Ornate floral displays hanging from the ceiling and spiraling around the column in the middle of the central bar passed appetizers that celebrate modern twists on classic flavors, beautifully detailed backgrounds on each of the drinks on display: this is the setting you’re greeted with when you walk into Fleuriste St Germain.
On a balmy late summer day in Southampton, guests lined up outside the premier social hub in town, Southampton Social Club, for BELLA Magazine’s Annual Cover Party. Their special cover this year featured beloved music group Boyz II Men on their 30th anniversary, and the theme color of choice was a vibrant, celebratory blue evocative of the Hamptons’ Atlantic on a sunny day.
We took the ferry over to Governor’s Island last Friday evening for a night of art films showcased by New Art Dealers Alliance at their third edition of NADA House. Amidst other groups of art lovers sprawled out on picnic blankets, we settled in on NADA’s lawn to watch the short film collections as dusk fell upon the island.
New Art Dealers Alliance, or NADA, is a collaborative group of professional artists working on contemporary art and hoping to foster a community-oriented dialogue throughout the art industry. Some of their goals are to make contemporary art more accessible to the public, and to nurture growth of emerging artists by opening doors to new opportunities. NADA House, their installment on Governor’s Island, does exactly that. From May 8th to August 1st of this year, NADA House showcases “gallery presentations in over 50 rooms in three neighboring turn-of-the-century colonial revival buildings” and is open to the public. This year’s collection focuses on the complex colonial history of Governor’s Island, through auditory, sculptural, and traditional visual artwork.
Their film program last Friday featured video screenings from artists Alejandro Almanza Pereda (anonymous gallery), Michael Portnoy (anonymous gallery), Tako Taal (Patricia Fleming Gallery), William Scott (Creative Growth Art Center), Laida Lertxundi (Emma Leigh Macdonald), Rose Nestler (Projet Pangée) and Evan Mast (Brackett Creek Exhibitions). The first film was a parody of medication TV ads, taking more than a few dark turns. The second was an eerie montage of trash, appearing to be filmed in a single take, and ended on a still shot of a motorcycle. The third film, “On the Meaning of Gossip” highlighted how the term gossip has been used to degrade women over the course of history, through an auditory explanation with a backdrop of hands playing cat’s cradle, colorful mouths speaking to each other, and psychedelic colored flowers. The fourth film focused on a birthmark potentially becoming dangerous, and signaled time passing. The fifth film consisted of different city shots and a man dressed as Darth Vader sitting in a tree surrounded by pigeons. The sixth was a long feature of fruits balancing on a tightrope, falling either up or down slowly, reminiscent of a still life painting. Finally, the last film, “Footnotes to a House of Love” featured couples in a desert landscape and base players striking different notes.
Each film conveyed a certain tone and meaning to the audience, some more clear and rigid and others loosely open to interpretation. After the screening concluded, guests clambered back onto the ferry for the last ride back to Manhattan, their thoughts ripe with decoding the films’ messages.
This summer’s Polo Hamptons season kicked off with a bang at the Fishel family’s Estate in Bridgehampton this Saturday. Hosted by Christie Brinkley, the annual polo match is the perfect reason to get dressed up, enjoy the breezy Hamptons air away from the heat of the city, and watch a lively game of polo.
After a year of virtual fêtes, FIAF’s famed NYC Bastille Day celebration returns to the city, at Central Park’s SummerStage!
Just a few blocks uptown from the street named after him, The Knockturnal gathered among members of the Film at Lincoln Center club on a cloudy July evening to see an advance screening of Ailey, the new documentary on the life of renowned NYC dance visionary Alvin Ailey during the 60th year of his dance company.
On a cool summer day in East Williamsburg, the Amant art campus debuted its showcase of the Berlin-based artist Grada Kilomba’s nuanced, mixed-media work, Heroines, Birds, and Monsters.
Nestled into a corner of Manhattan right by the edge of the East River, the long-anticipated Immersive Van Gogh Exhibit is finally opening in NYC this week, on June 10th – we got to catch an inside look at this colorful, mesmerizing display of the artist’s famous body of work.
As part of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum’s return to live performance, visitors gathered in a spiral around the rotunda at the Guggenheim on Wednesday night to watch 10 talented performers celebrate the NYC Underground club life of decades past.
Last Friday, we stepped into the Salomon Arts gallery for a first look at artist Donald Hershmann’s new collection, inspired by and in tandem with photography by the late Victor Arimondi. As the Tribeca studio’s cool, laid-back atmosphere slowly filled up with people, we had the chance to explore some of Victor and Donald’s work and chat with those close to the artist for an inside look behind this collection.