We Are Relocating!

Dear Followers and Fans,

This blog has moved from Blogger to join the Aficionado blog network, so please keep following me at

http://aficionado.co.za/editoratlarge/

I look forward to hearing from you over there. And you'll find me on Twitter @editoratlrg

Let me know what you think!

Love,

Nadine

Rolling, Williamsburg-Style

You may be in Brooklyn once you cross the Williamsburg Bridge from Clinton and Delancey to South 4th and Bedford, but this isn't kid-obsessed Park Slope, at least when it comes to the transport. Yesterday I happened past this Mini Cooper with its Austin Powers roof and one of the most hilarious personalized plates I've seen: "Diet SUV." Oh yeah, baby.

Stars and Stripes

It's Independence Day in the United States and that means that Stars and Stripes abound on everything from flags to patriotic pedicures. Even this fire hydrant got some love of country love...




Happy 4th!

The Art of Appropriating Andy Warhol: Q & A with Mike Bidlo

Last Thursday I met the artist Mike Bidlo in the lobby of the Lever House to discuss the latest addition to the building's art collection: His stack of "Not Warhol Brillo Boxes." Instead of the provocateur I was expecting, Bidlo was a soft-spoken intellectual who is more interesting in teaching others about the masters than criticizing them. Read all about it on T Magazine's "The Moment."

World Cup Mania at Monkeybiz

I love this amazing beaded Bafana Bafana soccer player, made for Monkeybiz by women in the townships of Langa, Nyanga and Gugulethu.

The height of the doll is almost one meter high (about 3ft).

If you want it, you'll find it the Carrol Boyes Store in the Waterfront in Cape Town.

I'm not convinced, though, that Monkeybiz should part with this museum-worthy piece too quickly...

Sag Harbor's Sustainable Living Emporium

Donna Karan's Urban Zen has some serious competition: Down the road on Main Street in Sag Harbor is Well Nest, a serene haven for cold-pressed juices, super vitamins, delicious mood-enhancing chocolates, terrariums filled with orchid plants and even wooden ipod covers. Basically, all things sustainable, especially if they're also chic.
I especially loved the Japanese recyclable picnic gear which includes square paper plates (genius) and wooden flatware that looks Victorian in design.

For more info head to 125 Main Street, Sag Harbor or www.wellnest.us

Most Wanted (even during World Cup): Jenny Holzer Tees

My interview with Jenny Holzer about her t-shirt intervention in Johannesburg and Soweto was published on T Magazine's web site (T, for those outside of the U.S. is the New York Times Style Magazine).

Have a read here.

And learn more about the In Context project, curated by Liza Essers the owner and director of the Goodman Gallery, here.

Essers had the following to add: “The Goodman gallery is committed to social responsibility. Hundreds of millions have been spent on soccer stadiums and we wanted Jenny's truisms on t-shirts -- not LED screens -- to highlight the very real issues and abject poverty surrounding them.”


If you're in Johannesburg on Thursday, head to Melrose Arch to watch the 90 minute film Zidane: A 21st-Century Portrait, by artists Philippe Parreno and Douglas Gordon, also part of Incontext. And look out for Kara Walker's films at the Apartheid Museum and Hank Willis Thomas's work on show at the Goodman Gallery space at Arts on Main and in Parkwood.