I know, I know: I haven’t posted lately. I’ve been so busy, I’ve barely had time to think!
First, I was in New York City for a little while, visiting close friends, family, and wandering the downtown streets like a proper lost soul. I was craving some exposure to chilly weather, and I missed seeing my breath in the air. New York will always be my home as I was born there, lived there for many years, and both sides of my family immigrated there from Europe. There is no heartbeat quite like it.
I also took some photos with a photographer I love, Muhstee, who documents the NYC underground. I knew he’d be able to capture the degenerate side of my personality 😉
I stayed with one of my close friends, Duane, in Bushwick for part of my stay, and we finally got around to visiting Tea and Sympathy in the West Village for their afternoon tea. A tiered tea service is one of my most cherished earthly delights! Clotted cream, yum!
I also started a new gig as an Art Guide/Archivist at Beth Rudin DeWoody’s private artspace, The Bunker, in Palm Beach, FL. We have rotating exhibitions and viewable storage of Beth’s unparalleled collection (nearing 10k pieces), which features contemporary art by both well-known and emerging artists. It’s pretty special to be able to go to work surrounded by the likes of Jenny Holzer, Barbara Kruger, Nick Cave, Diane Arbus, Willem De Kooning, Yayoi Kusama, Man Ray, Louise Bourgeois, and many other treasures! We just had our opening celebration for the upcoming season, and the reaction to the curation and collection was nothing short of awestruck.
It was also just Miami Art Week/Art Basel. Due to my busy work schedule, I was headed down to Miami Beach just for a day to photograph The Betsy Hotel’s events.
I am constantly intrigued by The Betsy’s cultural programming. Thank goodness for their contribution to the Miami Beach scene, as it remains a hub for ideas, creativity, and intellectual discourse (like that of a Parisian artist salon).
There, I had the pleasure of engaging in the art of conversation with Nigerian artist Iké Udé, a self-described sartorial anarchist.
Though I didn’t have much time to make it to the fairs, I did make sure to view Argentinian Artist, Leandro Erlich’s installation “Order of Importance.” He created 66 life-size sculptures in the sand! Mesmerizing! It resembles a quintessential Miami traffic jam and confronts climate change.
