WITH SANDY COHEN’S NEW WORKS ON CANVAS. “BOYS WANNA GET WITH ME, GIRLS

WANNA GET WITH ME.”

COHEN WILL BE JOINED BY PERENNIAL FAVORITE PINAR HAKIM JEWELLERY AT A

CELEBRATORY RECEPTION FOR THE ARTISTS SATURDAY, JUNE 7 TH FROM 5-7PM.

“Boys Wanna Get With Me, Girls Wanna Get With Me,” a solo exhibition of new works on canvas

by painting powerhouse Sandy Cohen whose title is an ode to her late sister Fame, opens the

Summer 2025 season with previews beginning May 24th .

Istanbul’s own Pinar Hakim will be in attendance for a personal appearance and a Pinar Hakim

Jewellery trunk show beginning June 7 th when the gallery will host a celebratory champagne

reception in honor of the two artists from 5-7pm. Music by DJ Chili. A portion of the opening

evening’s proceeds benefits the American Heart Association. Sandy Cohen exhibition runs through

June 15th .

Sandy Cohen holds the distinction of being – at the age of eight – the youngest student enrolled in a

college level art program at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC. She has been formally trained

in paint, water color, mixed media, sculpting and photography. Her work often references Disney and

Tex Avery characters that tell a story with an underlying message reflecting current social conditions.

She has shown at Art Basel, with the Oliver Cole Gallery and Soho Ink. Her work has been exhibited

at the Museo de Arte y la Cultura de Santa Fe in Medellin, Columbia and is collected by the Royal

Family of Morocco, the Stern Family, et al.

Pinar Hakim is an internationally acclaimed designer based in Istanbul whose fine jewelry collection

references nature with a Boho chic, vintage vibe. Formerly one of Istanbul’s most respected antique

dealers, Pinar transitioned to designing jewelry in 2010. Additionally, Hakim is a globally recognized

glass artisan who creates table top for the world’s leading design houses including Christian Dior,

House Of Rothschild, Givenchy, Louis Vuitton, et al. Her lampwork beads have earned her a spot in

“The History Of Beads From 30,000 B.C. To The Present”” By Lois Sherr Dubin, published by

Thames & Hudson. .

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Stella Flame Gallery, named America’s Coolest Store 2024, focuses on exhibitions and events

showcasing artisanal fine jewelry collections created by globally renowned designers as well as

Stella’s own award-winning collection. Home to the work of acclaimed photographers and

contemporary, conceptual and pop artists from around the world, the gallery is open year-round and

located at 2385 Montauk Highway in Bridgehampton between Bobby Van’s and Candy Kitchen and

just steps from Round Swamp Farm.

To learn more about:

Stella Flame LuXe Jewelry and Stella Flame Gallery visit https://stellaflamegallery.com

Sandy Cohen https://www.sandycohenart.com

Pinar Hakim @pinarhakimjewellery

The American Heart Association https://heart.org

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MvVO ART, creator of AD ART SHOW, held an Advertising Industry Opening Reception hosted by Havas New York in downtown Manhattan. The reception was the official kickoff to the AD ART SHOW 2022 going on May 1-31, 2022, at Westfield World Trade Center inside the Oculus.

Many artists from this year’s show, as well as some from previous years, attended the winners presentation, saw previews of the show on various screens, and enjoyed wine sponsored by Havas New York and Annex88 client Stags’ Leap Winery, one of Treasury Wine Estates’ properties, and hors d’oeuvres. Following the reception, guests were invited to the Oculus to watch the AD ART SHOW 2022 on the monumental screens.

Notable attendees included: Maria van Vlodrop, Laura Maness, Dan Lucey, Laura Skoler, Isaac Aden, Eric Shiner, Chanell Angeli, Parme Marin, Layla Nami, Lindsay Stein, Will Lewis, and Loris van Vlodrop.

During the reception, MvVO ART announced that Chanell Angeli had won first place in the AD ART SHOW 2022. Chanell Angeli received a Specialty Clio in Contemporary Art from the MvVO ART jury of collectors. Her work as a mixed-media artist of Caribbean descent draws on her heritage as well as her interest in the relationship between poetry and visual art to create immersive experiences that explore themes of the divine feminine and the African Diaspora. Her work is full of emotional depth and intelligence.

