Archive for the ‘Art + Design’ Category

patrick
August 24, 2009

Celebrity shutterbug Patrick McMullan has chronicled the social scene's most fashionable and fabulous since the decadent days of Studio 54 leading some to comment, "It's not a party if Patrick isn't here!" While it might be tough to get the world's most famous society and nightlife photographer to attend your next ...
Laura Zindel
July 13, 2009
Inspired by Victorian Cabinets of Curiosity, the ceramic dinnerware collection by artist Laura Zindel Lauterbach and her husband features exquisitely hand drawn images of spiders, snakes, ladybugs, butterflies and beetles that adorn everything from serving platters to water pitchers. Each piece of earthenware is made by hand with non-toxic low fire glazes with images printed in enamael, then ...
Camilla Belle Max Azria
June 19, 2009
As Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney said, during the Great Depression upon the founding of the now iconic Whitney Museum, "It is especially in times like these that we need to look to the spiritual. In art we find it." And now with the country facing a similar challenging period, Whitney’s statement still rings true– the resonant power of art alive and well, and stronger than ever– judging from the heavy turnout ...
west elm
March 9, 2009
What do you get when you combine a big box store with an out-of-the-box designer and a lot of discarded boxes?  Fabulous, inspired, sustainable designs, of course!  And, so it was for the launch of West Elm’s new Upper West Side store last week, featuring the reliably cool and thoughtful work of David Stark Design & Production. The crowd, including West Elm’s own David DeMattei and Patrick Wade, as ...
omar
December 12, 2008
It’s Thank-God-Art Basel’s-Over Sunday at the Raleigh in South Beach, and Food, Beverage & Nightlife guru Omar Hernandez looks damn good for a guy who just threw 22 parties in four days. Must be his Gucci glasses. Or, the natural telegenicity of a Plum TV host. “I don’t know how we pulled it off,” he says, giving props to his staff of 65, a big clue to his cool management style. ...
VF
December 11, 2008
Want your face on the cover of a magazine? Guests at the Vanity Fair and Free Arts NYC party during Art Basel Miami happily settled for a brief moment in the spotlight as a large-scale image of their best strike-a-pose was projected on a wall at the Raleigh Hotel. Sponsored by Tommy Hilfiger, the event featured The Digital Photobooth by Mark van S Studio, ...
Bombay girls
December 9, 2008
For party-goers at Art Basel that identified more with graffiti art than the Gagosian, the Opening Party for the Gen Art Vanguard New Contemporary Art Fair was the place to be on Friday night. Presented by Fage Total, the cutting edge fair, held at Charcoal Studios in Miami's Wynwood Arts District was packed with influencers including designer Todd Oldham, tennis champion Venus Williams and art enthusiasts from all over ...
thehill
September 8, 2008
Fashion Week started with a big bang on Thursday night at the MINI Rooftop NYC, an event space in Hell's Kitchen that has been transformed for an exclusive 10-day cultural event series. Hosted by international style publication, Dazed and Confused, the opening party featured a headline musical set by the band on everybody's summer playlist, MGMT. No doubt the party had an electric feel from the cool LED lighting by ...
Israel
May 23, 2008
"If I knew there would be this kind of turn out, we would have written better plays," joked Israel Horovitz, the internationally acclaimed playwright, as he addressed the full house on Wednesday night for the premiere of the Red Rope Playhouse at the Westside Theater. Hosted by Chopin Vodka with 10 Cane Rum, "Ex-Lovers - An Evening Reading of Short Plays," presented in partnership with New York Magazine and ...
Apple
May 13, 2008
At first glance, this earthenware apple by Tatsuya Okazaki ($55) resembles a charming tabletop accessory. But, take off the top and it becomes a sugar pot with a wooden spoon which cleverly rests inside as the apple's core. For more original gift ideas, visit Destination: Japan, a collection of lifestyle products created by emerging and established Japanese designers and ...
freearts
May 6, 2008
It’s hard to get out of the hot seat when you have Simon de Pury around. That’s the lesson that actress Michelle Monaghan got last week at the Portraits and Polaroids art auction to benefit Free Arts NYC, an organization that provides underprivileged children and their families with art and mentoring programs. Sponsored by 7 For All Mankind and Vanity Fair, the event is known for its high ...
Roman Loranc
March 28, 2008
Your favorite couple is getting married. As you scroll through their wedding registry filled with the requisite china, silverware and perhaps even a blender, you wonder if any of these gifts are meaningful enough. If tradition dictates that you give something for the home, why not something for its walls? Susan Spiritus, a fine art photography dealer, works with many clients interested in purchasing art ...
Reese Witherspoon
November 27, 2007
For Julie Panebianco and Topaz Page-Green, the term power lunch may have been redefined. Concerned about the growing number of impoverished children that went hungry at school every day, the friends joined forces in 2005 to create The Lunchbox Auction to raise money for two hunger relief organizations. Celebrities, designers, musicians and artists were asked to design personalized lunchbox art to be donated to an online auction to ...
Selection of Artwork
October 19, 2007
Collecting art is kind of like falling in love. It all starts with a little spark. So to capture some of the excitement from the Fall photography auctions at Sotheby's this week (which brought in over $12 million), Notes on a Party hosted an intimate art event at the private home of Demetra Marcus on Wednesday night. With our co-host Margo Spiritus, we invited world renowned photographer ...
Prose by Blik
May 15, 2007
Event designers always cringe at the thought of corporate signage clashing with their artistic vision. If only all messaging was as beautiful as Blik, the award winning product line of surface graphics. With Prose, the company's newest offering, the writing is on the wall....literally. You can submit your favorite ...
Chuck Close
April 16, 2007
Over the years, I have planned many celebrity parties and I'll admit that I have been starstruck on a few occasions. But, who I consider to be my biggest celebrity sighting may surprise you - it's not a Hollywood actor or music superstar. I'd ...
Eva Zeisel
March 17, 2007
During a time when women did not go to dinner parties without escorts, Eva Zeisel was crossing continents in search of creative independance. And, at 100 years old, the world renowned designer is still a force of nature. Best known for her organic, ...
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