Photographer Kenneth Willardt: The Beauty Book

An inside look at his NYC gallery in advance of a new interactive book and exhibition

Back in 2003, photographer Kenneth Willardt purchased a corner building in the far west of NYC’s Chelsea neighborhood, a hub for the arts and creative industries. Over 10 years later, the space still functions as both his 558 Gallery and a personal photography studio. Last year Willardt transformed the space for his first major solo exhibition “Size Does Matter“—which featured glorious large-scale images of women …

Handcrafted Jaguar-undi Bags

Vibrant textiles sourced from across Latin and South America beautifully unite through a common thread

At this year’s Pitch Night, we got hands-on with the bags of Jaguar-undi—a family-run start-up that sources traditional textiles from various regions across the Americas (Latin and South) and stitches them together into unique handcrafted bags. Their aim isn’t just to create quality accessories, they also want to demonstrate how symbolically beautiful it can be when the disparate fabrics from multiple heritages unite. Federika Tovar, …

Alfred Steiner’s “Likelihood of Confusion” Exhibition

Iconic logos reconstructed through found imagery at Joshua Liner Gallery

There’s something uncanny about Alfred Steiner‘s latest exhibition “Likelihood of Confusion,” now on display at NYC’s Joshua Liner Gallery. There’s an element of deep recognition and familiarity to each work, but an exploration within reveals numerous components that add further dimensions and question the piece as a whole. Steiner had a view in mind to tackle the pervasiveness of media and advertising. And he did …