Parme Marin and Layla Nami were also named winners of the 2022 show. Parme Marin explores “La Peau” (the skin) by creating works of art out of leather, hair, and wood. Layla Nami’s vibrant imagery is influenced by Persian folktales, medieval tapestries, and illuminated manuscripts.

“The talent represented in the 2022 selection of 120 artists is extraordinary. When people comment on the diversity of our artists, I can only say that this is organic and reflects the creative people with roots in advertising and commercial design. The diversity of artistic talent is on display. Discover them daily on MvVO ART’s Instagram (@mvvoart)” said Maria van Vlodrop, MvVO ART CEO and Founder. In 2020, Maria van Vlodrop was named as a “Cultural Shaper” in Adweek’s annual Creative 100 List.

In 2018, MvVO ART debuted AD ART SHOW at Sotheby’s New York. The 2022 edition, now in its fifth year, brings art directly to people by converting an advertising platform—the massive digital screens at Westfield World Trade Center inside the Oculus in New York—into a public gallery space for an entire month. From May 1 to 31, 2022, the iconic Oculus, designed by Santiago Calatrava, will be transformed into an inspiring contemporary art destination.

The artists who are taking part have backgrounds in advertising/design or other related fields. They are following in the footsteps of Andy Warhol, Rene Magritte, and Edward Hopper, among others. Historically, some artists have made the leap, but the barriers remain; and the MvVO ART/AD ART SHOW opens the doors for these talented artists with direct connections to the art world in a celebration of artistic discovery open to all art lovers. It serves as a link between the art world and the advertising world.

In keeping with the historical connections between Art and Advertising, MvVO ART/AD ART SHOW includes influential figures in both contemporary Art and Advertising on the initial Selection Committee and Jury of Collectors. Laura Skoler, Board of Directors, New Museum, NYC, and the Daniel and Florence Guerlain Drawing Foundation, Paris chairs both the Selection Committee and the Jury. Eric Shiner, a noted curator and formerly the Director of the Andy Warhol Museum, serves on the selection committee. Demonstrating their support and enthusiasm for the artists in advertising, Pum Lefebure, Co-founder & Chief Creative Officer, Design Army and Nils Leonard, Creative Founder, Uncommon Creative Studio also serve on the selection committee

Artworks by MvVO ART/AD ART SHOW 2022 artists can be purchases on the MvVO ART gallery page on Artsy—the premiere site for Art collectors. To access the online gallery, go to www.mvvoart.com/artist-gallery.

For hi-res images from reception, visit: https://bit.ly/3FuBAIj

(Photo credit MvVO ART)

For more information and art about AD ART SHOW winners: https://bit.ly/3vj1s5p

MvVO ART: www.mvvoart.com

About MvVO ART:

MvVO ART, creator of AD ART SHOW (the art of artists from advertising) is a New York based innovative art venture dedicated to creating new opportunities for artists, art lovers & brands to discover each other and form powerful partnerships. MvVO ART’s Founder & CEO, Maria van Vlodrop is in Adweek’s 100 Creative list as top ten cultural shaper in the pandemic and beyond.

Photo Credit in the Oculus –  Paul Sladkus

#lauramaness #mvvoart #artist #havas #newyork #awardshow #oculus #iconic #landmark #santiagocalatrava #photography #media #chanellangeli

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Konrad did—and the 87-year-old entomologist gave Konrad Polaroids and letters from the original shoot—as well as the attractant they used for the bees. “Literally the same jar of queen pheromone!” Dan said. Dan and Konrad arrived on set early the morning of the shoot to test the 40-year-old queen bee pheromone before Angelina showed. It worked.

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Walking on set, Angelina moved within six inches of a swarm ball of 60,000 of them. “She was some kind of fearless,” Dan says.

She didn’t wear bee protection, and came unshowered, because bees attack scents. “I told her, ‘You need to smell like an organism.’”

Angelina posed for 18 minutes, staying focused even as one bee crawled under her dress and was climbing up her thigh. “She never once even flinched,” Dan says. “There was never a moment of like, ‘Ooh,’ or anything. It was like she’d just kind of done this her whole life and this was sort of this laissez-faire experience for her. And I was incredibly impressed by that. I was the only person on the crew that didn’t wear any protection. I kind of did it in solidarity.“

Dan and Angelina set out to make an image that would honor the bees. And, after the prep and research, they collaborated on an image that pays homage as well to Avedon—both to his original Beekeeper photograph and to the technique used to create it. Oh, and this new image has become a phenomenon, getting 2.4 million likes on our Instagram page in a day.

