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    FASHION: Bárbara Bandeira’s $105,000 Gold Dress

    Portuguese singer Bárbara Bandeira’s latest music video has caught international attention with its unique and eye-wateringly expensive dress featured throughout the film. The famous European singer created a music video that clearly had a vision of celebrating the Portuguese culture and, one facet it has had since perhaps even before colonial days, is a history of fine gold smithing. They have an eye for treasure and her gown showcases it perfectly. She enlisted the jewelry design house Portugal Jewels to help bring the creative vision to life. The native jewelry brand is rooted in heritage craftsmanship, a perfect fit for…

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    FINE ART: Ted Hartley’s ONWARD Exhibition

    Written By: Alicia Kunkel Perhaps if we knew that we would live to 100 years of life, each of us might choose to be brave enough to become all that we wished we could become. A dancer, a marine biologist, a cowboy, a president. Would 100 years be enough time to be all the versions of ourselves that we dream that we could be? Well, without the guarantee, Omaha born Ted Hartley, lives his life with a mission of always moving forward and never letting the past pull him down with regrets and doubt. His 100 years of life have…

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    FINE ART: Dulk & Lladró Present Ephemeral Treasures

    In a stunning collaboration a call to conservationism has never been more beautiful or more meaningful. The modern surrealist artist Dulk, from Spain, has teamed up with world renown Spanish porcelain masters Lladró. Together they have brought Ephemeral Treasures to life. This limited edition of porcelain storytelling is a three-dimensional vision of the ecological precipice that many of the spectacular creatures of India find themselves teetering on. Antonio Segura Donat, known artistically as Dulk, doesn’t just create captivating paintings and sculptures, his art reflects his true passion, a love of nature and the masculine need to protect it. On his…

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    DIGITAL ART: Onassis ONX PRESENTS – GROUP HUG

    Written By: GIUSEPPE MAUTONE The future, a fast-surging tidal wave of the new, the unveiled, and the undoing of what was. Everything is changing in a hurried rush, and art is not left behind in the crush. A landmark exhibition of large-scale video game installations was presented in partnership with Water Street Projects, at WSA in New York, this autumn. Onassis ONX produced Group Hug, an exhibition of large-scale, site-specific video game installations by artists Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley, Theo Triantafyllidis, and Tale of Tales (Auriea Harvey and Michaël Samyn). Curated in collaboration with Julia Kaganskiy, Serpentine Arts Technologies, and Rhizome, the exhibition invites visitors to play together and lose themselves…

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    ART: CJ Hendry & Clé de Peau Beauté’s FLOWER MARKET

    Beauty and art collided in a unique way on New York’s Roosevelt Island recently. The Australian born, New York artist CJ Hendry, collaborated with luxury beauty brand Clé de Peau Beauté, to celebrate their latest launch, The Serum. Inspired by The Serum‘s one-of-a-kind ingredient, the Radiant Lily, a beautiful idea began to blossom in the creative mind of CJ Hendry. Why not create an entire market filled with plush flowers that represent the natural essence found in Clé de Peau Beauté’s collection? That is how the FLOWER MARKET came to be filled with vibrant, plush stems of radiant lilies; while…

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    DESIGN: Carini Carpets

    When designing a space, the world of design options swirl around you; paint colors, hardware, lighting, to wallpaper or not to wallpaper. The list goes on and on, but whatever you choose the carpet will always be your anchor point. The place your eyes glide across as you survey a room, much like the bass in music, the carpet sets a rhythmic heartbeat to the environment it lives in. Joe Carini, founder of Carini Carpets, has a deep understanding of how critical a carpet is in the design process and how it is so intimately intertwined into your life story.…

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    CULTURE: The Hispanic Society Museum & Library

    World renown for some of the most culturally significant museums, New York City is a destination for local and international culture, history and art lovers. One of the jewels of the city is The Hispanic Society Museum & Library; a singular landmark dedicated to the preservation, study, and exhibition of the art and cultures of Portuguese and Spanish-speaking countries. Since the days of the pre-Spanish Colonialism all the way to the battles of the Mexican War of Independence, the museum is a safe harbor for each era with a distinct voice. Founded in 1904 by philanthropist and avid Hispanophile, Archer…

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    ART: Jan Kaláb & Modern Morphology

    Bright, boundless and bold. Jan Kaláb is known from Europe to Shanghai, New York City to Rio de Janeiro, as an exuberate artist who turn shapes, streetcorners and galleries into points of shifting perspective. There is a youthful projection of coloring outside of the lines. Perhaps that is reminiscent of the wild nights in Prague he spent slipping from stop to stop on the subway delving recklessly into graffiti with his friends, a crew called the ‘The DSK’ in Prague’s art center, formerly known as the Cakes. They would quickly throw street art all over the walls in an attempt…

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    EXCLUSIVE: Nathan Myhrvold & The Iceland Series

    Artist or scientist? Creator or the great examiner? There are few talents over the millennia that have blurred the lines and found that life makes more sense when dancing on the edge of the divide. It is a rare opportunity to interview someone who would be quite comfortable in the company of Da Vinci and Michaelangelo, yet who more modernly sits with Bill Gates and world leaders of today endeavoring in advanced nuclear energy. Yet we had such an opportunity to speak with Nathan Myhrvold, a prominent scientist, technologist, inventor, artist and author, with over nine hundred U.S. patents awarded…

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    EXCLUSIVE: Jill Bokor & The Salon: Art + Design

    Once again New York City is hosting the Salon: Art & Design, the premiere fine art event showcasing the best galleries and designers from around the world, specially curated by invitation to join together in this fascinating and highly anticipated event. Over two thousand five hundred people attended the grand opening. At the helm is Jill Bokor, her exceptionally trained eye and years of experience makes her the perfect Executive Director, calmly standing in the eye of the storm while orchestrating the year’s biggest event. We had the opportunity to chat with Ms. Bokor, about the special occasion and what…