NEW YORK, NY (AP) .- A who’s who of Hollywood and fashion elite hit the red carpet to celebrate the annual Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute Gala Benefit. The theme for Monday night’s event was “Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty” to coincid…
Hollywood, Fashion Elite Recall Alexander McQueen at Metropolitan’s Gala
NEW YORK, NY (AP) .- A who’s who of Hollywood and fashion elite hit the red carpet to celebrate the annual Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute Gala Benefit. The theme for Monday night’s event was “Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty” to coincid…
Artists Paint Over One Thousand Stark Portraits of Chinese Corrupt and Disgraced Officials
SHENZHEN, CHINA (REUTERS).-In a dingy studio flat in southern China, a half-naked painter dabs his brush gently over a portrait of Fu Yunsheng, a land official in northern China sentenced to death for embezzling millions. Squatting while dragging silen…
Artists Paint Over One Thousand Stark Portraits of Chinese Corrupt and Disgraced Officials
SHENZHEN, CHINA (REUTERS).-In a dingy studio flat in southern China, a half-naked painter dabs his brush gently over a portrait of Fu Yunsheng, a land official in northern China sentenced to death for embezzling millions. Squatting while dragging silen…
Nordic Water Tales by Susanna Majuri at Galerie Adler
FRANKFURT.- Stories are a wonderful thing! You can lose yourselves in them, assume a different form or personality – and yet, in every fairy tale there is a grain of truth. Finnish photo artist Susanna Majuri (*1978) is the storyteller of the Nort…
First Lady Michelle Obama Praises Designers Who Push Boundaries
WASHINGTON (AP).- Michelle Obama used this year’s luncheon for the National Design Award winners to sing the praises of those who push boundaries — or outright ignore them. With cool jazz playing in the White House foyer and lobster carpaccio on t…