We are looking at // Roberto Burle Marx: Brazilian Modernist
The Jewish Museum presents an extensive show on multidisciplinary land artist Roberto Burle Marx. “Burle Marx was an early practitioner of a contemporary way of working: crossing genres fluidly, integrating art with political concerns such as ecology, and disregarding the traditional separation of fields of practice”
See the exhibition on view through September.
We are finding wisdom in //
STORIES FROM THE APIECE APART WOMAN SERIES
“I am so lucky to have my family very close by, including my aunts who are in their 80s and my uncle who, at 92 years old, still makes wine in Astoria, Queens. It brings me joy that my son was able to have these role models to instill the importance of non-materialistic aspects of life like passion, keeping traditions alive, making and giving together…”
– Laura Ferrara
We are following //
YOTAM OTTOLENGHI ON INSTAGRAM
Get inspired by the feed of the Jerusalem born, British dwelling chef and restaurateur Yotam Ottolenghi’s recipes and photographs.
We are inspired by //
WOMEN IN DESIGN - EVA ZEISEL, A LONG LIFE WELL LIVED
The work of Hungarian born Eva Zeisel ultimately spanned nine decades although a visible thread of fluidity and elegance ties her body of work together. In 2005, she was awarded the National Design Award for Lifetime Achievement by the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum in New York. Zeisel called herself a "maker of useful things."
We are escaping to // Hotel Tivoli
Image from the instagram of Hotel Tivoli, ‘A bouquet of wild yellow oyster mushrooms - soon to be added to our Fusilli entree.’ The hotel, opened late 2014 by the artist Brice Marden and his wife Helen, located in beautiful hudson valley in upstate New York features 11 rooms and a farm to table restaurant with an ever changing seasonal menu using locally-sourced meats, produce and dairy.
We are coveting //
COLLEEN HENNESSY CERAMICS IN THE APIECE APART STORE
Ceramicist Colleen Hennessy was trained in sculpture at Kansas City Art Institute, and then went on to work as a chef for Los Angeles restaurants such as Lucques, Campanile, Canelé, and Elysian, before becoming Urban Farm Manager at Taking the Reins, a non-profit organization that teaches underserved girls life skills through horseback riding, animal husbandry, gardening, and cooking. We are pleased to offer her beautiful ceramics at our NYC store in SoHo.
“I am obsessed with becoming a woman comfortable in her skin.”