Sandwich board to welcome us in I had the good fortune last week to receive an invitation to the Kinfolk Social, a celebration of community, food, and craft, at The Green Building in Brooklyn. I went solo, hoping that like-minded nice people interested in meeting others would allow me entry to their conversations. They did. The Green Building, an event space with a long, lofted barn feel was lit by...
Honey, where’s the Corkscrew? I’m sure you won’t have trouble finding this Bronze Corkscrew designed by Rob Higgs. Rob is an artist who makes extraordinary mechanical art pieces using recycled pieces found in scrapyards and farmsteads, a splash of imagination and hard work. The sculpture titled “The Corkscrew” was launched by ONEOFONEHUNDRED LIMITED in Monaco and formally unveiled...
The man that prepared our lunch sits to play the bağlama in front of the refrigerated display case. He is young, in his twenties, with slightly sunken cheeks and evidence of an acne-strewn adolescence. He is very tall and has dark, floppy hair and a solemn look in his eyes. Next to the shop’s proprietor, a jubilant man named Refik; this man is as shy as can be. Refik owns Nazar Börek Gözleme,...
We wander down a curved road, past fairy chimneys and surrounded by the rugged yet smooth mountains, to the Gallery Cappadocia. Turkish rugs are on display outside, a few men chat off under a tree, having a tea and a cigarette. We say merhaba, and inquire if they are open. We are escorted through giant, carved, wooden doors and into a room that changes everything. Before us sit eight women on low,...
On a whim, two years ago, I took a friend up on an offer to visit her in Venice, Italy over the summer. She was studying for a Masters in Art, a program through New York University, and rented an apartment in Dorsoduro. The Venice Biennale was happening during this summer, making the trip rich in contemporary international art as well as the centuries-old Renaissance and Venetian art for which the...
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