Affordable Art Fair Coming to NY This Fall

Affordable Art Fair Coming to NY This Fall

NYC’s annual Affordable Art Fair is coming to the Metropolitan Pavilion on September 28 – October 2, 2016. More than 500 artists will be showcased at this year’s festival. Featured artwork will include paintings, prints, photographs, and sculptures. Attendees can...
You Are What You Listen To

You Are What You Listen To

Recent research from the Stanford Graduate School of Business confirms what many have been saying for years: The music you listen to says a lot about your personality and preferences. It can also significantly affect mood. The series of studies from music...
Buying Ethical Engagement Rings

Buying Ethical Engagement Rings

When a couple decides to buy an engagement ring, they are committing to a purchase of up to several thousand dollars. It’s an investment many are willing to make. But here’s the bad news: The diamond and gold industries are beset with problems from child...
The Guys Next Door

The Guys Next Door

The story of Rachel Segall, Erik Mercer, and Erik’s husband Sandro Sechi, and their two daughters is one of trust and generosity, and two families intimately linked forever. Rachel’s family felt complete to her before her college friend Erik asked for her...
Intimisms

Intimisms

Intimism is a genre of art (and occasionally literature) depicting close, confined, intimate scenes, often with emotional weight and implied story, often of the domestic sort. “The Bedroom” by Van Gogh would be an example, though he would not have identified it as...
Model to Monument

Model to Monument

In a public ceremony on June 16th, seven up and coming artists from New York City’s Art Students League will reveal their new sculptures. They are the sixth year of Riverside Park South’s “Model to Monument” program. And its last. But don’t mourn:...