I asked Dan: How would Avedon, who died in 2004, have reacted?

“I like to think that if I were 97 years old and someone re-created one of my images, I would be deeply touched,” Dan says. “So hopefully he would have thought the same.”

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Westwood Gallery, NYC is a contemporary art gallery, established in 1995 in the heart of SoHo, New York. The gallery represents several artist estates from the New York school, as well as contemporary artists working in diverse media, including painting, photography, video, and sculpture.
Westwood Gallery,
http://www.westwoodgallery.com/ NYC is a contemporary art gallery, established in 1995 in the heart of SoHo, New York. The gallery represents several artist estates from the New York school, as well as contemporary artists working in diverse media, including painting, photography, video, and sculpture. The gallery also develops innovative programs that integrate fine art with diverse projects, such as multi-media exhibitions, film production, new technologies, and other unique applications.
In addition to on-site exhibitions, Westwood Gallery NYC has organized and curated over one hundred museum-quality exhibitions both in the U.S. and abroad. The gallery program encompasses traveling museum exhibitions, art talks, private and corporate art consultation, as well as educational and non-profit collaborations.

The gallery founders James Cavello and Margarite Almeida, with their internationally acclaimed expertise in the fine arts, have provided curatorial consultation for:

» artist legacy representation
» curatorial services
» traveling exhibitions
» corporate branding
» museum acquisitions
» private collections
» site specific installations
» publications
» multi-media art projects
» artist feature and documentary film production
» management of new media art projects
» architectural and art integrated concepts
» U.S. and international government art projects

Estate Representation

WESTWOOD GALLERY NYC owns, represents and manages estates of New York artists, 1950s and 1960s, through exhibitions, educational programs and publications.

· Will Insley (1929-2011)
· James Juthstrom (1925-2007)
· Roy Schatt (1909-2002)
· Jacques Lowe (1930-2001)
· Constantin Antonovici (1911-2002)
The gallery’s represented artists are included in the permanent collections of MoMA, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Guggenheim Museum, Smithsonian, Whitney Museum of American Art, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, PS1, Walker Art Center, Los Angeles County Museum of Art and other national and international institutions.

website © WESTWOOD GALLERY NYC

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A Mystical Journey into the Beauty & Awe of Life,
And the Daily Power of Transcendence Through Surprise!
From Will Arntz, the Creator of What The Bleep?!

What is surprise in your life but an instant opportunity for transformation? A moment that can send you ascending into joy and wonder or spiraling into deep thought and life-changing new awareness.

An eye-catching beautiful and whimsical book The (not so)
Little Book of Surprises brings that home in-of course-surprising ways! A mystical journey into consciousness, an exploration of what touches our hearts, a glimmering reflection on nature and our selves, and plea for becoming our better angels are just some of the touchstones in store for readers as they experience the poetic exquisiteness of this gem.

This rumination on surprise comes courtesy of William Arntz, the creator and producer who surprised, confounded and delighted with his remarkable film What the Bleep Do We Know!? Now he teams with his wife, internationally renowned spiritual teacher and poet Deirdre Hade and award-winning photographer Endre Balogh to create something else quite special.

The (not so) Little Book of Surprises is anchored with Hade’s visionary and lyrical poetry skipping lightly about over the stunning images curated by Balogh. Each breathtaking page creates an emotional resonance with the reader…using surprise as the doorway to transformation and transcendence. The images in the book are part eye candy/part soul candy. They pile on a sensory experience that mounts the sense of surprise page by page.

All of the book’s creators began life in different fields-Arntz as a laser physicist working on “Star Wars” high energy lasers; Hade as a ballet dancer and choreographer, Balogh continues as an internationally regarded concert violinist. And through life’s mystery and surprise, they emerged as something else entirely, which makes them imminently qualified to bring forth a meditation in print on the gifts of surprise. For more information please visit: www.BookOfSurprises.com

Since her early years in Memphis, Tennessee, Deirdre Hade has been an artist and a visionary, writing poetry and conversing with the mystical worlds. As a ballet dancer and choreographer recognized by Robert Joffery, she performed throughout the country and founded the dance ensemble, “Celebrations to the Sacred.” At sixteen, when her mother was diagnosed with terminal breast cancer, Deirdre discovered the healing power of light, enabling her mother to live thirteen years longer than expected. As the founder of Radiance Healing and Meditation, Deirdre has guided people worldwide, teaching them to harness their own inner wisdom and healing potential. She is currently writing her story of life as a modern day mystic.

