Take a few minutes to watch a scene from the New Chamber Ballet, choreorgraphed by Miro Magliore and read about his work as a composer and now choreographer:

"If there is a rule book for becoming a ballet choreographer, Mr. Magloire is not following it." -From The New York Times 

Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy is now exhibiting at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC through September 1, 2008:

"The symbolic and metaphorical associations between fashion and the superhero are explored in this compelling exhibition. Featuring movie costumes, avant-garde haute couture, and high-performance sportswear, it reveals how the superhero serves as the ultimate metaphor for fashion and its ability to empower and transform the human body. Objects are organized thematically around particular superheroes, whose movie costumes and superpowers are catalysts for the discussion of key concepts of superheroism and their expression in fashion."  -MMA Website

Read an article about the exhibit here! 

I love Muji's Wall Mounted CD player, which is now available at Muji Soho in NYC. 

Out My Window NYC is a fascinating blog...read on:

"Gail Albert Halaban, photographer, in collaboration with the Design Trust for Public Space is working on a documentary photography project about people and their views in New York City and beyond."  -OMWNYC blog 

My friend Keri Smith is speaking at this year's ICON5 Illustration Conference in New York City July 2-5, 2008.  Visit the ICON5 website for information on the schedule, speakers and more.  Registration is now open!!

"ICON5 will be held in New York City at the historic Roosevelt Hotel in midtown Manhattan. This year's theme, The Big Picture, is more than a slogan, it is the perspective through which we see our future – a future of limitless possibilities for illustrators as thinkers, story tellers and providers of creative content. The conference promises to examine and discuss the current creative and economic forces that our industry faces today.

The ICON continues to gather the industry's best and brightest talent to present and talk about their work, their business, their lives, and their passion for illustration. Our conferences have also grown to include inspiring, informative and topical pre-conference tours and workshops. ICON5 is going a step further with ambitious attendance goals, increased global involvement and more pre-conference events to make the ICON5 experience a must-do for 2008."  -ICON5 website

Excuse the small photo, it was all I was able to grab from the website of Sundaram Tagore Gallery, but go to their site and you'll see a lovelly gallery of images.

"Established in 2000, Sundaram Tagore Gallery is devoted to examining the exchange of ideas between Western and non-Western cultures. We focus on developing exhibitions and hosting not-for-profit events that engage in spiritual, social and aesthetic dialogues. In a world where communication is instant and cultures are colliding and melding as never before, our goal is to provide venues for art that transcend boundaries of all sorts. With alliances across the globe, our interest in cross-cultural exchange extends beyond the visual arts into many other disciplines, including poetry, literature, performance art, film and music."  -Sundaram Tagore website

They have galleries in NYC, Hong Kong and now Beverly Hills.  I see a field trip in my future.

Drishti - a Pan-Asian Group Show - is opening at Sundaram Tagore Gallery this Friday in NYC.  Their gallery statement says everything I need to know:

"Established in 2000, Sundaram Tagore Gallery is devoted to opening the exchange of ideas between Western and non-Western cultures. Our focus is on developing exhibitions and hosting events that engage in the current spiritual, social and aesthetic dialogues of this increasingly globalized world. " 

[Leakers :: J.J. Cromer]

From the latest ArtKrush newsletter, announcing the Outsider Art Fair, opening January 23 in New York City:

"Stepping outside the mainstream art scene, we explore the rich and varied world of outsider art. The annual Outsider Art Fair brings a range of visionary, folk, and indigenous artwork to New York this week, including the imaginary cities of George Widener and the neo-folk tableaux of J.J. Cromer. We interview Phyllis Kind about her vanguard outsider art gallery, and we spotlight Bay Area artist William Scott, who's developing a utopian vision for urban redevelopment. For our media pick, we recommend a collection of Gregory Blackstock's intricate and enticing visual lists of everyday objects, and we review new gallery exhibitions of established artists, including Julian Schnabel, Spencer Finch, and Manuel Ocampo."