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Jeff Koons

2009-10-27T04:09:00.000-07:00

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Iona on Top (Rosa Background) (detail), 1990

Estimate 2,000,000 - 3,000,000. Contemporary Art Day auction at Sotheby's New York, Nov 12 2009.

Jeff Koons

Excerpt from interview with Jeff Koons by Anthony Barzilay Freund in Sotheby's at Auction, Nov 2009.

"Everything's in play, but maybe not everything comes together in some methaphysical way that maintains interest and can really function as a work of art."

"I don't think we care about objets and we really don't care about images but we care aboput people."

"I don't have any regrest. Artistically I take what I do as a very moral activity and I take the act of making art as something that connects me to others and that allows my own life experience to be more intense."

"In one way it is a very simple process. The only thing you can do if you want to make a work of art is to trust yourself and follow your interests. But then it becomes very metaphysical, time begins to shift and connections are made. I never know exactly where I come up with something or exactly why. I can make certain references: yes, I remember this day seeing this object or yes, I was curious about that, but it becomes very strange and unexplainable about how you end up where you do."

Hedi Slimane / Another Magazine / Robert Pattinson

2009-10-26T06:52:00.000-07:00

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Hedi Slimane for Another Magazine Fall 2009, Featuring Robert Pattinson

Juergen Teller / Marc Jacobs /Alexander Rodchenko

2009-10-26T05:47:00.001-07:00

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Another great Teller ad for Marc Jacobs "Alexander Rodchenko" style.....

Cindy Sherman

2009-10-25T19:57:00.000-07:00

Photographs by Cindy Sherman, whose work I refer to in my previous post about Vogue Paris Oct shoot by Steven Klein featuring Lara Stone.

Vogue Paris Oct 09

2009-10-22T06:35:00.000-07:00

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Vogue Paris Oct 09

There has been lots of fuzz about these spreads. The most controversial photograph being the one where Lara Stone's face is painted black. Although provoking, I think that this shoot is pretty weak in terms of making a statement. It pales in comparison to Cindy Sherman's work, whose work was of obvious inspiration to Steven Klein for this shoot.

The Journal Entry No 27 // Fashion story

2009-10-12T14:47:00.000-07:00

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The Journal Entry No 27

I recently picked up one of my favorite magazines - The Journal. A new design is introduced - It is larger and thinner than past issues. It also features for the first time (to the best of my knowledge) a fashion story with model Jamie Bochert photographed beautifully by Leigh Johnson. Although I appreciate that the publication is embracing fashion within its framework of "Contemporary Culture", I can't help but feel that it is a compromise for advertising and cry for space and noise on the magazine shelves. I hope the magazine retains its uniqueness.

Juergen Teller / Vivienne Westwood

2009-10-12T14:27:00.000-07:00

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Vivienne Westwood Anglomania / Accessories

Another great ad photographed by Juergen Teller featuring Ms.Westwood herself, her son and Pamela Anderson.

Few ads have the visual stop power than ones that feature Teller's photography - There's always a certain narrative where the tiny details lead the story.

Margitte Mask / Re: Hussein Chalayan

2009-10-12T14:25:00.000-07:00

This is the painting I was referring to in my previous post....

Masks

2009-10-12T13:51:00.000-07:00

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By Roberto Cavalli

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By Alexander McQueen

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By Bernhard Willhelm

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By Riccardo Tisci

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By Walter van Beirendonck

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By Hussein Chalayan

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By Gareth Pugh

Very inspiring project in the latest issue of Dazed & Confused, where the publication invited a select group of fashion designers to interpret the idea of using throwaway materials in the spirit of Mary Shelley's creation of Frankenstein - "stitching together the old to breathe life into the new"

The masks look great! I can't help thinking of the famous Margitte painting when looking at the Chalayan interpretation. I will post an image as reference....

Oddly enough I am very attracted to the Roberto Cavalli piece. There's something effortless and alive about it that fits right in with the project brief.

I'm back....

2009-10-12T13:50:00.001-07:00

Dear readers,

I'm back after a long break! I appreciate your kind notes about my absence....

Thanks!

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Eres / Vanessa Beecroft

2008-11-11T10:44:00.000-08:00

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Eres. Wooster Street, New York.

John Varvatos / Rene Magritte

2008-11-11T10:37:00.000-08:00

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John Varvatos, Greene Street, New York.

Louis Vuitton / Takashi Murakami

2008-11-11T10:17:00.000-08:00

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Louis Vuitton. Fifth Avenue, New York.

Diane von Furstenberg/ Francois-Marie Banier

2008-11-11T03:53:00.000-08:00

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Diane von Furstenberg F/W 2008.

Susan Sonntag

2008-11-07T05:22:00.000-08:00

Regarding the Pain of Others. Susan Sontag. Published by Picador, 2003.

Excepted text:

"The less polished pictures are not only welcomed as possessing a special kind of authenticity. Some may compete with the best, so permissive are the standards for a memorable, eloquent picture."

Juergen Teller / Marc Jacobs - Part 9

2008-11-07T03:55:00.000-08:00

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Marc Jacobs F/W 2008.

Moon / Juergen Teller

2008-11-07T03:42:00.000-08:00

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Excerpt from Moon. Juergen Teller. Tar, Fall 2008.

Elizabeth Peyton

2008-11-06T14:29:00.000-08:00

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Live Forever: Elizabeth Peyton. New Museum, New York. 10.08.08-01.11.09.

Comme des Garcons SHIRT / Tauba Auerbach

2008-11-06T14:22:00.000-08:00

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Comme des Garcons SHIRT / Tauba Auerbach

Alles Gleich Schwer - Helmut Lang / Absolut

2008-11-06T09:17:00.000-08:00

Photographs by Sesse Lind

In an Absolut World / Alles Gleich Schwer. Helmut Lang. Virtual Platform Launch. 09.30.08.

Chanel / Zaha Hadid

2008-11-06T09:09:00.000-08:00

"Inject Relevance Back into Architecture". By Lukasz Swiderski. The Hoya, 11.04.08.

excerpted text:

“The pavilion sets out to drape an aura of refinement over a cynical marketing gimmick. Surveying its self-important exhibits, you can’t help but hope that the era of exploiting the so-called intersection of architecture, art and fashion is finally over.” (Nicolai Ouroussoff)

Chanel Mobile Art

2008-11-06T08:53:00.001-08:00

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Chanel Mobile Art. Chanel Spring Street, New York

Gucci vs. Paul Bury

2008-11-06T08:43:00.000-08:00

Paul Bury, Palais Royal, Paris

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Gucci, 5th Avenue, New York

Elizabeth Peyton / Marc Jacobs

2008-11-06T08:23:00.000-08:00

Marc Jacobs by Elizabeth Peyton, 2004

Portrait included in Live Forever: Elizabeth Peyton. Exhibition on view at the New Museum, New York, through 01.11.09.