William Arntz started his professional career as a research laser physicist, working on “Star Wars” high energy lasers. He then moved on to software, writing “AutoSys”-an automated job control system currently in use by most Fortune 500 companies. He sold that company, retired, but then decided to make a film: creating, producing and directing What the BLEEP Do We Know!?, an exploration of spirituality, quantum physics, neurology and outrageous possibilities. The film and the companion book, with editions in over twenty languages, were international hits.

Endre Baloghis an internationally known concert violinist, having performed as a soloist with orchestras such as the Berlin Philharmonic and eminent musicians Zubin Mehta, Vladimir Horowitz and André Watts. He is also a sought- after photographic artist. The Professional Photographers of California named him “Number Two” among the “Top Ten Photographers” and he is one of only thirty five photographers worldwide to achieve “Diamond” status in the 2015 Professional Photographers of America International Competition.

What’s the magic of surprise? Notes’ Arntz in the foreword: “The ‘You’ before is different from the ‘You’ Afterwards.” And in The (not so) Little Book of Surprises there are 100+ pages of wonderment and surprise-an invitation to be very different when one closes the last page of the book. Potential topics of discussion:
• The Power of Surprise in one’s life
• How to keep life fresh and juicy in surprising ways
• Mastering the art of being surprising to the world
• Making surprise the gateway to your heart

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Home to the Original Cuts of The Wizard of Oz and Gone with the Wind

George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film, the world’s oldest photography museum and one of the world’s oldest film archives, opened to the public in 1949 as an independent, non-profit museum. It combines the world’s leading collections of photography and film with the stately pleasures of the landmark Colonial Revival mansion and gardens that George Eastman called home from 1905 to 1932. The Museum is a National Historic Landmark. Mr. Eastman, the founder of Eastman Kodak Company, is heralded as the father of modern photography and motion picture film.

World-renowned for its photograph and motion picture archives, the Museum is also a leader in film preservation and photograph conservation, educating the top archivists and conservators from around the world.

Mr. Eastman (1854–1932) built his home at 900 East Avenue between 1902 and 1905. He created a unique urban estate complete with 10.5 acres of working farm land, formal gardens, greenhouses, stables, barns, pastures, and a 35,000-square-foot, 50-room Colonial Revival mansion with a fireproof structure made of reinforced concrete.

Mr. Eastman’s house presented a classical facade of decorative craftsmanship. Beneath this exterior were such modern conveniences as an electrical generator, an internal telephone system with 21 stations, a built-in vacuum cleaning system, a central clock network, an elevator, and a great pipe organ, which made the home itself an instrument, a center of the city’s rich musical life from 1905 until Eastman’s death in 1932.

Mr. Eastman’s will bequeathed his estate to the University of Rochester for 10 years. His close friend Rush Rhees, then president of the university, resided here until 1935, succeeded by the Valentine family. Following World War II, the university transferred the estate to a board of trustees, which formed to establish a museum of photography, attracting precious artifacts from around the world to a center of study, care, and exhibition.

The George Eastman House Museum of Photography was chartered in 1947. Today the Museum’s full name is George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film. The Museum’s mission from the outset was to collect, preserve, and present the history of photography and film. The Museum opened its doors to a diverse public audience in 1949, displaying its core collections in the former public rooms of Eastman’s house.

The Museum’s original collections–including the Medicus collection of Civil War photographs by Alexander Gardner, Eastman Kodak Company’s historical collection, and the invaluable, massive Gabriel Cromer collection from France–attracted significant additions over the next 40 years. Entire archives, corporate collections, and artists’ lifetime portfolios have been donated to the Eastman House, as well as a staggering assemblage of rare motion pictures and ephemera.

By 1984, the Museum’s holdings were considered among the world’s finest. However, with the collections growing at a rapid pace, the Museum increasingly suffered from its own success. With an increasing number of materials to store, protect, and study, space and financing became critical.

Between 1985 and 1988, more than $30 million was raised for capital improvement and collections care. Eastman Kodak Company led the way, challenging the public with an endowment gift worth more than $17 million. Public contributions of $12.5 million provided for the construction of a state-of-the-art archives building, including a study center and exhibition galleries. The archives building is 73,000 square feet of climate- controlled vault, archival, research, and gallery space, much of it built below ground, with restored historic gardens above.

