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XXXX Magazine Soiree at La Villa to Celebrate Paris Fashion Week
XXXX Magazine is a multimedia publication showcasing original productions of video art, fashion films and documentary shorts by various international artists and directors was launched in 2009 by Indira Cesarine. This event featured video installation/screening of fashion films and clips from the current issue titled Voyage, where contributors give us “their own take on what ‘voyage’ means to them,” explains Cesarine.
These XXXX Magazine videos will certain grab your attention towards the gorgeous founder and Creative Director, Indira Cesarine, whose background will further lured me into the interview. Her career started early, as she was referred to as the “photographic child prodigy.” Cesarine had already four one-woman gallery exhibitions on her artistic photography by the time she graduated high school. Cesarine’s debut as director was in 2007 in City of Love at the Cannes Film Festival.
According to Cesarine, after close to twenty years working in the fashion industry, she was craving something different other than the traditional two-dimensional publishing. Her concept behind XXXX was to do something completely different, that merged the art and fashion worlds on a motion platform, not just photography and text.
Additionally, there are these fascinating international screenings and launch parties, such as this one many of us would not have been privileged to attend in Paris, plus exhibitions like the recent Facets of Figuration at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Voyeur Exhibit at Art Basel in Miami, and the premier of their Surreal issue at Soiree Au Louvre Benefit at the French Embassy Cultural Center in New York.
As per Cesarin, their followers come from all over the world, and it is really important to the magazine to have an international roster. It is more of a cultural publication than just a fashion or art magazine. It was also created to promote collaborations between artists and to showcase the work of emerging artists, not just established names. She felt it was important to be supportive of the new generation of talent out there, and the younger generation is definitely into the idea of interactive publications.
The Voyage issue features films from contributors from Argentina, Greece, Sweden and America, just to name a few, and can currently be viewed at Big Screen Plaza in New York as well as at their website.
She hopes that it inspires people to think, to be creative, to ponder the meaning of art, as well as look at fashion in a new way. She also hope it opens people’s eyes to new ideas and new ways of looking at the world around them. It is a movement attracting followers around the world.
Young Collectors at Winter Antiques Show
The Winter Antiques Show Young Collectors Night looked like a gathering of fashion models as just about everyone was in her Blahnik best. In spite of the snow, the turnout at the Park Avenue Armory was huge and the monumental space bristled with energy. With tickets at $175 per person and more for special events, it could be that the East Side House Settlement raised some major moneys. The Winter Antiques Show is carefully vetted. As a result, exhibitors showcased some extraordinary antiques in captivating, well-designed booths.
Some other highlights include a magnificent Adams stye 1787 silver epergne with eight branches, $235,000 at S.J. Shrubsole.
It would be the perfect centerpiece for the dining table exhibited by Hirschl & Adler. The mahogany table, $250,000 and the 16 Duncan Phyfe 1835 chairs, $285,000, belong in a museum where everyone could appreciate their artistry. Phyfe was one of 19th century America’s leading furniture designers. Later this year, a show of his work will be at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Canadian dealer Donald Ellis unveiled some rare eskimo masks attracting enthusiastic admirers. His Donati Studio Mask is the last of a group in private hands and has a price in excess of $2 million. Another rarity at Kenneth W. Rendell Gallery was a signed letter of Paul Cezanne to his son.
Louis Vuitton’s Postcards Box
As part of the 2011 update to Louis Vuitton”s City Guide, illustrator Ruben Toledo has been bespoke to create this striking series of 100 postcards.
Illustrated in black and white and accented with vibrant fluorescent colors, each image aims to capture the unique experience of the depicted destination.Ruben Toledo was born in Havana, Cuba, in 1961 and is aillustrator and fashion chronicler in one. He now lives in New York.
His work has been exhibited throughout the world, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, London’s Victoria and Albert Museum.
The Ruben Toledo 100 Postcards for Louis Vuitton City Guide is available at Louis Vuitton for US$115.
Golden Vintage Versace Dress For a Superstar Appearance
Any Versace product is sure to fetch a lot of attention thanks to its brand conscious loyal customers. The empire set up by Gianni Versace has been going from strength to strength, thanks to the very able creative leadership of his sister Donatella after his death.
But there is nothing like a vintage Versace. So my dear readers, I present to you the vintage Gold Draped Metal Mesh Dress, designed by the master himself. It has been made by the patented “Oroton’ metal mesh material that was first created way back in 1982. But don’t get put off by the metal. This dress is as feminine as one can be and will definitely not make you look like some warrior straight out of the fifteenth century.
A dress very similar to this one has been displayed at the Collection of the Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. This lovely dress can be yours for $5,500. Quite undoubtedly, you will look like a superstar in this golden vintage Versace. But the clingy nature of the dress restricts it to those who are on the slimmer side.
N.Y. vendor pays $362,201 for prime location
A hot dog vendor by the name of Pasang Sherpa paid $362, 201 for the food-vending rights for a New York corner.
He even paid an additional $81,701 to buy north-side entrance when the Metropolitan Museum of Art auctioned off the sales rights to two of its corners.
According to Sherpa, this position was worth every penny that he paid as the north side receives more than 5 million people visit each year.
Rare Picasso masterpieces to be auctioned
Nobody else but only Pablo Picasso could think of making a portrait of himself without being overly self critical. In one-of-its-kind of auction-cum-display, the Metropolitan Museum of Art has planned to put up all its Picasso paintings, drawings, sculptures and ceramics on public display. The auction cum display will also include the damaged and the restored artwork of the legend which is known by the name ŔThe Actor.
The rare masterpieces which will be auctioned are “Nude, Green Leaves and Bust” (Christie’s) and “Femme au Chapeau, Buste” (Sotheby’s). While “Nude, Green Leaves and Bust” is expected to draw between $70 million and $90 million, “Femme au Chapeau, Buste” is touted to earn $8 million to $12 million.
‘Leaf Dish’ by Tapio Wirkkala is worth $17,000
Finland’s most extraordinary 20th-century designer- craftsman, Tapio Wirkkala used to create some very beautifully tailor made bowls with dark and light strips of plywood and other wood products, between 1951 and 1954.
One was creation is a slim laminated plywood platter known as the Leaf Dish ” gifted by Wirkkala to Edward Wormley (furniture designer) ” that is up for display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, or the Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC.
Measuring 13.75 inches long and 7.5 inches wide, this uniquely crafted masterpiece can be purchased for $17,000.
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