Live Forever: Elizabeth Peyton. Press Release.

excerpted text:

"From her earliest portraits of musicians like Kurt Cobain, Liam Gallagher, and Jarvis Cocker to more recent paintings featuring friends and figures from the worlds of art, fashion, cinema, and politics including Rirkrit Tiravanija, Matthew Barney, and Marc Jacobs, Elizabeth Peyton's body of work presents a chronicle of America at the end of the last century. A painter of modern life, Peyton's small, jewel-like portraits are also intensely empathetic, intimate, and even personal. Together, her works capture an artistic zeitgeist that reflects the cultural climate of the late-twentieth and early-twenty-first centuries."

Prada / Fallen Shadows / James Lima

2008-11-06T07:28:00.000-08:00

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Prada / Fallen Shadows / James Lima

Alles Gleich Schwer / Helmut Lang / Absolut

2008-10-20T07:26:00.001-07:00

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In an Absolut World Alles Gleich Schwer by Helmut Lang. Produced by Absolut.

Louis Vuitton v.s. Dan Flavin

2008-06-22T18:06:00.000-07:00

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Louis Vuitton. 5th Avenue, New York, NY.

Viktor & Rolf

2008-06-19T18:16:00.000-07:00

Viktor & Rolf: Guys and Dolls. By Elva Ramirez. Wall Street Journal. 06.18.08.
excerpted text:

"Maverick Dutch designers Viktor Horsting and Rolf Snoeren have cultivated a reputation for showing whimsical clothes in highly theatrical runway settings. So when London's Barbican Art Gallery approached the duo for a retrospective, the quirky designers wanted to do something playful. The result: A three-story playhouse showcasing dolls dressed in miniature Viktor & Rolf designs." (Elva Ramirez)

Art News

2008-06-19T18:15:00.000-07:00

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$25 Billion and Counting. By Eileen Kinsella. Art News. May 2008.

excerpted text:

"Auction sales are what one dealer calls the 'visible part of the iceberg'. But how big is the rest of it? According to dealers, auction house experts , and other advisers, the private art market is exponentially larger - fueled by increasing demand from Russia, Asia, the Middle East, and other emerging markets."(Eileen Kinsella)

'Christie's and Sotheby's, which dominate the global auction business, reported more than $12 billion in combined sales last year. Christie's said that about four-fifths, or slightly more than $5 billion, of its $6.3 billion total came from fine-art sales." (Eileen Kinsella)

'It's impossible to know how big the private art market is. I would estimate that it's two to three times the auction market" (Arne Glimcher, Chairman of Pace Wilderstein)

"Hardly anyone spends $50 million on artwork and stops buying" (Arne Glimcher)

"In our view, the art business and the number of people around the world who buy works of art will continue to grow exponentially." (Marc Porter, President of Chritie's Americas)

"The United States has retained its leading share of the market over the past ten years." (TEFAF Report)

"One of the most significant developments in terms of market share has been the rise of China, now ' the world's fourth largest global art market, with 5 percent of world sales by value'". (Eileen Kinsella)

'These works can freely circulate, and this is incredibly important. Many people who bought Old Masters have switched to buying contemporary art". (Jonathan Mennell, Founder and Director of Sotheby's Rome).

"Top collectors from the United Arab Emirates, Beirut, Jordan, and other Gulf states know most of the galleries in Dubai. They tend to focus on Arab art or art from the Gulf region, Iran, Lebanon." (John Martin, Director of Art Dubai Fair)

"What the auctions do for us is really solidify prices. It's much easier when there is some public record." (David Zwirner, New York dealer)

"When demand for an artist is so intense that there are gallery waiting lists, a 'premature secondary market' can develop, particularly at auction, with prices skewed to the high end" (Neal Meltzer, art adviser)

Richard Prince / Louis Vuitton / Marc Jacobs

2008-06-19T17:35:00.000-07:00

Richard Prince: Continuation. The Art Newspaper. 06.20.08.
excerpted text:

"The show, his first in a major public UK institution, is in collaboration with Louis Vuitton, and curated by Richard Prince with the Serpentine Gallery, and follows his recent “Spiritual America” show the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York."

Helmut Lang

2008-06-19T17:24:00.000-07:00

Helmut Lang To Stage First Solo Exhibition. By Godfrey Deeny.Fashion Wire Daily. 06.12.08.
excerpted text:

Helmut Lang is to stage his solo art exhibition, the latest example of signs of life by the man once regarded as the most influential fashion designer on the planet. (Godfrey Deeny)

Entitled “Helmut Lang – Alles Gleich Schwer,” or All Has Equal Weight, the solo effort will be staged in Hanover as part of a major event named Hanover Goes Fashion, with some 10 exhibitions held in leading museums and institutes. Lang’s show will be staged in the German city’s Kestnergesellschaft and curated by Neville Wakefield and Frank-Thorsten Moll. (Godfrey Deeny)

“The continuity is that I’m expressing what’s important to me with the appropriate form, content and context through different mediums and other dimensions” (Helmut Lang)

Art of Football / Nike

2008-06-11T18:29:00.000-07:00

Art of Football. Showstudio.06.02.08.

Marc Jacobs / Andy Warhol

2008-06-11T04:21:00.000-07:00

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Marc Jacobs. By Glenn O'Brien. Interview. June / July 2008.

excerpted text:

"His collaborations with Stephen Sprouse, Takashi Murakami, and Richard Prince have shaken things up in both the fashion and art worlds. Not to mention advertising that looks like art and boutiques that feel like clubs. Andy Warhol used to talk about the best art being business art. And it would be hard to find someone who has done more to apply to an artist's thinking of running a creative big business than Marc Jacobs." (Glenn O'Brien)

"It's not my fault! I just have interests outside the superficial world of fashion" (Marc Jacobs)

"I started to thinking in romantic terms, and I always thought back to the time of Schiaparelli and Chanel and Cocteau, when all these creative people seemed to be doing things together. They where influenced by Pablo Picasso or Salvador Dali, and fashion and art had a chance, you know?" (Marc Jacobs)

"And what I wanted to do, in the same way as Serge [Gainsbourg] had done, was deface it. The way that Duchamp had done with L.H.O.O.Q., by putting this moustache on [the Mona Lisa] and making it something hipper, a little bit anarchic, and just cooler".