For the first time in its history, the Museum had attained physical and financial security for its precious materials and the ability to offer unlimited access for a range of audiences. The new facility opened to the public in January 1989, and now houses more than 400,000 photographs and negatives; 28,000 films and more than 4 million film stills; 53,000 publications; and more than 25,000 pieces of technology.

Also as part of the capital improvements, nearly $2 million was devoted to an exacting restoration of Mr. Eastman’s house and grounds. Using vintage photographs and other historical evidence, more than 85 percent of the original furnishings and virtually all of the complex decorative interior were returned or restored during the three-year process. Reopened to the public in January 1990, the Eastman House is a biographical treatment of Eastman’s estate as a reflection of his unique life. Four of Mr. Eastman’s formal gardens have been restored, and the remaining areas of the grounds will be restored or adapted to Museum’s needs.

Other museum programs and facilities were significantly improved during this period. Second floor galleries in the mansion document Mr. Eastman’s life and times; the Discovery Room, a popular hands-on education department program, enjoys expanded facilities in a wing of the second floor; a lecture hall has been renovated as a multimedia theater in memory of General Edward Peck Curtis; and the Dryden Theatre, a motion-picture venue with 535 seats, was renovated in order to continue its tradition of film exhibition, specializing in restored film classics.

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He shares his Good News about presenting and World Peace, and his family.  Nigel has been a force for new ideas in the worlds of fashion, beauty and entertainment for the past 20 years.  He is internationally renowned for his photography and his creative presence in all areas of the fashion, beauty and entertainment industries has been stylized by an array of fascinating projects.  Nigel’s work has included commercials, spokesperson roles, books, photograph exhibitions, international editorial assignments and the creation of his own show, The Shot on VH1. As a filmmaker his projects have highlighted some of our world’s most pressing issues with documentaries such as Dreams Are Not Forgotten, which he directed and produced, earning the Film Heals award from the Manhattan Film Festival.  Mr. Barker published his first and much anticipated book, Nigel Barker’s Beauty Equation, in 2010 which is being developed into a skincare and cosmetics lines designed to get women “Camera Ready.”   After 17 seasons as the judge on the hit show, America’s Next Top Model, Barker is now the host on the Oxygen Network’s The Face, alongside Naomi Campbell, premiering its second season in March 2014.

Barker’s unique position as photographer, filmmaker, philanthropist, author and father has secured him highly visible spokesperson positions for prominent global brands including Avis, Microsoft, Sony, Crest White Strips, and Nine West.  In 2010, Nigel appeared alongside Justin Timberlake and Peyton Manning in Sony’s national ad campaign.  He has also lent his personality to television and feature film cameos, as well as event hosting and presenting, including the 2007, 2008 and 2010 Emmys. Furthermore, Nigel has had cameo roles on several TV series including, Ugly Betty, The Young & The Restless, Privileged, Stylista, Style Her Famousas well as a cameo role in the feature film, Arthur (2011) with Jennifer Garner, Russell Brand, Nick Nolte and Helen Mirren. 

In 2013, Mr. Barker collaborated with SHUT Skateboards to create a unique skateboard, NB x SHUT, featuring his photography. He also launched a New York inspired fragrance collection with Demeter Fragrance Library. Nigel’s photography is also featured and ready for purchase on Art.com and Rock Paper Photo.com.

As well as being an ambassador for the UN Foundation’s Girl Up initiative he is a spokesperson and Ambassador for the Make A Wish Foundation,ASPCA, and The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation.

Nigel Barker lives in New York City with his wife, Cristen, and their two children, Jack and Jasmine

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About Joy Wai: Joy Wai is the founder and curator of the Gallery and goes by the motto, “Art is Life and Life is Art”.
Ms. Wai grew up and learned Chinese Painting in her grandfather’s studio, Hui Xiao Tong, a great artist and remarkable collector. He co-founded The Beijing National Art College and was her first art teacher and mentor in life. Today, her business practices in the art world have made her many ties throughout China and Hong Kong.

Joy describes her life as fragmented, “its just like I have had four lives. Sometimes the distance and time between them make me feel that these lives are disconnected. It is only art that makes my whole life connected, stronger and richer.” She believes that playing and practicing with the creation of art makes life rich and beautiful. The vibrancy of New York’s art world has allowed her to follow her dream of creating a gallery space.

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