Crushing on Zona Maco 2017

February 10, 2017Norma Newton

It is difficult to accurately describe the type of electricity and hype surrounding Latin America’s most prominent art fair - Mexico City’s Zona Maco. The festivities start the night before the fair with fantastic gallery openings and parties that light up various neighborhoods in the city. Dozens of galleries, museums and artists open their doors to welcome art lovers of all types. Between Zona Maco, the Material Art fair, gallery and museum openings, art is the consistent word. The city simply buzzes with people from around the world waiting to take in works by emerging and blue chip artists.

Credit: ArtNews (Alfredo Jaar, A Logo for America (1987-2014), 2016/Galerie LeLong)

Credit: Kurimanzutto (Gabriel Orozco, 2017)

The Uber drivers ask if you’re in town for it, the bartenders ask if you need a tequila after a long day of walking, the shop keepers ask if you enjoyed the art. Yes, yes, and yes. Mexico City during Zona Maco is an experience to be savored and revisited. It inspires and can leave you weak in the knees...much like sipping a lovely tequila. Counting the days until Zona Maco 2018.

categories Live, Love
tags Travel, Art

Age - It’s Only a Number

January 19, 2017chelsea

Photo By: Todd Heisler — Photo By: Todd Heisler

Have you ever considered quitting something that truly made you happy because you did not achieve a preconceived level of success by a certain age? It takes a wise and loving friend to remind us that age and preconceived notions of success are not the most important things in life. Instead, perhaps we should live a life in pursuit of our passion and trust that everything else will fall into place. If you don’t believe us, perhaps the story of Carmen Herrera will have you singing a different tune.

After several decades of painting with little recognition by the established art world, the Cuban born painter began to gain widespread recognition for her strong use of color and line in her 80s. Now, the painter is experiencing a career high with work in various private and public collections including the MOMA, the Whitney Museum and the Tate Collection. The artist turned 101 in 2016 and rung in another year with an exhibit at the Lisson Gallery in NYC (May 3 - June 11, 2016). The Whitney also displayed her work this year (September 16, 2016 - January 9, 2017). The show included 50 pieces, spanning three decades of her work, and was her first solo museum presentation in New York since 1998. So, the next time you think about quitting something that brings you joy, remember that it can take time for the rest of the world to catch up to your greatness.

Photo by: Ronald Amstutz — Photo by: Ronald Amstutz

Photo by: Alison Klayman — Photo by: Alison Klayman

categories Live, Love
tags Travel, Art

Model Home

January 05, 2017Norma Newton

Photo by: Julian Dufort/Corbis Outline — Photo by: Julian Dufort/Corbis Outline

Few things reveal more about you than your home. In our book, nothing is more chic than a person who collects and curates what they love. Displaying objects that speak to you is a powerful act of fearlessness and style. Case and point, Bethann Hardison’s Gramercy Park prewar apartment. A pioneer African American runway model from the 1970s, a model manager and outspoken advocate for runway diversity, Ms. Hardison’s apartment is filled with fantastic pieces she has collected throughout the years - from her travels in Mexico to her friendship with Warhol. Now, that is truly stylish.