"Takashi was so pleased with what we had done that he then had a show at Marianne Boesky Gallery where he showed his paintings, which were inspired by the work that we had done together. He had an actual art show of work that he had done after seeing the fashion show".

"Whether you like it or not, there's a validity to it. For all the critics who made fun of the installation of a Vuitton shop within Takashi's MOCA exhibition...I saw it like Martin Kippenberger's subway grate, you know? It Challenged this sort of categorizing. Like, what is teh art here? Is it what's on the bag? Is it the action of buying the bag - that's the art? Is it watching the people buying the art? Because it's installed in an exhibition in a museum, it it some kind of conceptual performance piece? It operates on so many levels that it's hard to categorize." (Marc Jacobs)

Art Basel

2008-06-10T19:25:00.000-07:00

Art sales: big spenders dispel gloom. By Colin Gleadell. Telegraph.co.uk. 06.10.08.
excerpted text:

"The issue this year was whether the dealers would shrug off the effects of the impending recession as successfully as the auction rooms appear to have done, and the early signs were that, in spite of the weakness of the dollar, the Art Basel magic was still at work."

"The Gagosian Gallery made 10 sales on day one, including a painting by Richard Prince for $2 million. Victoria Miro sold six paintings and sculptures by the eccentric Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama for between $250,000 and $500,000 each, as well as Crash, Boom, Bang, a six-figure sculpture satirising the state of the art market by Elmgreen and Dragsett, in which several boxes containing lookalike works by Jeff Koons and Damien Hirst had been precariously stacked."

Florence Muller

2008-06-04T14:23:00.000-07:00

Built to last. Interview with Florence Muller by Leah Sandals. Canada.com. 06.04.08.
excerpted text:

"A YSL was one of the first to open this connection in the '60s. But I think it was through the '90s that the idea that art and fashion really became connected. Artists like Vanessa Beecroft had a fascination for this world of luxury together with a critical point of view on it. And on the other side, people involved in these luxury brands were very interested by art and started to support exhibition events. So in recent years this connection has been perceived as completely evident. But this wasn't always so. It was once revolutionary to argue this connection. I can say that I've lived this revolution because when I started to work on the idea of the Museum of Fashion in the Louvre during the '80s, it was very difficult to say that fashion is also a form of art. But now everybody understands it." (Florence Muller)

"A Very often these people don't know how fashion functions; critics might say, "Oh they are just stealing this [idea] from a painter." But if you don't know haute couture, you don't know how complicated it is to translate a bird from Braque into a sculpture around the neck of the model that also holds the drapery of a dress. There is huge work on finding a way of doing something that is not a painting anymore, which starts to be more sculpture, in fact a sculpture alive on the body of the model."(Florence Muller)

"It is also helpful to understand that a designer can be free in front of the white page like an artist in front of a painting. Both have a feeling of freeness in terms of creation. I think Yves said that he was naturally very involved in artistic field because he was a drawer and a painter before he was a designer." (Florence Muller)

Bond no9 / Andy Warhol

2008-06-04T03:14:00.001-07:00

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Bond no9. Bleecker Street, New York.

Louise Bourgeois

2008-06-01T06:14:00.000-07:00

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Bourgeois from A to Z (Rizzoli). By Ann Landi. Art News. May 2008.

excerpted text:

"It is high time someone produced a definitive biography of Louise Bourgeois, who is approaching her centenary, still making first-rate work, and without question one of the most influential artists of the last few decades."

Murakami / Louis Vuitton

2008-06-01T06:07:00.000-07:00

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Icone - Monogramouflage, Louis Vuitton by Takashi Murakami. L'Officiel. June 2008.

Terry Richardson / Tom Ford - Part 4

2008-06-01T06:04:00.000-07:00

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Tom Ford Menswear.

Viktor & Rolf

2008-06-01T05:53:00.000-07:00

Viktor & Rolf: so good they did it twice. By Sarah Mower. The Daily Telegraph. 05.31.08.
excerpted text:

"Quite how to do justice to the strange phenomenon that is Viktor & Rolf is a problem that has teased fashion editors for years. Me, anyway. They are fashion's odd men out, a Dutch pair who dress like twins, speak in a serious monotone, always in agreement, never interrupting one another. It's an effect that, like Gilbert & George, makes them deliberately and disconcertingly hard to tell apart, as well as near-impossible to fathom."

Terry Richardson

2008-06-01T04:58:00.000-07:00

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Belverde Vodka. Terry Richardson.

Andy Warhol

2008-06-01T04:23:00.000-07:00

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Warhol Memorabilia Philia. By Gelnn O'Brien. Interview. June / July 2008.

excerpted text:

"Motorcycle jacket painted by Stefano Castronovo"

"Jean-Michel Basquiat painted Andy's scars on this turtleneck, probably inspired by the famous Richard Avedon photograph that revealed them".

GAP / Whitney Museum of American Art

2008-05-30T06:05:00.000-07:00

Art in the Park. Jim Shi. The Daily. 05.29.08.
excerpted text:

"The 13 tees designed by the likes of Kiki Smith, Marilyn Minter, Cai Guo-Qiang, Kenny Scharf and Glenn Ligon (plus Close and Koons) will be displayed in Bryant Park from today through June 4. Displayed with biographies, they will promote Gap Inc.'s ever-increasing affiliation with the arts through its Gap and Banana Republic brands while encouraging visitors to 'experience works of art among the trees.'"

Topshop / Helmut Newton

2008-05-30T06:02:00.000-07:00

Topshop and Helmut Newton collaboration. Fashion United. 05.22.08.
excerpted text:

"From 10th June, The Helmut Newton Foundation will re-create one of Helmut Newton’s photographic concepts. In the early 70s, the ‘Newton Machine’ was first developed by Newton. Reflecting his mocking approach towards fashion, the machine allows the model to become subject, stylist and photographer simultaneously. Staged in a photographic studio at the Oxford Street flagship store, the machine will be available to Topshop customers."

"Working closely with Helmut Newton’s long-time agent Tiggy Maconochie and his long-standing assistant Fifi, the set-up will be as close to the original concept as possible. Images taken by shopper will be displayed in a store gallery and on topshop.com."

Alessandro Dell'Acqua / Vanessa Beecroft

2008-05-30T05:58:00.000-07:00

Malo Names Dell'Acqua Creative Director. By Godfrey Deeny. Fashion Wire Daily. 05.29.08.

excerpted text:

"Alessandro has also successfully married art and fashion, designing all the shoes for Vanessa Beecroft’s happening VB46 in the Gagosian Gallery in Los Angeles – the only items the models wore in that event."

