by Linda Sheridan | Nov 7, 2024 | Art, Business, Shopping
Donna Distefano fires it up at her workbench. Photo by Charles Thomas. Goldsmith Donna Distefano celebrates 30 years as a Downtown NYC entrepreneur—meticulously handcrafting 22-karat gold wearable works of art. She’s collaborated with Aerosmith, the Hollywood...
by DOWNTOWN News | Nov 7, 2024 | Art, Business, Culture, NYC
Photography by Stephen Kent Johnson and styled by Michael Reynolds. Artist Matthew Fisher recently debuted a stunning new exhibition of stone works at The Seaport Gallery. The collection features 120 + pieces, created from stone, metal, and cotton cord, that took more...
by Grace Bugin | Nov 7, 2024 | Art, NYC
Now through January 9, Downtown Alliance is displaying a new public art installation, Star Light Star Bright, at the plaza in front of 140 Broadway. This new immersive installation invites visitors to participate in a community-driven, interactive art experience by...
by Cade Callen | Nov 6, 2024 | Art, Culture
DIFFA’ Night@TheMuseum. Photography by Paul Aphisit. In the design world, there is a term called Gesamtkunstwerk. Originally coined by Karl Friedrich Eusebius Trachendorf and popularized by composer Richard Wagner, the concept describes a total work of art that...
by Grace Bugin | Nov 5, 2024 | Architecture, Art, Culture, Museums
The Frick Collection from East 70th Street. Rendering courtesy of Selldorf Architects. The Frick Collection will reopen in April 2025, following the renovation and enhancement by Selldorf Architects of its historic Fifth Avenue home. The Museum and library will...
by DOWNTOWN News | Nov 5, 2024 | Art, Culture, Events, News
Avenues Design+Engineering is thrilled to invite all to an opening and exhibit, aligned with an Open Studio in the Atelier of goldsmith Donna Distefano DonnaDistefano.com, located at 601 West 26th Street (M208) on November 19th from 4pm-5pm. Distefano conceived the...