Happy Halloween! I was watching Hannibal and Red Dragon last night while eating lamb Tikka Masala- bad idea. However, I forgot that William Blake was the inspiration for the third movie in the Silence of the Lambs trilogy, and it works perfectly for this blog! So... in the spirit of Halloween, enjoy Blake's celebrated The Great [...]
Berlin is known as the artistic mecca of Europe, a place where abandoned, historic buildings are easily repurposed as artists’ studios, and galleries and experimental creative spaces are sprinkled throughout the city. Without high living expenses, artists are able to produce work at a leisurely pace, and can count on support from the government. However, [...]
As I write this, I am sipping from a fresh coconut, not from Union City, NJ, but from the tree a few feet away from me! I am finally at one of my favorite places in the world —a volcanic lake in El Salvador— where I can eat fresh papaya and guayabas. While I’m sipping [...]
As I watched one man rapidly peeling oranges on a machine with a table clamp, and the other handing us the coconuts he prepared with straws poking out, the combination of the heat, the fruit stand, and their heavy Cuban accents convinced me that I was thoroughly disoriented. Wasn't I at Port Authority in Manhattan just 15 minutes [...]
I've noticed at every art fair that I've been to recently, there is always beach photography. It's enough to make you start counting the minutes, hours, and days until the weekend. In the meantime —as you wait for Friday— I've compiled a selection of some great photography to hold you over.
Controversy and art are by no means strangers. As a photographer, it is difficult to avoid it, especially since most subjects worth photographing are by nature controversial, or reveal a provocative narrative. The challenge in undertaking a touchy subject then, is to present it tastefully without censorship. Although, whose taste is the artist serving ultimately… and who determines what is “tasteful”?
Two of my favorite holidays are Thanksgiving and the Fourth of July, both distinctly American. They both celebrate friendships and family, and place a huge focus on food! What could be better than that? Today, we celebrate our country's birthday but we also are celebrating SUMMER! No matter how we do it, whether it's with grilling, picnics, fireworks, it's [...]
"Daahling! I'm so happy you were able to make it! Bob, meet Bob! Bob Shafer, Ambassador of the Order of Malta to the UN, this is Bob Colacello, writer extraordinaire!" Today, Princess Gloria von Thurn und Taxis still has the spunk that earned her the nickname "Princess TNT, Dynamite Socialite" and "Punk Princess" in the late 80s [...]
In honor of a recent trip up to Williamstown, I wanted to spend a little time highlighting the legendary “Williams Art Mafia”. There are very few schools that can claim to be the breeding ground for a mafia, and usually if they can, they wouldn't advertise it. Williams College (my alma mater), however is one, and proud of it. The [...]
Good morning New York! This is my first early morning post, but I almost missed Museum Mile again this year and didn't want that to happen to you. Today from 6-9pm, Fifth Avenue will be closed off from 82nd Street to 105th Street, giving everyone the rare chance to participate in one of the biggest block parties of New [...]
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