Wilding Cran, the art gallery founded by my brother and sister-in-law, is hosting the Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation Art Auction.
Assume Vivid Astro Focus for Original Music Workshop
Assume Vivid Astro Focus, our collaborator on the Eye to Eye installation at the Guggenhiem Museum, recently painted a new, large-scale mural on the facade of Original Music Workshop.
Michael Oatman
Michael teaches architecture with me at RPI, I didn't know he made amazing collages like this.
Chestnut Hill Farm
Today we wandered around Mark and Bettina's Chestnut Hill Farm in Monterey, MA and met some of the locals, including this stunning hen.
Asymptote Architecture Website
Yas Hotel Abu Dhabi by Asymptote Architecture - Hani Rashid and Lise Anne Couture
My friends, mentors, and former employers, Asymptote Architecture - Hani Rashid and Lise Anne Couture, have launched a new website featuring tons of new projects and recently built buildings as well as extensive documentation of their previous work.
Mogollon No21
Check out the latest selection from my friends at Mogollon
Saving The Season
If you are into cooking, you have to check out Kevin West's new masterpiece, Saving the Season, which comes out Tomorrow. He is truly a phenomenal chef and I was touched to find the recipe for Jameson Jelly that we cooked together included (it was insanely good).
Romon Kimin Yang Aka Rostarr
Rostarr | La Lune (With Blessings) | 2012
I just heard from my buddy Rostarr for the first time in a long while. And this led me to his website and latest work. Way cool. I love the prints he's made for Paper Monster (above).
Forged by Numbers
Zoe Coombes will speak at MIT Architecture this Friday. Details on MIT's website »
Chris Cran Website
Self-Portrait With the Combat Nymphos Of Saigon | Chris Cran | Oil and acrylic on canvas | 54.5" x 84" | 1985
Chris Cran, my father-in-law, and one of Canada's most celebrated artists, has launched a new website featuring his work in painting from the early 80's up until the present day.
Jose Parla Broken Language
Fresh off of the unveiling of his massive mural at Barclays Center and another recent mural for BAM, Jose has a new show opening at Haunch of Venison in London.
Curtis Kulig
I just came across this sweet Curtis Kulig piece...
Wilding Cran Gallery
Wavelength of Speech, Hap Tivey (2007)
My brother-in-law, Anthony Cran, and his wife Naomi Wilding, have recently opened Wilding Cran, a Los Angeles based gallery representing international contemporary artists.
Mogollon for OMW
Have a look at the new poster series for Original Music Workshop by our friends at Mogollon.
Bell & Anchor
Mark Firth – of Diner and Marlow & Sons fame – and his wife, Bettina Schwartz, recently opened Bell & Anchor, a fantastic new restaurant in Great Barrington, MA. With an all star team including former Marlow chef Steve Browning, and dessert chef Megan McDiarmid, they are producing world class farm to table cuisine in a rustic country setting.
Isa Tapia
My friend Isa Tapia has launched a new website for her high-fashion collection of women's shoes.
Chris Cran in Canadian Biennial
Chris Cran, Family (1987). Oil on canvas
My father-in-law, Chris Cran, is included in BUILDERS, the Canadian Biennial at the National Gallery of Canada.
Cailliope Gets Great Review by New York Times
Calliope, a new restaurant by my friends Eric and Ginevra, received an amazing and well deserved review in today's New York Times.
Isa Wipfli
My friend Isa Wipfli has a great photo-stream on Tumblr that shows his fashion, documentary, and experimental work.
Jose Parla Goes Big at BAM
Jose Parla with his painting “Gesture Performing Dance, Dance Performing Gesture.”
Carol Vogel profiles my friend Jose Parla's new work in the New York Times:
For New Theater, BAM Commissions a Really Big Painting
A decade ago, when the Brooklyn Academy of Music restored its landmark exterior, the Brazilian photographer Vik Muniz decorated the scaffolding of the building’s second, third and fourth floors with images of a giant gingerbread house. It was a colorful confection: melted sugar outlined with giant jelly beans and slithering Gummi Worms recreated the building’s arched windows; giant M&M’s became its frieze.
Now, to enliven its newest theater – the Richard B. Fisher Building – which was unveiled in June and officially opens Sept. 5, the academy has asked the Brooklyn artist José Parlá to create its first permanent commissioned piece of public art for an interior space.
“Gesture Performing Dance, Dance Performing Gesture,’’ a painting measuring 37 feet by 7 feet, incorporates collage, acrylic, oil, ink, plaster and enamel and is slated for completion around the end of the month. The painting will cover the back wall of the lobby, which is visible from the street.
“This particular work will be informed by dance, movement and gestural communication,’’ Mr. Parlá said in a statement.