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Evelyne Politanoff
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Evelyne Politanoff is an Art and Fashion enthusiast. Born in Saigon, raised and educated in Paris. Married a Visual Artist and moved to the United States. Evelyne has lived in New York City, Miami and now calls Los Angeles her home. Raised two children, and now devotes her time researching new talents. Founder and editor of the eclectic blog Trouvaillesdujour, her posts have been published on AnOther, Notcot, and Lost at E Minor. Evelyne is also a contributor for The Daily Beast.

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Guldnakke (Golden neck) by Trine Søndergaard

(0) Comments | Posted May 9, 2013 | 4:13 PM

" My Neck Is Shaded by the Beads....."

Gold is a universal symbol of wealth, the sublime or the divine. gold provokes a feeling of desire in many of us. When I first saw the golden bonnets at a...
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Polixeni Papapetrou: The Ghillies

(0) Comments | Posted April 25, 2013 | 4:35 PM

Australian photographer Polixeni Papapetrou engages part reality, part fantasy moving through the Australian landscape, using the rich terrain as a backdrop for her narratives about the transitional space of childhood. Papapetrou's art practice has involved an intimate collaboration with her children and their friends for over a decade....

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Carnevale Series: A Venetian Story

(0) Comments | Posted April 18, 2013 | 6:02 PM

Afraid of the Dark, A Venetian Story is a book project containing Stephan Brigidi's photographs and stories based upon his many sojourns to Venice, and will include his prominent Carnevale series.

Afraid of the Dark speaks of Brigidi's personal spiritual quest propelled by some discovered...

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In Search of the Wild Man; Wilder Mann by Charles Fréger

(0) Comments | Posted April 11, 2013 | 3:32 PM

Between 2010 and 2011, French artist Charles Fréger traveled to eighteen European countries, from Italy to Poland, Scotland to the Czech Republic, in search of the Wild Man. A centuries-old, legendary figure, the Wild Man continues to be an important symbol of transition associated with festivals that mark the cyclical...

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" Empty Spaces " by Katerina Belkina; A Fascinating Self-Portrait Series

(0) Comments | Posted April 2, 2013 | 5:04 PM

Russian photographer Katerina Belkina puts the 'self-portrait' phenomenon in a new setting. With unprecedented technical precision, Belkina uses the refined possibilities of digital photography in order to present a disquieting image of the new woman in a postmodern world.



In her work, Belkina shows...

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SABINE PIGALLE: Timequakes, a Reinterpretation of Ancient Paintings

(0) Comments | Posted March 27, 2013 | 2:42 PM

Sabine Pigalle is a visual artist, born in France in 1963. Most of her work concentrates on the reinterpretation of myths. Religious history, mythology, Flemish primitive painting and also mannerism provide both the varied sources of her inspiration and the raw materials for artistic explorations. Sabine Pigalle produces hybrid photographs...

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Andrew Yang's Couture Dolls

(0) Comments | Posted March 19, 2013 | 4:19 PM

New York based artist and illustrator Andrew Yang has been creating haute couture fashion rag dolls for leading design houses since 2008. His latest project, Couture Dolls, is a collection of five exquisite dolls, cut from a pattern, sewn into muslin, and meticulously stuffed and attached by hand. The faces are...

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LISA TOMASETTI: Behind the Scenes with the Australian Ballet

(0) Comments | Posted March 14, 2013 | 6:08 PM

In her first exhibition at James Makin Gallery, renown photographer Lisa Tomasetti presents a series of images of the Australian Ballet, having been granted exclusive access to photograph the Ballet over several years on their international tours to Tokyo, New York, and Paris. Taken out of their usual context...

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PARIS HAUTE COUTURE; A Magnificent Exhibition

(0) Comments | Posted March 7, 2013 | 3:44 PM

For the first time ever in Paris, fashion capital of the world, an exhibition is bringing together a hundred haute couture dresses and outfits by designers such as Worth, Doucet, Poiret, Lanvin, Chanel, Balenciaga, Givenchy, Grès, Jean Paul Gaultier, Lacroix, Alaïa and many more.... Organized in collaboration with the Galliera...

