Jill Viney: Crafting Artistic Legacy

Jill Viney, a multimedia artist, has spent nearly four decades shaping the distinctive narrative in her work. Within her Manhattan studio, Viney’s large-scale color theory paintings share the space with wall-mounted polymorphic sculptures emanating internal illumination. Beyond conventional mediums, her “environments” encapsulate the perpetual conflict between domesticity and the artist’s calling. Navigating through life-size sculptures…

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We Try Better Planet Friendly Actions

Sustainability and positive impact are core to IRK’s values. That’s why we’ve teamed up with the nonprofit organization, WeTryBetter.com, to better encourage everyone to make a difference for our shared planet. What is WeTryBetter.com? It’s a program designed to promote planet-positive actions, no matter how big or small, with a photo of your action. With…

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ACT II: ASSIGNMENTS A/W 2024 Collection – The Poetic Vision

The 2024 autumn-winter collection from ASSIGNMENTS emerges as a captivating ode to the haunting beauty of the ballet “Giselle.” Drawing inspiration from the ballet’s enigmatic second act, the collection skillfully navigates the intricate themes of life and death, love and betrayal, revenge and forgiveness. Ruoyi Hou’s approach to design is like composing a poetic painting,…

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‘The Flesh of the Earth’: an exhibit of reconnection

‘The Flesh of the Earth’, a group exhibition at Hauser and Wirth, urges viewers to shed our boundaries between ourselves and the natural world. The multidisciplinary show confronts the viewer with a proposition of ego death, a removal from the harsh and cold distractions of society and the exhausting push of continual movement towards ‘success’.…

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