by Eva Troester | May 5, 2017 | Culture, Movies
Dispatches from the Tribeca Film Festival: A look through the lens of films to see ourselves in the other, and the other in ourselves. “It’s a little bit painful to watch at times, in the best way possible. It’s very gritty and raw”, Eliza Taylor tells me of her new...
by Eva Troester | May 5, 2017 | Culture, Entertainment, Living
Valerie Carmet designs beautiful, complex and joyful public and private spaces. Her art pieces are one of a kind, and by combining ancient and cutting edge techniques, Carmet manages to give new life to discarded materials that provoke conversation and engage the...
by Lola Desmole | May 4, 2017 | Entertainment, Events, Fashion
The 2017 Met Gala has come and gone. As per tradition, the Gala was on the first Monday of May at New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art and followed by the opening of the Costume Institute exhibition. Celebrities from everywhere flew to New York City for this...
by Eva Troester | May 2, 2017 | Culture, Events, Movies
Dispatches from the Tribeca Film Festival: A look through the lens of films to see ourselves in the other, and the other in ourselves with Russell Peters. Russell Peters generously breaks the ice by mimicking farting sounds as he settles into an armchair,...
by Eva Troester | May 1, 2017 | Culture, Entertainment, Movies
Dispatches from the Tribeca Film Festival: A look through the lens of films to see ourselves in the other, and the other in ourselves with Pablo Schreiber. I am sitting on a stoop having a coffee and a croissant when a very tall Pablo Schreiber crosses the street in...
by Eva Troester | Apr 28, 2017 | Culture, Entertainment
This week, West Elm debuted its collaboration with the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation. The stunning home collection features a variety of home furnishing and decorative accessories with the late American artist’s post-war artwork. On everything from...