1948 is the new swank Nike store and gallery in trendy East London.
Designed by brothers Oscar and Ben Wilson, the retail space features a rubber Nike Grind floor, made from approximately 15,000 recycled sneakers, modular furniture on wheels for quick store make-overs, and a dimmer-controlled neon football pitch installation hanging from the ceiling.
www.nikesportswear.com/1948
Keith Haring: 1978–1982 is the first large-scale exhibition to explore the early career of one of the best-known American artists of the twentieth century. Tracing the development of Haring’s extraordinary visual vocabulary, the exhibition includes 155 works on paper, numerous experimental videos, and over 150 archival objects, including rarely seen sketchbooks, journals, exhibition flyers, posters, subway […]
FRIDAY 6
Chicago-based feminist, sex-positive, pro-BDSM educator Clarisse Thorn gives an introductory overview of BDSM, focusing on educating outsiders by exploring the field’s history and current issues. Find out how to make your bondage play more pleasure than pain with a few quick licks to the right spot.
Museum of Sex, 233 Fifth Ave at 27th St, […]
Cindy Sherman (American, b. 1954) is widely recognized as one of the most important and influential artists in contemporary art. Throughout her career, she has presented a sustained, eloquent, and provocative exploration of the construction of contemporary identity and the nature of representation, drawn from the unlimited supply of images from movies, TV, magazines, the […]
Gareth Pugh
Grazia Magazine says:
It’s true! Gareth Pugh IS taking over at Dior Homme. The rumours started when Delphine Arnault, the daughter of LVMH head honcho Bernard Arnault sat front row at his debut menswear show in Paris, and now we’ve heard from well placed sources backstage at Louise Goldin that it’s a done deal. No […]
THURSDAY 5
Michael “Formika” Jones has been one of the top promoters on the New York club scene since the early 90s. He’s the only party boy/girl that has had one of his events elevated from the dance floor to the big screen with the much raved about film Squeezebox. Tonight he joins forces with Mark […]
Amy Sherald: American Sublime brings together some fifty paintings by one of the foremost artists of our time. In her first major museum survey, Amy Sherald (b. 1973, Columbus, Georgia; lives and works in the New York City area) presents work from 2007 to the present, from her poetic early portraits to the incisive and moving figure paintings […]
TUESDAYS
When you mix Jasmine Rice LaBeija and Chicky Gorgina together, you get a steamy and gassy night of raunchy inappropriate humor, comedy, live singing and games. Those are the perfect ingredients for a chaotic and delicious night of fun!
Hardware Bar, 697 10th Ave bet 47th & 48th Sts), NYC, 212-924-9885
