NOVEMBER 11, 2010 12:45PM

Interview with Street Artists Faile

Faile is the name of the Brooklyn-based street artist team Patrick Miller and Patrick McNeil.  Their most recent exhibit, “Bedtime Stories,” opened on November 4 at Perry Rubenstein Gallery in Chelsea. The opening commemorated ten years of collaboration.  During these years, Fai… Read full post »

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NOVEMBER 11, 2010 12:36PM

NY Art Book Fair at MoMA PS1

On Saturday, November 6, MoMA PS1 appeared like any high school.  Hundreds of people milled around the entrance.  They chatted in clumps or spaced out on the steps.  But inside, three levels of the former school building were transformed into a showcase for 280 art book publishers from/… Read full post »
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NOVEMBER 1, 2010 10:03AM

Interview with Nicole Krauss

Evening light filtered in through the brownstone’s windows.  The backlight, and the panes’ art nouveau detailing, framed the dark-haired, skinny-jeaned author.  At her book party, Nicole Krauss found herself standing before a room full of NYU writing students, faculty, and her t/… Read full post »
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OCTOBER 11, 2010 12:20PM

Spotlight on Fashion: An Interview with Judith Thurman

After “Fashion Forward,” moderator Judith Thurman was gracious enough to give me an interview.  Thurman has been writing fashion and literary criticism for The New Yorker since 1987, and she has been a staff writer there since 2000.  She has published three books, including a co… Read full post »

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OCTOBER 11, 2010 12:13PM

Watch Out Paris-- Fashion’s New Guard is in New York

 

Featuring Phillip Lim (3.1 Phillip Lim), Maria Cornejo (Zero + Maria Cornejo), Naeem Khan (Naeem Khan), and David Neville and Marcis Wainwright (Rag & Bone).  Interviewed by Judith Thurman, staff writer for The New Yorker.

English schoolgirl. Sequined glam angel. Graceful shadow.&nbs… Read full post »

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OCTOBER 11, 2010 12:09PM

New Yorker Festival: “Possession” Proves an Ironic Title

The title of this event, “Possession,” ostensibly referred to the idea of being possessed (or obsessed) by objects; this is a theme in Orhan Pamuk’s and Jonathan Safran Foer’s new projects.  But during the evening’s conversation, a latent sentiment emerged to shape/… Read full post »
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OCTOBER 11, 2010 12:05PM

Steve Carell: A Quite Modest Icon

Generous applause and a palpable wave of joy tinged with relief coursed through the audience.  The pure delight at Steve Carell’s entrance to the auditorium during The New Yorker Festival was so overwhelming that it was hard to believe he was an actor.  But Steve Carell is more than a/… Read full post »
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OCTOBER 3, 2010 4:22PM

Cabbie Confessions Include Life Lessons on Love in the City

Eleven years ago, Daniel B. missed a bus and found love.   

Today, he looks distinguished in a black blazer, blue jeans and a baseball cap while he drives me from Soho to Chelsea Market and recounts the story of how he met his wife.   

Daniel was on his way to meet… Read full post »

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OCTOBER 3, 2010 4:13PM

Fashion Takes a Night Out on Mercer Street

At three o’clock in the afternoon, one workman on a ladder strung lights outside Rag & Bone and 3.1 Phillip Lim on Mercer Street.  Half a block down a lone photographer slouched in a corner, waiting.  These were the visible day-of preparations for what would be the fabulous Mercer… Read full post »

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