Keith Haring

2008-05-29T03:58:00.000-07:00

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Keith Haring. Houston Street and Bowery Mural. 05.04-12.21.08.

Andre Courreges

2008-05-28T04:32:00.000-07:00

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Ace of Space. WWD. 05.27.08.

excerpted text:

"André Courrèges has unveiled his latest brand of monumental designs, in the form of 18 vividly colored abstract sculptures. The works, created by Courrèges throughout the Nineties, are on show in Paris' André-Citroën park, and include "Pink Triangle Cat," a naive nod to the designer's iconic trapeze dress. Three electric car prototype designs by Coqueline Courrèges also form part of the exhibit, which ends June 8."

Vogue Russia Art Issue

2008-05-28T04:29:00.000-07:00

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Vogue Russia. Art issue. May 2008.

Giorgio Armani / Andy Warhol

2008-05-27T19:39:00.000-07:00

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Giorgio Armani. Interview. June / July 2008.

"Artists love artistry, so Andy Warhol loved making portraits of great creators. An iconic subject reflects on his image". (Giorgio Armani)

"Andy stopped me in a corridor for 10 seconds and took a photo to work of, and when the final photo was bought by GFT, he make quite a lot of money!" (Giorgio Armani)

"That is what Warhol portraits do: They elevate the subject into an icon of the pop culture he was documenting." (Giorgio Armani)

"He was not an art snob, and I liked that. He didn't think that being commercially popular meant that he was somehow less of an artist. This is very much my philosophy as a fashion designer. I have never believed in design for design's sake." (Giorgio Armani)

"Making money is art, and working is art, and good business is the best art." (Andy Warhol)

"For myself, I can say that the secret is to remain true to your aesthetic vision, so that people can see that you really believe passionately in what you are doing. That way, they cab relate to your style. For me , this has meant not only adopting new fabric technology and ideas in clothing design but also applying my design vision to cars, furniture, flowers - even cakes! - and exploring collaborations outside the word of fashion, with film and football, for example. Andy's work shows a similar creative approach. He had a stye and he then applied it to different subjects in a way that was both recognizable and innovative at the same time. Anyone who is passionate about what they do will have a better chance of connecting with future generations than those who simply follow transient trends. At least their work will have a distinctive character, and this is what people respond to, I believe." (Giorgio Armani)

Superheroes / Metropolitan Museum of Art / Giorgio Armani

2008-05-27T18:55:00.001-07:00

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Superheroes Fashion and Fantasy. Sponsored by Giorgio Armani. Armani Exchange. Broadway, New York.

Prada / James Jean

2008-05-27T18:48:00.000-07:00

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Bluhende Phantasie. Lea Gross. Vogue Germany. June 2006.

Diane von Furstenberg / Francois-Marie Banier

2008-05-27T18:34:00.000-07:00

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Diane von Furstenberg. West Houston Street, New York.

Diane von Furstenberg. Francois-Marie Banier. Natalia Vodianova.

Marc Jacobs

2008-05-27T18:06:00.000-07:00

Marc Jacobs: A fashion force to be reckoned with. Melanie Rickey. The Independent. 05.26.08.
excerpted text:

"In a talk to Central Saint Martins students in London last week, Jacobs said that the corporate bods upstairs at LV didn't want to do the Sprouse graffiti bags. 'But we just did it. I thought, 'If they fire me, it won't be the first time'. And $300m in sales later, they thought it was a good idea.'" (Melanie Rickey, Marc Jacobs"

"He's made the art/fashion collaboration valid yet enjoyably populist in contemporary fashion." (Melanie Rickey)

"Who cares what the references are? I hate references, they're boring. If a girl wants to wear it, then it's valid. (Marc Jacobs)

Louis Vuitton / RIchard Prince

2008-05-27T17:44:00.000-07:00

Arm Candy Alert! The Daily. 05.27.08.
excerpted text:

"The French fashion and accessories house, which tapped Richard Prince to design a collection of handbags for spring, is offering a limited-edition style to celebrate the artist's first major UK solo exhibition from June 26 to September 7, entitled "Continuation," at the Serpentine Gallery."

"Only 50 of the ostrich and canvas Jamais bags are available, each numbered and signed by the artist. They will be sold exclusively at Vuitton's Sloane Street store in London during Prince's solo show. Priced at 9,000 pounds, or about $17,800, a portion of proceeds from the Jamais bags will benefit the Serpentine."

Andy Warhol / Christie's

2008-05-27T04:01:00.000-07:00

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Andy Warhol / Christie's.

excerpted text:

"Christie's dominates the market for Andy Warhol, holding records for eight of the top ten most expensive works by Warhol ever sold at auction".

Green Car Crash - Green Burning Car I, 1963. $71,720,000

Lemon Marilyn, 1962. $28,040,000

Liz, 1963. $23,561,000

Mao, 1972. $17,376,000

Orange Marilyn, 1962. $16,256,000

Elvis 2 Times, 1963. $15,721,000

Sixteen Jackies, 1964. $15,696,000

Mustard Race Riot, 1963. $15,127,500

Small Torn Campell's Soup Can (Pepper Pot), 1962. $11,776,000

Muhammad Ali, 1978. $9,225,000

Large Flowers, 1964. $8,476,000

Double Marlon, 1966. Sold on May 13, 2008.

Alexander McQueen

2008-05-27T03:50:00.000-07:00

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Hail McQueen. By Bridget Foley. W. June 2006.

excerpted text:

"My relationships with producers or photographers - these are relationships that took years. I've had good times; I've had bad times. If I do a bad show, they're still there. And that's what to me friendship is about. I love what it's about."

Modern & Contemporary Prints

2008-05-27T03:36:00.000-07:00

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Modern & Contemporary Prints. Bloomsbury Auctions, London. 06.18.08.

Rainbow

2008-05-26T16:45:00.000-07:00

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Rainbow. Bill Cunningham. The New York Times. 05.25.08.

excerpted text:

"All over the city, people with an individual concept of dress are embracing color, often exuberant stripes. Institutions are following suit: vivid fluorescent tubes fill the windows of a store at Fifth Avenue and 57th Street; at the Museum of Modern Art, the floor of the garden lobby is gally striped. "

No Milk Today

2008-05-26T16:36:00.000-07:00

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No Milk Today. Volume 1, Issue 1. Poster.

Hogan vs. Sol Lewitt

2008-05-26T11:06:00.002-07:00

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Hogan. Spring Street, New York.

