…

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99 Problems by Ali Graham: An illustrated journey through Jay-Z’s numerable troubles

99 Problems by Ali Graham


by Gavin Lucas Inspired by Jay-Z’s track “99 Problems,” British artist Ali Graham has been creating an illustration every day since the first…

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The DNA of Things: Italian designer, artist, engineer and researcher Maurizio Montalti crosses the boundary between nature and culture

The DNA of Things


by Stefano Caggiano Italian multidisciplinary designer, artist and engineer Maurizio Montalti is the founder and director of Officina Corpuscoli, a laboratory of scientific creative research dealing with the role design could play in the bio-tech revolution…

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RISD MFA Photography Show at ClampArt: Six students put on an interactive show in an intimate Chelsea gallery space

RISD MFA Photography Show at ClampArt


The Rhode Island School of Design 2013 MFA Graduate Show opened last night at the ClampArt gallery in Chelsea. The show is comprised of the work of six RISD…

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Conventional Wisdom by Arthur Drooker: An exclusive sneak peek at a new photo series about convention attendees

Conventional Wisdom by Arthur Drooker


We’ve been following photographer Arthur Drooker’s work since his 2010 American Ruins gallery show and book. The Mill Valley, California-based artist’s infrared imagery mystifies with its modern approach to capturing mythic, decayed structures. We caught…

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Interview: Orly Genger: The artist behind the Madison Square Park installation “Red, Yellow and Blue”

Interview: Orly Genger


It’s been two months since “Red, Yellow and Blue” opened in NYC at Madison Square Park, and every day it continues to leave a gaze-worthy impression on passerby who are unsure how to approach the spilled,…

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