Posts by Abby Montanez
Cocktail Chemistry at The Aviary NYC
Inside the otherworldly creations at NYC’s The Aviary. By now, New York has convinced us all we know everything there is to know about cocktail culture. We’re privy to the usual cast of ingredients, unimpressed by ooh and aah antics of pyrotechnics and liquid nitrogen. But what Grant Achatz is doing has set all those…
Read MoreMegan Hess: Drawing Inspiration
Names like Dior, Chanel and Louis Vuitton stand out as the most iconic in fashion history. For illustrator Megan Hess, those are just a few of her most notable clientele. Since Hess’ big break as the chosen cover artist for Candace Bushnell’s best-seller “Sex and the City,” the Melbourne-based artist has been commissioned by luxury…
Read MoreGame of Thrones Hotel Opens in Finland
Throneheads, GOTers, Knee Benders, Thronies — whatever you like to call yourself — it’s time to rejoice. After sighs were heard across the world when the news hit that the six-episode, eighth and final season of Game of Thrones wouldn’t be released until 2019, HBO Nordic has answered our prayers. Teaming up with Lapland Hotels…
Read MoreMagazzino: Contemporary Art in Cold Spring
The Hudson Valley has become a mecca for commercial art spaces, and an unlikely one at that. It’s also where long-time art advocates Nancy Olnick and Giorgio Spanu call home, and recently opened their 20,000-square-foot private exhibition, Magazzino. Focusing exclusively on postwar and contemporary Italian art, the husband-and-wife duo alongside architect Miguel Quismondo and Magazzino…
Read MoreKim Keever: Water & Color
Photos by Waterhouse & Dodd Gallery Kim Keever is not a painter in the traditional sense, considering his canvas of choice is a 200-gallon water-filled tank. The result can be defined as serendipitous swirls of suspended pigments, resembling anything from billows of clouds, vapors of smoke to blots of ink. The NASA engineer-turned-artist applies his…
Read MoreRupi Kaur: The People’s Poet
Photos by Nabil Shash and John Halper The perception of poetry in modern society is that this literary form fell off sometime after the 19th century. But the truth is, poetry is just as prominent now as it was back then. It may not bare the same rhyme scheme or rhythmic structure of Wordsworth, and poets…
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