Projectminimalism.info

Sol Lewitt, "123454321+"

Christian Lacroix

2008-05-26T11:00:00.000-07:00

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Arles' Hometown Boy. Miles Socha. WWD Scoop. Spring 2008.

excerpted text:

"The charming souther French town on the western edge of Provence, is chockablock with reminders of one of its most famous sons, perhaps newer more so than this summer, when the Musee Reattu hosts a sprawling and autobiographical Lacroix exhibition May 17 to October 31."

"What's more, the famous international photography festival, Les Rancontres d'Arles, July 8-September 14, will be curated this year by Lacroix, who believes that behind every good dress lies a powerful image or two."

1 2 3 4, art is at your Gap store

2008-05-26T10:33:00.000-07:00

1 2 3 4, art is at your Gap store. The Star. By Stephen Marche, 05.24.08.
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"The Gap's new campaign is only a mainstream version of what Louis Vuitton has been doing for years, using artists as marketing devices. In 2005, LV hired Vanessa Beecroft to stage a performance art piece at the opening of a store on the Champs Elysée – she placed nude models on the shelves. The great Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson has designed window displays for them. The most startling room in the new Takashi Murakami show in Brooklyn is the Louis Vuitton boutique right in the middle of the museum. It sells handbags he designed, drawing no distinction between his artworks and commercial products."

"This is all cheeky and wonderful from the point of view of the corporation, but in what position does it leave the artist? It's not just that art has become suffused with money – a practice market for those who love markets so much they want to spend their recreation hours buying and selling. Art has always had to deal with commerce. The difference is that artists are now aspiring to be the CEOs of their work, as conceptualizers, organizers, synthesists, and packagers of other people's labour. Cai Guo-Qiang, the great Chinese gunpowder artist specializes in works that are so large they require teams to construct or perform. Damien Hirst conceived of a skull covered in diamonds, so he hired Bond St. jewellers to make one. Hirst gave the piece its name, For the Love of God, he set the price ($100 million) and he sold it on to a consortium. Conceiving and naming and selling are his jobs, not the business of fabrication. Beauty, like everything else, has been outsourced."

"In the realms of both luxury goods and art, the whole notion of the hand-made has become quaint, an old-fashioned notion like dressing for dinner or saving yourself for marriage. Murakami has argued that the idea of authenticity in art, and the lines it draws between art and design, original and fake, are Western constructs, destined to lose place in an increasingly globalized art world. That may well be true, but there are Western processes at work, as well, notably the triumph of consumer capitalism and the reduction of all things to cash value."

"There's a nearly perfect analogue to the current condition of art and commerce in one of the West's oldest myths, the story of Erisichthon from Ovid's Metamorphoses. As punishment for destroying a sacred grove of trees, Erisichthon is cursed by the gods with a terrible affliction: Famine is put in his belly. The more he eats the more he wants to eat. He begins to sell off all his possessions for food, including his daughter. Neptune has granted her the ability to change shapes at will. So Erisichthon sells her as a bull or a beautiful deer and she transforms back into herself and returns to her father to be sold again. She finds herself conjured into beauties in order to feed an insatiable hunger. Just so: The artist in his or her many varied transformations feeds the endless consumption which no glut can sate. No amount of diamond skulls or cherry-blossom handbags or Gap T-shirts will fill our inner, endless hunger for things and more things. Erisichthon can't save himself from his hunger, no matter how often he sells his daughter. In the end he eats his own guts. The myth doesn't say what happens to his daughter."

Louis Vuitton sales don't suffer in downturn

2008-05-26T10:00:00.000-07:00

Louis Vuitton sales don't suffer in downturn. San Fransisco Chronicla.By Al Saracevic, Suzanne Herel, Victoria Colliver, Ilana DeBare and Steve Corder.05.25.08.
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"This is a very relevant question today. If you look at what's been disclosed over the last several months by the high-end department stores, and you see their results, there are some challenges clearly in the luxury industry. Some areas in the U.S. seem to be a little bit more challenging than others. But with respect to Vuitton, so far this year has been in double-digit growth. We're continuing with our investment plans as we have laid them out last year. We're not stopping." (Daniel Lalonde, President and Chief Executive Officer of Louis Vuitton North America)

"I'd point out three in particular. We've had a very successful collaboration with (American artist) Richard Prince. These bags are still in our stores. They go from about $2,000 to $5,000. It's a one-shot, meaning it will come in the network, we'll sell them all and it goes away." (Daniel Lalonde, President and Chief Executive Officer of Louis Vuitton North America)

"There's another one in that same vein that is a collaboration with (Japanese artist) Takashi Murakami. Marc Jacobs and Takashi designed a pattern for Vuitton which is based on the monogram, but it's very unique and it's called Monogramoflage. This is not in the stores yet. (It will be available June 15.)" (Daniel Lalonde, President and Chief Executive Officer of Louis Vuitton North America)

Uniqlo / UT Project

2008-05-25T10:20:00.000-07:00

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UT Project.

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01. Sandpepp / 20 / Student, Jean-Michel Basquiat Series.

05. Med / 20 / DJ, Keith Haring Series.

14. Michael / 29 / Photographer, Jean-Michel Basquiat Series.

16. Keit / 23 / Photographer, Jean-Michel Basquiat Series.

18. Nicholis / 26 / Bartender, Jean-Michel Basquiat Series.

20. Morgan / 19 / Student, Keith Haring Series.

22. Austin / 20 / Filmmaker, Keith Haring Series.

23. Jaiko / 35 / DJ, Jean-Michel Basquiat.

24. Darren / 25 / Photographer, Keith Haring Series.

33. Lucy / 23 / Visual Merchandiser, Jean-Michel Basquiat Series.

37. David / 24 / Intern, Jean-Michel Basquiat Series.

38. Lily / 25 / Fashion Designer, Jean-Michel Basquiat Series.

41. Zachary / 26 / Sales Assistant, Keith Haring Series.

48. Jason / 25 / Musician, Jean-Michel Basquiat Series.

51. Rebecca / 31 / Musician, Jean-Michel Basquiat Series.

Olafur Eliasson

2008-05-25T04:33:00.000-07:00

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Take Your Time. Olafur Eliasson. MOMA. West Houston and MacDougall Street, New York.

Olafur Eliasson at MoMA & PS1: Seeing Yourself Seeing

Marc Jacobs / Andy Warhol / Interview

2008-05-25T04:28:00.000-07:00

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Marc by Marc Jacobs Men. Bleecker Street, New York.

