Artdaily (Free subscription) | 19 hours ago
MIAMI.- A reinstallation showcasing both old favorites and new acquisitions from the permanent collection of Miami Art Museum opens to the public Friday. The reinstallation will be on view in MAM's Plaza-level gallery through November 2, 2008.
Beauty Snob (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
Supermodel and Lancome spokesperson Daria Werbowy is the force behind Brazilian Earth, a charity color collection from Lancome that was just released! The set includes three new products -- Color Fever Lipstick in Beige Caracai ($26), Color Fever Gloss...
TABlog (Free subscription) | 06/06/2008
This month Tokyo Wonder Site's space in Shibuya gives you three artists for the price of one, or more accurately two shows for the price of none.
MilkandCookies.com (Free subscription) | 06/04/2008
Vik Muniz makes art from pretty much anything, be it shredded paper, wire, clouds or diamonds. Here he describes the thinking behind his work and takes us on a tour of his incredible images.
The Blog @ SASSYBELLA.com (Free subscription) | 05/27/2008
Daria Werbowy wants you to go Brazillian this summer with her Brazillian Earth Colors collection for Lancome. Announced late last year, the three-piece collection by the Lancome spokeperson is now available for sale at Sephora and on the Lancome website. The color palette feature neutral shades while the earthy colored packaging is finished with Daria’s signature. Choose [...]
TED Blog (Free subscription) | 05/23/2008
Fans of Vik Muniz may be interested to learn the results of a recent study which shows that, when we look at a painting, our brains process its content before registering its style. In the study, paintings were presented in...
Makeup Minute (Free subscription) | 05/22/2008
There is nothing that can get you more in the mood for the kick off to summer than beachy looking makeup! The Daria Collection for Lancome officially launched tonight and it is stunning! The Daria Collection is a gorgeous blend of Brazilian earthy tones–it just makes you feel the the sand between your toes, the air [...]
models blog.... as never seen on TV (Free subscription) | 05/16/2008
Supermodel Daria Werbowy struts on runways, stars in high-fashion editorials and is a spokesmodel for beauty giant Lanc'´me. But she’s not just a pretty face â she also has a huge heart. While visiting Centro Espacial in Rio de Janeiro, a charity that provides arts programs for impoverished young adults, she was moved by the [...]
Daily Dreamtime (Free subscription) | 05/01/2008
Vik Muniz just wrote on your FunWall. Click here to see your post.
OS Galaxy (Free subscription) | 04/09/2008
One a year, 1000 remarkable people gather in Monterey California to exchange something of incalculable value. Their ideas. These TED talks are online and are recommended viewing. Here's three to get you started: David Gallo: Underwater Astonishments Vik Muniz: Art with wire, thread, sugar, chocolate Tom Rielly: A comic send-up of TED2006 (Thanks Kartik). [ Technorati Tag: TED ] [ Technorati Tag: Art...
COOL HUNTING (Free subscription) | 03/26/2008
Galeria Fortes Vilaça, one of São Paulo's most important galleries (which represents such art heavyweights as Os Gemeos and Vik Muniz), is breaking in its new Galpão Fortes Vilaça archival space this weekend with an internationally studded group show called "God Is Design" curated by P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center's Neville Wakefield. The curator took cue from the industrial design of the building to...
Hankblog (Free subscription) | 03/11/2008
While visiting Portland last weekend, I caught The Man Show at Quality Pictures Contemporary Art. The Man Show looks at varying portrayals of masculinity through photographs, prints, video, and other media and featured works by Vik Muniz, Richard Misrach (whose work will be at the Henry in October!) and Tracey Moffatt. Also included was a still from Isaac Julian's The [...]
92Y Blog (Free subscription) | 02/14/2008
Brazilian-born artist Vik Muniz paints with peanut butter, jelly and Bosco Chocolate Syrup , among other materials, and then often eats his artwork. But not before photographing them. Below, a mini-gallery of some of his creations—click on the thumbnails to enlarge. He’ll be visiting us here at the Y March 13 . Action Photo (After Hans Namuth), ©1997 Vik Muniz and the Estate of Hans Namuth/VAGA, NY,...
92Y Blog (Free subscription) | 02/05/2008
Jeff Koons with Katy Siegel. Credit: Elise Gardella. New York arts blogger Paddy Johnson breaks down last week’s talk between artist Jeff Koons and critic Katy Siegel at the Y for Art Review : Koons started out discussing his interest in art as a child and a student. This helped dispel the myth that the artist began as a stockbroker (he went into it after art school) and the assumptions that frequently...
Daddy Types (Free subscription) | 01/14/2008
So I was waiting at the 24-hr pharmacy last night filling a codeine prescription [interesting crowd, a lot of people with empty bottles, who apparently believe "no-refill" means "no refill without asking for a refill 600 times"], where I...