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Discover the Seven Deadly Sins at the Vice Versa Hotel

(0) Comments | Posted February 26, 2013 | 3:15 PM

Opened in July 2012, the Vice Versa Hotel in Paris stands out for its original decor created by Chantal Thomass. The famous fashion designer was not only inspired by the 7 Deadly Sins to decorate the different floors of the Vice Versa Hotel, she also turned the reception...

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Michael Eastman: Havana, where decay meets beauty

(1) Comments | Posted February 19, 2013 | 3:32 PM

Michael Eastman's Havana series exposes the colorful and crumbling interiors and exteriors of Cuba's capital. The details of these pictures make them fascinating and poignant: ghostly rectangles of lighter color on walls where paintings once hung, beach chairs that stand in for finely carved furniture, laden clothes lines hanging amongst...

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Christian Tagliavini's "Jeu de Cartes"

(0) Comments | Posted February 12, 2013 | 4:03 PM

With a penchant for the whirls of fortune and a clin d'oeil to the relativity of vision, the Swiss-Italian artist Christian Tagliavini issues his very own "Cartes."

The title means "playing cards," but cards, markings and figures do keep their names and mystery in Italian. You will meet...

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50 Fabulous Frocks at the Fashion Museum in Bath, UK

(0) Comments | Posted February 4, 2013 | 5:16 PM

This year, 2013, the Fashion Museum celebrates its 50th anniversary in Bath. The 50 Fabulous Frocks exhibition will include the iconic and influential names of 20th century couture -- Schiaparelli, Poiret, Vionnet, Christian Dior and Yves Saint Laurent -- as well as today's most desired fashion designers and brands...

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Alain Delorme's "Little Dolls"; A Contemplation of Children's Dreams and their Parents' Fantasies

(0) Comments | Posted January 24, 2013 | 12:35 PM

lThe series Little Dolls questions the identity of the little girls who are playing with their looks as candidates of beauty contests. Through a pixel surgery as Alain Delorme puts it, he captures and changes the girls' looks and brings a sour criticism of how our society...

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Marc Quinn's sculpture of a Giant Baby unveiled at Gardens by the Bay

(0) Comments | Posted January 18, 2013 | 5:55 PM




Singapore, 18 January 2013 - Planet, a giant sculpture of a sleeping baby by internationally acclaimed British...

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Thomas Jorion's 'Forgotten Palaces': Where Beauty Meets Decay

(1) Comments | Posted January 17, 2013 | 3:03 PM

In his series Forgotten Palaces, French photographer Thomas Jorion has captured deserted palaces and stunning villas abandoned by their owners for various reasons. Mostly shot in Italy, these poignant images underlie the ephemeral, the fragility of human existence. These forgotten palaces reflect a singular aesthetic between decay...

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Lluis Barba's new artworks: 'Self-Portraits' of outstanding artists in modern background contexts

(0) Comments | Posted January 8, 2013 | 11:35 AM

Although each self-portrait is an independent work, with its own message and its own identity, each is part of a larger project. The portraits take a unitary meaning within the entire Self-Portraits series, allowing a unified dialogue of the absurd.

Self-Portraits is currently on view at Dean Project Gallery,...

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Holiday Gift: Elliott Erwitt's Dogs

(0) Comments | Posted December 21, 2012 | 4:07 PM

A heartfelt and original tribute to man's best friend, this collection focuses on Elliott Erwitt's distinctive photographs of dogs. Ranging from daring little imps to lumbering and gentle beasts, the photographer who has also been called the "Woody Allen of photography," delights in focussing his gift of observation on animals...

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YUE MINJUN: L'Ombre Du Fou Rire Or The Shadow Of Giggles

(0) Comments | Posted December 11, 2012 | 4:06 PM

Start your day with a good laugh with L'Ombre du fou rire, a series of paintings peopled by enigmatically laughing characters, the first major exhibition in Europe dedicated to the Chinese artist Yue Minjun.

Born in 1962 in the city of Daqing in Heilongjiang Province in China, Yue Minjun...

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Intricate and Fascinating: Amy Flurry and Nikki Nye's Paper Wigs for the Victoria & Albert museum

(0) Comments | Posted December 7, 2012 | 12:05 PM

Paper-Cut-Project is a company based in Atlanta, and co-founded in 2010 by Amy Flurry with Nikki Nye. Flurry and Nye make paper styling props for high end fashion productions and their clients include Hermes, Cartier, Kate Spade, Christies, The Bay and the Cartoon Network.

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