Superheroes / Metropolitan Museum of Art

2008-05-25T03:45:00.001-07:00

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Super-Duper Comic Relief at the Met's Superheroes Show. Lynn Yeager. Village Voice. 05.20.08.
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"Even under these challenging circumstances, the Met remains determinedly high-concept; the topic may be pop, but the execution remains." (Lynn Yeager)

"Well, what do you know? Can it be mere coincidence that a spidery glass-and-crystal dress by Signor Giorgio Armani is prominently featured in the 'Graphic Body' tableau? Oh, and look—isn't that gunmetal frock with enormous round shoulders by the same designer? Armani just happens to be the sponsor of this exhibit! (Far better to have included one of his iconic '80s women's suits, the uniform that saw a generation of empowered females ascend the career ladder. Now that was an armored body.) Well, count your blessings—if Ralph Lauren had sponsored the show, we'd be getting metallic equestrian jackets and spiderweb jodhpurs." (Lynn Yeager)

"Oh, well. These sponsored shows raise so much money for the Costume Institute that Koda has told me wearily on more than one occasion that without this financing, there would be no Costume Institute at all." (Lynn Yeager)

Thomas Demand / Hedi Slimane / Peter Saville / Hans Ulrich Obrist / Cristina Bechtler

2008-05-24T18:15:00.000-07:00

Art, Fashion and Work for Hire. Thomas Demand, Peter Saville, Hedi Slimane, Hans Ulrich Obrist and Cristina Bechtler in conversation. www.springer.com.

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"They discuss their work and motivation in a conversation in Berlin with the curator Hans Ulrich Obrist and the editor Cristina Bechtler, and also share their views on new forms of creativity, cross-border endeavors, fashion, architecture, photography, political art and many more subjects."

Book released July 4, 2008.

Marc Jacobs / Andy Warhol / Interview

2008-05-23T03:30:00.000-07:00

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Marc by Marc Jacobs Women. Bleecker Street, New York.

Part 1, Contemporary Art / Phillips de Pury & Company

2008-05-23T02:33:00.000-07:00

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Part 1 Contemporary Art. Phillip de Pury & Company. New York. May 15, 2008.

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Amphotericin B, 1993, Damien Hirst.

Gloss household paint on canvas. Estimate $3,000,000-4,000,00. Sold for $3.177,000.

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Superflat Monogram, 2004. Takashi Murakami.

Acrylic on canvas mounted on board. Estimate $700,000-900,000. Sold for $724,200.

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Gun, 1981-1982. Andy Warhol.

Synthetic polymer and silkscreen ink on canvas. Estimate $400,000-600,000. Unsold.

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Untitled (Fallen Angel), 1981.Jean-Michel Basquiat.

Acrylic and oilstick on canvas. Estimate $8,000,000-12,000,000. Sold for $11,241,000.

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Jime Beam - Caboose, 1986. Jeff Koons.

Stainless steel and bourbon. Estimate $1,200,000-1,800,000. Sold for $1,385,000.

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Untitles aaaa, 1992. Damien Hirst.

Cardboard boxes, plastic and glass drug bottles.Estimate $800,000-1,200,000. Unsold.

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Beautiful Androgynous Hermaphrodite Painting, 2005. Damien Hirst.

Gloss household paint on canvas. Estimate $400,000-600,000. Sold for $481,000.

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Untitled, 1987. Jean-Michel Basquiat.

Acrylic oilstick on color copy collage on canvas. Estimate $2,000,000-3,000,000. Sold for $2,281,000.

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New Shelton Wet/Dry 10 Gallon, 1981-1986. Jeff Koons.

Vacuum cleaner, neon fluorescent tubes in plexiglass vitrine. Estimate $1,500,000-2,000,000. Sold for $2,673,000.

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Posterity - The Holy Place, 2006. Damien Hirst

Butterflies and gloss household paint on canvas. Estimate $1,000,000-1,500,000. Sold for $1,441,000.

Philip-Loroca diCorcia

2008-05-23T01:51:00.000-07:00

Philip-Loroca diCorcia. Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Press Release. 05.23.08.

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"This exhibition features works from his key series of the past twenty years including Hustlers, Streetwork, Heads, and Lucky 13. His merging of a high degree of photographic preconception with the happenstance of street casting has become an influential mode of contemporary practice and secured diCorcia's place in photography's pantheon. For example, in his series Hustlers (1990–92), diCorcia selected locations along Santa Monica Boulevard, typically at twilight or night. The artist would then cast hustlers on the streets around him as his subjects. LACMA's exhibition is the first showing of a powerful installation of 1,000 of the artist's Polaroid photographs, titled Thousand."

Karl Lagerfeld

2008-05-23T01:40:00.000-07:00

Karl Lagerfeld to exhibit his photos at Versailles.gogoparis. 05.23.08.
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"From 10 June to 7 September, a selection of 40 black-and-white photos by the Kaiser of the Chateau and its gardens will be presented in the apartments of Mme de Maintenon."

Tar Mag

2008-05-22T18:30:00.000-07:00

All in the name of art. WWD. 05.21.08.
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"The premiere issue of tar mag — the new biannual arts title from BlackBook magazine founder Evanly Schindler — will feature Benicio del Toro on the cover, shot by Julian Schnabel. Other contributors include Juergen Teller, Terry Richardson, Matthew Barney and Ryan McGinley, who shot a 30-page portfolio of unclothed models (obviously in the name of art) for the first issue, out in October.Susan Cappa, formerly of Vogue, is publisher of tar mag, Zoe Wolff from Domino is executive editor, Neville Wakefield is the creative director and Bill Powers has been tapped as artistic director."

Vivienne Westwood / Le Book

2008-05-22T18:17:00.000-07:00

Vivienne Westwood designs Le Book. Fashion United. 05.21.08.
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"For the design of Le Book London 2008, Westwood choose a series of images linked to her 'Active Resistance to Propaganda' cultural manifesto in which she argues that art and culture are the antidote to propaganda and the secret of civilisation. This is the first time that a British designer has been chosen to 'dress' Le Book."

Prada / James Jean - Part 8

2008-05-21T04:47:00.000-07:00

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Prada Eyewear, 2008.

Chanel Mobile Art - Tokyo

2008-05-21T03:49:00.000-07:00

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Chanel Mobile Art. Mengly Taing. WWD Scoop. Spring 2008.

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May 31-July 4. National Yoyogi Stadium Olympic Plaza, 2-1-1 Jinnan, Tokyo.

Gap Artist Editions / Whitney Museum of American Art

2008-05-20T20:07:00.000-07:00

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GAP Artist Editions / Whitney Museum of American Art. Christopher Street & Seventh Avenue, New York.

