The Face of America Magazine 2018 - Vol.2 Issue 2

The Face of America

2018 Vol. 2 Issue 2

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Biannual magazine published in New York City

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THE WRITING ON THE WALL EXHIBITION AT THE FROST ART MUSEUM MIAMI

UNFOLD ART

RACHEL REKKAB IS REDEFINING THE FUTURE OF ART

CARLOS CRUZ DIEZ MASTER OF COLORS PRINCE OF THE CITIES

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THE FACE OF AMERICA MAGAZINE 2018 VOL.2 ISSUE 2 CONTENT THE WRITING ON THE WALL PROJECT

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Miami

CARLOS CRUZ DIEZ

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Everywhere

RACHEL REKKAB

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Dubai

KENNETH JAY LANE

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NYC

MARINE TANGUY

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Everywhere

LESLIE SINGER

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NYC

MACKLOWE GALLERY

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NYC

UPPER EAST SIDE MANSION

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NYC

988 FIFTH

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NYC

SWITCHBLADE FLYING CAR

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Everywhere

YOUNTVILLE

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Napa Valley, CA

ARKUP

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On the water

OKEMO VALLEY

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Vermont

AFTERWORK IN NEW YORK

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The Plaza hotel, NYC

THE PIERRE HOTEL

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NYC

SUSHI NOZ

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NYC

THE ART OF THE AFTERNOON TEA

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NYC

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THE WRITING ON THE WALL PROJECT PATRICIA AND PHILLIP FROST ART MUSEUM MIAMI (Until Dec 9th, 2018) The Face of America Magazine

A collaborative installation, The Writing on the Wall: Hank Willis Thomas and Dr. Baz Dreisinger presents essays, poems, letters, stories, and notes written by prisoners around the world. With their project, Thomas, an internationally-acclaimed visual artist and Dreisinger, the Founding Academic Director of John Jay's Prison-to-College Pipeline program, call attention to the crisis of mass incarceration.

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During her years teaching in US and international prisons, Dreisinger collected the hand-written and typed pieces, which she and Thomas present as contemporary hieroglyphs. The documents create an immersive experience and invite close looking. The Writing on the Wall constantly evolves and shifts focus based on the material written by those living behind bars.

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This exhibition is a part of the For Freedoms initiative founded by artists Hank Willis Thomas and Eric Gottesman. Inspired by artist Norman Rockwell’s paintings of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Four Freedoms (1941)—freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear— For Freedoms uses art to encourage and deepen public explorations of freedom in the 21st century.

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The museum presents this exhibition in concert with the Common Reading Program at Florida International University. This year, incoming freshmen at FIU have read A Stone of Hope by Jim St. Germain, a memoir that relates the author’s experiences in the juvenile justice system.

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CARLOS CRUZ DIEZ MASTER OF COLOR PRINCE OF THE CITIES

Carlos Cruz-Diez in front of his work Cromoestructura [Chromostructure], 2015, Edificio Kenex Plaza, Obarrio Panama, Republic of Panama.

North Facade: 9,36 x 42,5 m (31 x 139 ft.); West Facade: 9,36 x 36,25 m (31 x 119 ft.) © Photo: Articruz / Rafael Guillén © Adagp, Paris 2018

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Born in 1923, Carlos Cruz Diez is a Franco-Venezuelian major artist of the XXth and XXIst century. He first went to Europe in 1955 and lived in El Masnou (Cataluña, Spain), where he began a defining phase in his career, creating his earliest abstract compositions (Parénquimas) and his first Objetos Rítmicos Móviles [Mobile Rhythmic Objects]. He visited Paris that same year, where he saw the Le Mouvement exhibition at the Galerie Denise René. In 1956 he quit producing figurative social protest painting and returned to Venezuela, where he opened the Estudio de Artes Visuales, a visual arts studio for graphic and industrial design. It was during that period that Carlos Cruz-Diez started developing the conceptual platform for his work based on optical and chromatic phenomena, a process that led to the creation of his first Color Aditivo [Additive Color] and Fisicromía 1, in 1959. He and his family settled in Paris in 1960, where he met and discussed his ideas with international artists such as Agam, Tinguely, Soto, Buri, Picelj, Morellet, Camargo, Lygia Clark, Le Parc, Calder, and Vasarely.

