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Haute Event: Polaroid Hotel Exhibition Draws Celebrity Crowd to Lead Apron Gallery

Posted by: The Daily Truffle on May 4th, 2011

“Polaroid Hotel” is a new exhibit on view at Lead Apron gallery on Melrose Place that has been currated by Al Moran and features the work of photographer / music video director Patrick Hoelck whose most recent music video was for a band called Cults and featured Emma Roberts and David Franco (brother of James Franco). [...read more]

Now Live at Exhibition A: David LaChapelle and Parisian Designer Agnès B.

Posted by: Haute Living on April 28th, 2011

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Christie’s Could Sell Warhol’s Last Great Masterpiece for $40 Million

Posted by: Haute Living on April 26th, 2011

face of the late, great Andy Warhol will grace the confines of Christie’s celebrated auction house in New York City on May 11, 2011 at 7 p.m. What is considered his last great piece, entitled Self-Portrait, will headline Christie's Post-War and Contemporary Auction. [...read more]

Haute Secrets New York: Philanthropist, Art Dealer, and Producer Edward Tyler Nahem

Posted by: Haute Living on April 22nd, 2011

Brooklyn-born Edward Tyler Nahem claims an impressive list of accolades that keep him at the top of the New York City’s elite society. He is an avid art aficionado dealing in art, stage, and film alike. [...read more]

Save the Date: Special Event to Support Art Chicago and NEXT

Posted by: Katie Schuppler on April 22nd, 2011

Come out to the Merchandise Mart on April 28 from 3 to 6 p.m. to support Art Chicago and Chicago's much anticipated new restuarant NEXT. The Women's Board of the Museum of Contemporary Art are putting this event together to benefit art education. The evening will be filled with mingling, book signings, cocktails, appetizers, and special book signings by Grant Achatz, Nick Kokonas, and Laura Letinsky. [...read more]

Design Miami/Basel and W Hotels Announce Designer of the Future Award Winners

Posted by: Haute Living on April 15th, 2011

Words like multi-dimensional, futuristic, and experimental may conjure images of the latest sci-fi films, however in the design world those who portray these aspects are considered more extraordinary than extraterrestrial. Since 2006, W Hotels, in partnership with Miami Design/Basel, has presented three outstanding design firms with prestigious awards [...read more]

Hautels: Langham Place Beijing Capital Airport Unveils Art Exhibition and Club Level

Posted by: Helen Dalley on April 15th, 2011

The new artistic talents of Beijing are currently being showcased in Langham Place Beijing Capital Airport hotel at its 24-hour Art Gallery Spring Art Exhibition with the theme of "Childhood and Growing Up." [...read more]

The Prada Foundation in Milan Presents “Ex Limbo” by Rotor

Posted by: Haute Living on April 14th, 2011

On Wednesday, April 13, the Prada Foundation presented “Ex Limbo,” an intriguing exhibition that reveals an intimate glimpse at the foundation of Prada’s famed fashion shows – literally. The six-person Belgian design and architecture collective Rotor is behind the exhibition, in which architectural and scenographic remnants of fashion show sets designed by Prada transcend their place behind the scenes and take the spotlight. [...read more]

Punchdrunk Tranforms Hotel in West Chelsea into “Sleep No More” Interactive Performance

Posted by: Haute Living on April 14th, 2011

On a rainy Tuesday night this week, I was in New York City searching frantically for 530 West 27th Street, the site of "Sleep No More"—a Macbeth-inspired, Hitchcock-infused performance piece. "Sleep No More" is a large-scale, exploratory performance installation set inside an old hotel. [...read more]

Never Before Seen Lichtenstein Drawing Placed on Auction

Posted by: Haute Living on April 13th, 2011

A never before seen original drawing by Roy Lichtenstein has been placed on auction at the Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale on May 11th at Christie’s New York. This masterpiece, entitled Kiss V, is estimated to sell between $800,000-1,200,000. Made with graphite and wax crayon on paper, this drawing was found in the previous owner’s locker after buying a lottery ticket for $10. This unique piece of history captures the jaw dropping beauty and cultural melting pot of New York City during its revolutionary transformation in the 1960’s. [...read more]