Link About It: This Week’s Picks

Artsy photographs of fashion week, a book cover archive, centuries of well-dressed gentlemen, and more

1. Turpan With locations in East Hampton and Santa Monica, Turpan is a design shop showcasing tasteful contemporary and minimalist design pieces like Hermés tea cups and Japanese stationary via Arktip Intel 2. New York Fashion Week: A Visual Essay Photographer Tina Gao has shot a stunning series of photographs in black and white film that document New York Fashion Week in a truly artistic …

Nancie Battaglia: In Motion

The beauty of Olympic motion captured in photography

Winter Games vet and prolific photojournalist Nancie Battaglia has been documenting Olympians since 1980 when they came to compete in her adopted town of Lake Placid. The resulting collection of photos currently makes up the current show “… in motion …” on view at upstate New York’s 7444 Gallery through 6 March 2010. While sports fans may already be familiar with Battalgia’s photos from publications …

Contemplating the Void: Interventions in the Guggenheim Museum

by Anna Carnick Opening today and capping off a year-long 50th anniversary celebration, the Guggenheim presents Contemplating the Void: Interventions in the Guggenheim Museum. For this salon-style installation, the museum invited nearly 200 artists, designers and architects to submit their dream proposals for interacting with the iconic Frank Lloyd Wright-designed building’s central rotunda, or “void.” The central space, famously encompassed by the circular exhibit hallways, …