Ambientación de Color Aditivo [Additive Color Environment], 1974 Simón Bolívar International Airport Maiquetía (Caracas), Venezuela, 1974 - 270 x 9 m (886 x 30 ft.)

Architects: F. Montemayor, L. Sully © Photo: Atelier Cruz-Diez Paris © Adagp, Paris 2018

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Physichromie Berrini One, 2012-2014 Berrini One Building São Paulo, Brazil, 2012-2014 3 x 58 m (10 x 190 ft.) Architect: Aflalo/Gasperini © Photo: Alex Dias © Adagp, Paris 2018

Carlos Cruz-Diez articulated his exploration of the phenomenon of color in eight projects: Couleur Additive [Additive Color], Physichromie, Induction Chromatique [Chromatic Induction], Chromointerférence [Chromo-Interference], Transchromie, Chromosaturation, Chromoscope, and Couleur à l’Espace [Color in Space]. His works present color as an autonomous reality that evolves in space and time, unaided by form or support, in a perpetual present. In the late 1960s, he produced a number of installations for urban landscapes in Caracas, Miami, Washington, Houston, Paris, Seoul, Sao Paulo, Panama, and Madrid, among other metropolitan areas. He is recognized as one of the greatest artists and innovators of the XXth and XXIst century.

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“Through my research I try to find nontraditional solutions to the perception of the chromatic world and to art concept.

I’m a researcher and from a very early age, I have always thought art is communication. The artist does not only have to make pieces for collections and museums, but also to be present in urban spaces and in any environment that implies a collectivity.” - Carlos Cruz Diez

Plafond Physichromie [Ceiling Physichromie], 1980 Passenger platform at the railway station SaintQuentin-en-Yvelines (Paris), France 104 x 7,20 m (341 x 24 ft.) Architect: R. Moro © Photo: Atelier Cruz-Diez Paris © Adagp, Paris 2018

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“I believe that a piece of art integrated in the city or habitat, has to generate unprecedented events, which are in permanent evolution. It is a way to extend its “call and reading” in time, creating a circumstance that differentiates it from the utilitarian object of urban furniture. The pieces I make for the habitat and urban surroundings are conceived as a plastic discourse generated in real time and space, creating “situations” and “chromatic events” that change the dialectics between the observer and the artwork. My works do not withhold a “referential speech”, like Gothic art, the Renaissance or even Mexican muralists did. They are raised from a different starting point, where real time and space replace referral or transposed time.” - Carlos Cruz Diez

Ambientación Cromática [Chromatic Environment], 1977-1986 Simón Bolívar Hydroelectric Station, Engine Room n°1 Guri, Venezuela 26 x 260 x 23 m (85 x 853 x 75 ft.) Engineers: H. Roo, A. Gamboa, E. Carrera, G. Chavarri © Photo: Atelier Cruz-Diez Paris © Adagp, Paris 2018

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Environnement Chromatique, 2014 OneCityCenter’s Covington & Burling LLP hall building Washington, D.C., United States 2 Physichromies of 370 x 305 cm and 461 x 380 cm 1 Transchromie of 200 x 3460 cm Architect: Debra Lehman-Smith (LSM) © Photo: Atelier Cruz-Diez Paris © Adagp, Paris 2018

This article has been published in partnership with UNFOLD Art Exchange and the Atelier Cruz Diez. Special thanks to Rachel Rekkab and Carlos Cruz Delgado.

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“They are supports of events that change and evolve. My artworks are “realities” and “autonomous situations”. “Realities”, because the events take place in time and space, and “autonomous” because they don’t depend on anecdotic content that the viewer is accustomed to see in art. They are pieces that allow us to establish a different relation to knowledge. The audience discovers their capacity to create or destroy color through their own perceptive ways. They discover “color in the making”, surging and disappearing before their own eyes.” - Carlos Cruz Diez 46

UNFOLD ART EXCHANGE RACHEL REKKAB IS REDEFINING THE FUTURE OF ART The Face of America Magazine

Founded by Rachel Rekkab, ’UNFOLD' as a name is inspired by the ideas conveyed in the evocative words Emerge and Reveal. Their ambition is to offer unprecedented access to a larger, diverse and inclusive market that draws its inspiration from fast developing areas of the world outside the hegemonic centres.

