MICHAL CHELBIN Talk & Book Signing
Strand Bookstore – New York
1/29/09
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As part of the Eye on the Strand Photo Contest Series, Aperture is pleased to announce a special talk and book signing with acclaimed Israeli artist, Michal Chelbin who will discuss the work from her first monograph. Strangely Familiar: Acrobats, Athletes, and Other Traveling Troupes (Aperture, 2008) features richly detailed, internally charged portraits of small town performers in circuses →

The White House is dead…Long live the White House!

We created this imaginary Piranesi print in response to the Storefront for Art and Architecture’s competition to Redesign the White House (“White House Redux”). We say,

There is no need to redesign it. It will look like this soon enough.

Waltz With Bashir
Landmark’s E Street Cinema – Washington, D.C.
1/27/09 
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Ari Folman‘s animated documentary  about the massacres that occurred during the Israel-Lebanon war in September 1982 will be featured in three theaters in the DC area from January 27-29th.  Ari Folman’s story takes place in the Beirut refugee camps of Sabra and Shatila.  Waltz With Bashir recently won the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
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I was in DC two days after the election and had a chance to check out an exhibit of Richard Avedon’s work, Portraits of Power, at the Corcoran Museum.  One of the bodies of work on display was “The Family”, a portrait series of 73 men and women who Avedon understood as key figures that made up the political leadership of the United States in 1976 →

The Nicholas Brothers: Fayard (1914-2006) and Harold (1921-2000) were two of the greatest tap dancers during the 30’s into the mid 90’s. Originally from Philadelphia they received notoriety, while tuning their talents, in the theater →

Michelle Obama’s personal style reminds me of Jackie Kennedy’s iconic influence to the  fashion industry during the 1960′s.  She embraces the style that we once saw during the Kennedy Administration.  Anna Wintor, editor-in-chief of American Vogue, shared her thoughts on Michelle’s style during inauguration week.

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Thom Browne does not seems to slow down. Fresh from showing at Florence at the Pitto Uomo show, he jetted off to Milan to showcase his latest collection for Moncler’s new Gamme Bleu line. Browne’s interpretation of outerwear is interesting as he reins in his signature shrunken silhouette aesthetic, which for winter works incredibly well as the body form is cut, fit →

Obi Best is the electro-pop act of L.A.-based musician Alex Lilly. The songs off her debut album, “Capades,” (Social Science Recordings) are quirky, catchy, sweet—and, unlike most pop, too smart to be cloying. →

When the member of the band asked you to sit poolside at the Roosevelt you felt almost famous-until you had to resort to last season’s wear.  Luckily, the design team of Ben Woodcock and Kat Grace is finally coming up from down under to make sure you’re well-suited and plugged into world tour-worthy style.  →

Shepard Fairey’s iconic Hope poster was inspired from a photograph taken by a freelance photojournalist name Manny Garcia.  In April 2006, Garcia photographed a candid shot of President Obama and George Clooney during a press conference in Washington, DC.  Garcia’s original photo is currently displayed for public viewing at “CAN & DID – Graphics, Art, and Photography from the Obama Campaign”.

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