leonard lauder donates cubist collection

woman in an armchair (eva) by pablo picasso, 1913

bouteille de rhum (bottle of rum) by georges braque, spring 1914

the typographer by fernand leger, 1918

leonard lauder

heir to estee lauder's cosmetics fortune, philanthropist leonard lauder has pledged his renowned collection of cubist works to the metropolitan museum of art. the collection, that museum director thomas campbell said is "truly transformational", includes 78 pieces from pablo picasso, georges braque, juan gris & fernand leger & is valued at over $1 billion. the collection is expected to be presented in the fall of 2014.

ana mendieta

untitled, (glass on body imprints), 1972

untitled, silueta works in mexico, 1973-1977

imagen de yagul, silueta series, 1973

untitled, silueta works in mexico, 1973-1977

untitled, silueta works in mexico, 1973-1977

bird transformation, 1972

untitled, (body tracks), 1974

untitled, silueta works in mexico, 1973-1977

untitled, (cuilapan niche), 1973

untitled, self-portrait with blood, 1973

untitled, (body print of iowa), 1974

untitled, silueta works in mexico, 1973-1977

the maybe

tilda swinton will be doing unannounced, random performance art pieces sleeping a glass box at MoMA. today is the first performance titled "the maybe" & each performance lasts the whole day the museum is open. the only things in the box are a jug of water, a matress & pillows. the maybe will be unannounced & random & will last for a full day when it happens.

"the maybe" was first performed in london in 1995 at the serpentine gallery & again in the museo barracco in rome.

the museum's official comments on the piece are that it is "an integral part of the maybe's incarnation at MoMa is that there is no published schedule for its appearance, no artist's statement released, no museum statement beyond this brief context, no public profile or image issued. those who find it chance upon it for themselves, live and in real - shared - time: now we see it, now we don't."

heard ny

heard•ny is an installation & performance piece that will be presented from monday 25 march through sunday 31 march, 2013, as part of a series of events celebrating grand central terminal's centennial.

artist nick cave will transform grand central terminal's vanderbilt hall into a pasture for a grazing herd of 30 fantastical life-size horses. sixty dance students from the ailey school will don cave's celebrated 'soundsuits' & perform specially choreographed 'crossings' at 11 a.m. & 2 p.m. every day.

cave worked closely with chicago-based choreographer william gill to design the dancers' movements, incorporating both choreographed & improvised movement. the horses will preform as a 'herd' in the vanderbilt hall or in smaller groups within the main concourse & throughout grand central terminal. 

this is a creative time project founded in 1974, creative time is a new york based non-projit that has commissioned & presented the most innovative art in the public realm throughout new york city, across the united states & around the world.

wish i was there! 

georges lepape

vogue, april, 1928.

vanity fair, december, 1919.

paul poiret, 1924.

vogue, november, 1931.

les choses de poiret, 1911.

vogue paris, august, 1926.

vogue, july, 1931.

vogue, september, 1926.

l'oiseau bleu, 1923.

vogue, february, 1929.

feuillets d'art, le miroir rouge, 1919.

vogue, october, 1924.

house & garden, november, 1934.

vogue, january, 1923.

vogue, september, 1927.

georges lepape was born on the rue montaigne may 26, 1887. by the age of 18 he had enrolled in the ecole des beaux-arts. in 1910 he began his collaborations with paul poiret & over the next 10 years, poiret would become paris's leading haute couture designer & lepape would be recognized as one of the world's most brilliant fashion illustrators.
by 1920, lepape had worked with the houses of worth, lanvin, paquin, doucet , magazines harper's bazaar & vogue, commissions for fur, perfume & other luxury good producers, illustrations for ballets russes, costume & set designs for marcel l'herbier & a series of posters for galeries lafayette. in 1926 condé nast invited lepape to new york, further cementing a long relationship with vogue.
georges lepape remained a prolific & sought-after working artist right up to the time of his death at the age of 84, on february 15, 1971.

stenciled cities

berlin based street artist evol uses stencils to shape electric boxes into multi-level housing units.  

sylvia sleigh

paul rosano reclining, 1974.

marianne benedict, 1970.

enid irving at hammersmith, 1959.

elaine dufor, 1979.

at the turkish bath, 1973.

lawrence alloway & susana delgardo, 1968.

felicity rainnie reclining, 1972.

philip golub reclining, 1971.

self-portrait, cropped, 107 blackheath park, the red dress, 1952.

linda rosencraz, 1968.

yellow flowers, 1966

at the turkish bath, 1959.