Marc Jacobs / Andy Warhol

2008-05-20T18:48:00.000-07:00

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Fifteen and then some. Memo Pad. WWD. 05.19.08.

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"With a white mop of hair, crisp button-down shirt and tie, the designer looks mighty Warholian on the cover of the magazine's June-July double issue" (WWD)

"Andy was always talking about how new art is business art" (Glenn O'Brien)

"'I don't think of myself that way,'" he said. 'Warhol is Warhol. He's practically a god'. I thought, 'I'm going to get a lot of hell for this.'" (Marc Jacobs)

Hussein Chalayan / Level Vodka Tunnel

2008-05-20T18:22:00.000-07:00

Level Vodka Tunnel by Hussein Chalayan Volume 08. www.levelvodka.com/tunnel. 05.09.08.
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“Because I really wanted to make an installation that was interactive. And I knew that Level Vodka and ABSOLUT are big sponsors of art, so I thought – why not? Besides, they have done a number of interesting things with art before, so I felt very comfortable working with them. I understood that this wouldn’t be just a drink promotion, but a real art project. And that’s exactly what happened.” (Hussein Chalayan)

Art Talk! / Terence Koh - Part 2/2

2008-05-20T17:46:00.000-07:00

Terence Koh. Art Talk! VBS TV.

Art Talk! / Terence Koh - Part 1/2

2008-05-20T17:36:00.000-07:00

Terence Koh. Art Talk! VBS TV.

John Bock / Jonathan Meese

2008-05-20T03:35:00.000-07:00

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Ekstase! John Bock und Jonathan Meese. Vogue Germany. June 2008.

Louis Vuitton / RIchard Prince - Part 3

2008-05-20T03:33:00.000-07:00

Louis Vuitton S/S 2008.

Comme des Garcons / Mondongo

2008-05-20T03:28:00.000-07:00

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Rotkappchen Reloaded. Vogue Germany. June 2008.

MOCA Los Angeles Benefit Auction / Phillips de Pury & Company

2008-05-19T04:46:00.000-07:00

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My Swahili Years, 2007. Terence Koh.

Bronze, paint, oil, wax and wire. Estimate $45,000-55,000. Sold for $60,000.

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Ilene Gray Lamp, 2002. Tom Sachs.

Wood and fluorescent light. Estimate $15,000-20,000. Sold for $9,000.

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The Birth, 2007. Louise Bourgeois.

Gouache on paper. Estimate $70,000-90,000. Sold for $75,000.

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Isabel. June 26, 2003. Rineke Dijkstra.

C-print. Estimate $25,000-35,000. Sold for $30,000.

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Open Call (29), 2006. Assume Vivid Astro Focus.

Mixed media sculpture. Estimate $25,000-35,000. Sold for $15,000.

Maison Martin Margiela

2008-05-19T03:52:00.000-07:00

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Designer of the Issue, Maison Martin Margiela is Twenty. By Kin Woo. Androgyny Magazine. S/S 2008.

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"Taking part in exhibitions allows us to find another outlet for our work and stimulation, which are not linked to our day-to-day work on collections. We are also lucky enough to have many museums who propose us interesting projects".

The Satorialist

2008-05-19T03:39:00.000-07:00

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The Satorialist / Danziger Projects.

Malcolm McLaren / David Byrne

2008-05-19T03:30:00.000-07:00

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Malcolm McLaren + David Byrne. Drink The New Wine. S/S 2008.

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"Contemporary art curators seem to be preoccupied today with trying to get away from showing art as a commodity. The art has a kind of 'Not For Sale' look. This fascinates me, when one thinks of the social and political climate now." (Malcolm McLaren)

"Do you mean that curators are reacting to the boom in the art market and huge sales figures in contemporary art by encouraging and supporting work that can't be sold or is intangible? I remember when the conceptual artists in the late 60's and 70's did something similar. Land art, and body art as well. It all seemed to saying, as if on a dare, 'OK, buy THIS!'" (David Byrne)

"Be it pop music or contemporary art. I am having struggle with the marriage of both, whether it be for stage or as platform for art. It's an interesting time to consider ideals. Something that's been lost for a while. " (Malcolm McLaren)

Uniqlo / Jean-Michel Basqiuat

2008-05-19T02:49:00.000-07:00

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Uniqlo / Jean-Michel Basqiuat. Sixth Avenue and 30th Street, New York.

Gap Artist Editions / Whitney Museum of American Art

2008-05-18T15:04:00.000-07:00

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GAP Artist Editions / Whitney Museum of American Art. 5th Avenue, New York.

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Rirkrit Tiravanija.GAP Artist Editions.

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Marilyn Minter. GAP Artist Editions.

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Kerry James. GAP Artist Editions.

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Glenn Ligon. GAP Artist Editions.

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Cai Guo-Qiang.GAP Artist Editions.

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Sarah Sze. GAP Artist Editions.

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Kiki Smith. GAP Artist Editions.

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Barbara Kruger. GAP Artist Editions.

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Chuck Close.GAP Artist Editions.

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Kenny Scharf. GAP Artist Editions.

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GAP Artist Editions / Whitney Museum of American Art. Fifth Avenue, New York.

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Jeff Koons.GAP Artist Editions.

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GAP Artist Editons / Whitney Museum of American Art. 5th Avenue, New York.

Saturday at Philips. April 26, 2008.

2008-05-17T07:07:00.000-07:00

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The Souper Dress, 1960. Andy Warhol.

Screenprint on cotton / cellulose dress. Estimate $2,000-3,000.Sold for $3,500.

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Two Works: Daft Punk Real Collection Action Figure Set, 2007. Made by Medicom Toy.

Vinyl and plastic. Outfits by Hedi Slimane for Dior Homme. Estimate $400-600. Sold for $3,125.

Christian Lacroix

2008-05-17T06:54:00.000-07:00

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Christian Lacroix. By Stephen Todd. Pin-Up issue 4, Summer 2008.

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"As he celebrates the 20th anniversary of his eponymous house, he is increasingly turning his attention to interior space as the theatre of his own riotous mix-and-mismatch take on decoration. Like his eclectic fashions, which readily blend 19th-century silhouettes, Pop Art patterns with references to bullfights and Infantas, My Fair Lady and Baby Jane (the Bette Davis vehicle and the Warhol superstar), his interiors are a riotous melange of misalliances. It's a style - if indeed "style is the correct word..." (Stephen Todd)

"I'm not trained as an architect, not even as a decorator really, so my approach is really intuitive." (Christian Lacroix)

"I think it's not because it's not really my metier that I can be more daring in my interior design work. When you do something full-time, as your job, you fall so easily into marketing. You ask yourself, 'Will People like this? Or prefer that?' You begin to pre-empt the market's reaction. I don't need to do that - I am a happy dilettante. My approach to an interior space is very candid, innocent in a way." (Christian Lacroix)

"It feels like my destiny to be doing this...Today, it feels like I am rediscovering that childhood dream". (Christian Lacroix)

Christian Lacroix S/S 2008.

