Art of the Automobile in NYC

An exhibition and auction celebrating some of the rarest and finest motorcars in design history

Though a global front-runner in all matters of design and culture, New York City has missed out on a lot of America’s heavy car culture history and is regrettably unfit for traditional car exhibitions and auctions. In fact the city has been without a stellar car auction for over a decade. But this month, RM Auctions is delivering the most impressive car auction Manhattan has …

David Hochbaum: Village in a Can

A collection of miniature, hand-painted wooden houses crafted from homemade frame remnants

It has been frequently noted that there’s magic in miniature gifts. It’s no different with New York-based artist David Hochbaum‘s “Village in a Can.” A handmade, ornately painted collection of 11 pieces per can, all are born of the remnants of his large-scale paintings and installation work. The artist explains that he “began saving all the scrap and cut off wood from the construction of …

Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain 2013

For its 40th edition, the international art fair shows a young and daring spirit, with plenty of surprises

The 2013 Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain (FIAC) party starts right at the entrance. Immediately, visitors are faced with the impressive and imposing, nearly seven meters tall “Iron tree,” by controversial Chinese artist Ai Weiwei. Pursuing his personal approach which references his country’s cultural heritage, the artist has cast in iron a previously made work of fallen trunks from mountainous south China, which have been interlocked …