Art + Design in Miami: Photography

Infrared surveillance film, DIY negatives and suggestive stills seen at Pulse, Art Basel and NADA

The vast presentation of photography at last week’s art fairs in Miami included an array of highly impressive artists. Among the tremendous amount of work on display below are five picks of the most compelling photographers at Art Basel, Pulse and NADA this year. Matthew Brandt The well-deserved hype about this young artist continues to grow as he produces work that is not only visually …

Kama Sex and Design

Phallic marble chairs, a Great Wall of Vagina and other oddities on display at Italy's Triennale Museum

The products of design are often objects of desire, but to what extent can this drive be pushed? The exhibition “Kama Sex and Design” ventures an answer to that weighty question with an analysis of the visual representation of sexual motifs. The starting point is Kama, the Indian god of sexual pleasure, who welcomes visitors into the exhibition space at the Triennale in Milan. The …

Rudy’s Williamsburg Outpost

The Seattle-born barbershop sets up a retail and coffee shop in Brooklyn

After landing in NYC earlier this summer at the Ace Hotel, Seattle’s Rudy’s Barbershop today opens their second city location across the East River in Brooklyn. Currently running as a retail pop-up, the enterprising chop shop teamed up with Portland’s Stumptown coffee roasters to set up in a historic building in Williamsburg. Once a federal bank and, a few years ago, an A.P.C. outpost, the …