Gap / Whitney Museum of American Art

2008-05-17T05:33:00.000-07:00

Gap Artist Edition T-Shirts. Erin Weinger. Los Angeles Times. 05.11.08.
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"A design by Chuck Close features the artist's 2002 black-and-white rendering of composer Philip Glass. Others created new work for their T-shirt canvases. Neo-Geo artist Ashley Bickerton's square T-shirt sketch is in colors reminiscent of Skittles. Jeff Koons used a halftone printing pattern to make a deer's head. Rirkrit Tiravanija's ominous design reads, "The days of this society are numbered" in plain orange lettering." (Erin Weinger)

Hedi Slimane / MUSAC

2008-05-17T05:18:00.000-07:00

Hedi Slimane_MUSAC. 05.17-09.07.08.Press release.
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"Through a publication and an installation created expressly for this occasion, Slimane continues his personal exploration of youth aesthetics in relation to music as a factor of construction and transformation of identity."

"Certainly, when making any approach to Hedi Slimane’s work, we must do so without any formal restrictions, for, though in recent years it has been limited to the international successes earned in the field of fashion, the truth is that his aesthetic universe should not be partitioned but understood as a whole that is manifested through myriad forms of expression —let us recall in this respect that Slimane himself was the author of the advertising campaigns when he was at the head of Dior Homme. Nonetheless, this conception of creation presents some interesting distinctive features that can be traced back to before the beginning of his professional career: music—especially rock—and photography."

"As regards the installation, Slimane once again exhibits the connections between musical celebration and fans, and, definitively, the constructive reciprocity of both identities through the exchange promoted by live music. Thus, visitors to the exhibition will find a display of all the iconography intrinsic to a concert: an empty stage and the young members of the audience. The artist thus ultimately proposes an inversion of the habitual role of the spectator—or fan—as the visitor is allowed onto the stage to experience the rock star’s overwhelming sensation when before the masses who expectantly await the appearance of their idol, whom they venerate, and with whom they identify. "

"Undoubtedly, this is an installation that goes beyond photography and in which Slimane resituates the audience inside the action, as it is both an active and passive subject of a moment that is frozen."

Gap Artist Editions / Whitney Museum of American Art

2008-05-16T19:49:00.000-07:00

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GAP / Whitney Museum of American Art. Spring Street, New York.

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GAP / Whitney Museum of American Art. Sixth Avenue and 45th Street, New York.

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GAP / Museum of American Art. Seventh Avenue and 13th Street, New York.

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GAP / Whitney Museum of American Art. 14th Street, New York.

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GAP / Whitney Museum of American Art. Houston Street, New York.

Murakami

2008-05-16T16:49:00.000-07:00

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Murakami / Brooklyn Museum. Billboard on Houston Street, New York.

Terry Richardson

2008-05-12T05:06:00.000-07:00

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Belverde Vodka. Photographed by Terry Richardson.

Dennis Hopper / Tod's

2008-05-12T01:00:00.000-07:00

Fashion Scoops / Hopper, Skip and Jump. WWD. 05. 12.08.
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"Actor and director Dennis Hopper completed a new short film in coordination with Italian accessories brand Tod's on Friday. Hopper, a longtime friend of Tod's chief executive officer Diego Della Valle, filmed a day in the life of Gwyneth Paltrow in Italy with her Tod's Pashmy bag. The four minute, yet-to-be-named short will debut at the Cannes Film Festival and will then play on the Tod's Web site."

Louis Vuitton / Teresita Fernandez

2008-05-12T00:50:00.000-07:00

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Fashion Scoops / Feeling Blue. WWD. 05.09.08.

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"Artist Teresita Fernández's installation, which will turn the Louis Vuitton store on Union Square in San Francisco into an official "Maison" for the luxury company, will add a touch of blue to the environs. That's because Fernández's piece, called "Hothouse (Blue)," consists of a large piece from translucent blue glass overlaid with some 16,000 cabochon mirrors. The effect is dazzling, in the literal sense. "I wanted the piece to activate the space so that viewers entering the store could look up and catch shimmering, reflective glimpses of passersby and atmospheric conditions seen through the windows," Fernández said."

Tokion Creativity Now 2008

2008-05-12T00:41:00.000-07:00

Creativity Now Conference Speakers Announced!. Tokion Newsletter. May 2008.
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Once again, Tokion magazine will bring together many of the most innovative and influential creative thinkers for the 5th Creativity Now Conference. Top names in the fields of art, film, design, photography, fashion and music will gather on Manhattan’s Cooper Union stage for a weekend of unique cultural exchange.
This year’s speakers include:

Maria Bamford (“Comedians of Comedy”)
Klaus Biesenbach (Curator, P.S.1/MoMA)
Lizzi Bougatsos (Artist/Musician, James Fuentes LLC)
David Cross (“Mr. Show,” “Arrested Development”)
Thomas Duncan (Curator, Gagosian Gallery)
Gardar Eide Einarsson (Artist, Team Gallery)
C.F. (Artist/Musician, PictureBox, Inc.)
Harrell Fletcher (Artist, Jack Hanley Gallery)
José Freire (Gallerist, Team Gallery)
Zach Galifianakis (“Comedians of Comedy”)
Loden Dager (Men’s Wear Collective)
Massimiliano Gioni (Curator, New Museum)
Mark Gonzales (Artist/Poet/Professional Skateboarder)
Kathy Grayson (Curator, Deitch Projects)
Alex Hawgood (T: The New York Times Style Magazine)
Harmony Korine (Mister Lonely, Julien Donkey-Boy)
Hanna Liden (Artist, Rivington Arms)
Nate Lowman (Artist, Maccarone Gallery)
Lucky Dragons (Artists/Musicians)
Shamim M. Momin (Curator, Whitney Museum)
Carlo McCormick (Senior Editor, Paper)
Dan Nadel (Publisher, PictureBox, Inc.)
Gary Panter (Artist, PictureBox, Inc.)
Eduardo Sarabia (Artist, I-20 Gallery)
David Shrigley (Artist, Anton Kern Gallery)