Joelle Lifestyle - The World at Home

Last week I was invited at the opening of Olafur Eliasson “Take your time” exhibition at the MoMA.
The Marron Atrium was filled by artists, collectors, musicians and a traditional jazz band playing American tunes under a wildly swinging electric fan … Read more »
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Tar is a viscous black liquid derived from the destructive distillation of organic matter. Most tar is produced from coal as a byproduct of coke production, but it can also be produced from petroleum, peat or wood. Wikipedia

A few days ago a friend of … Read more »
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This Spring, on March 19 to 22, preceding New York Asia week, seventy dealers exhibited at contemporary art fair in Dubai, an exciting event for the rapidly growing art community of the Middle East and now in its second year.
One of my favorites … Read more »
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Dozens of dazzling Oriental rugs and textiles will be the centerpiece of “Woven Splendor from Timbuktu to Tibet: Exotic Rugs and Textiles from New York Collectors,”.
It’s a major New-York Historical Society exhibition examining the history of the Oriental rug in New York and … Read more »
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Cai Guo-Qiang is internationally acclaimed as an artist whose creative transgressions and cultural provocations have literally exploded the accepted parameters of art making in our time.

This weekend Asia Pacific show downtown at the Gramecy Armory opens its doors to the public. With my hands busy with business cards, magazines, my camera and several thick catalogues I hardly can do anything properly.

Liuli is the archaic Chinese word for glass. Twenty years ago, Liuligongfang’s founders, Mr Chang Yi and Mrs Loretta Hui-shan Yang had started to use liuli and perfected its craft to create art that embodied the beauty of Chinese culture and history.

Louis Vuitton is to officially announce tomorrow the upcoming Brooklyn retrospective of Takashi Murakami which will coincide with the launch of a new collaboration between Marc Jacobs and Murakami.

The day I met Marcia Grostein, we were having Sunday brunch at la Goulue (she was upset about something–I don’t recall what) but I surely remember that in the middle of our conversation she told me she was introduced into the New York world of arts in the seventies by artist Willem De Kooning at the time her adored archetype.