Emerge refers to the association of five major emerging national economies expressed by the acronym BRICS: Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.

Reveal reflects the idea of Art as a tool that allows humans to experience new ways of seeing the world, and its ability to create new synergies and enable a fruitful dialogue with other areas of human activity in an exciting manner.

With the success of the inaugural edition that took place from the 19-22 March 2018 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), UNFOLD Art XChange aspires to become an international series in which its individual Art Talks; Art, Real Estate and the Built Environment and Evolving Culture, Developing Collections will be consequently hosted by other cities.

Art Talks I: Art, Real Estate and the Built Environment aims to create meaningful connections between art and architecture and will serve as a multicultural educational platform for government authorities, public art agencies, real estate developers, hoteliers, spatial designers and art experts to come together.

Art Talks II: Evolving Cultures, Developing Collections aims to bring together corporate and private collectors as well as private and public museums and institutions on one single platform.

(Château de Montsoreau, France, 13-14 October 2018 and London, 12-13 March 2019) Contact: www.unfoldbrics.art

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STEVE WILSON FOUNDER OF 21C HOTELS LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY

“I was raised in a very conservative atmosphere and there were things that were unspoken. But when you enter a museum or a space where art speaks it makes us accept and embrace emotions that perhaps haven’t been vocalized”

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KATHERINE GASS STOWE FOUNDER AND CHIEF CURATOR AT JAMES COMPANY CONTEMPORARY ART PROJECTS NEW YORK CITY

“Hotels are community places and having art into hotels reflects their local communities. Art connects people together.”

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PAULINE KANAKO KAMIYAMA DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF CIVIC ART LOS ANGELES COUNTY ARTS COMMISSION

“At Los Angeles county we are over 10 million strong, we speak over 200 languages, and we have the responsability to make sure that our artists and art work in civic art is reflecting that rich diversity that makes Los Angeles so incredible.”

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SAM RAUCH

DIRECTOR OF SPECIAL PROJECTS PUBLIC ART FUND NEW YORK CITY

“What makes my role at Public Art Fund so rewarding is that it is not about about status, it is not about celebrity, these are art works that are put out into the public that are views by millions of people, some of whom could not care less about art, some of whom discover art.”

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XAVIER LOUYOT SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT BRAND CONTENT MARKETING LUXURY & UPSCALE BRANDS ACCOR HOTELS PARIS, FRANCE

“Today at Pullman hotels and resorts we partner with established or emerging contemporary artists, and in some hotels we have permanent art collections.”

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KENNETH JAY LANE NEW YORK DANDY

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Jewellery designer Kenneth Jay Lane embodied glamour, elegance, and joie de vivre. A self-declared “fabulous fake” and unwavering proponent of fashion as fantasy, he presided over a moment in which the world’s most stylish women chose to adorn themselves in Lane’s bold masterworks of costume jewellery. Lane’s insatiably curious eye allowed him to curate a vision of elegance that extended through to his personal collecting. From the late 1970s, he filled his imposing Stanford White-designed Park Avenue residence with a striking assemblage of treasures, summed-up by Lane’s fanciful phrase: “I always think of myself as living in a tent.”

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Sold at Christie’s New York on June 6, 2018, The Estate of Kenneth Jay Lane totaled $690,875, more than doubling the collection’s low estimate, with 100% sold by lot. Many lots greatly exceeded expectations, including the collection’s top lot A Patinated Bronze Ecorche Figure, which realized $87,500, against a low estimate of $1,500. Strong results were realized for the selection of Orientalist paintings, led

by Georges Jules Victor Clairin (1843-1919), The Sultan's favorites, painted in 1875, which sold for $32,500, more than doubling its low estimate. Proceeds from the collection’s sale will benefit WNET New York Public Media.

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MARINE TANGUY PROFESSION: MUSE The Face of America Magazine

Interesting question! It's like facing the mirror and I guess while someone is running around, we tend to forget to do it. I would describe myself as someone with a lot of energy, passion and belief for what I do. I love art and my job has defined me as much as I have defined a job for myself. I am also very exigent, sometimes too much, I value kindness, passion and loyalty in people. I struggle with people who are passive, indierent or fake. I think long term and struggle with the short term. I am a huge idealist who has integrated a practical methodology to get there. I dream a lot, I dance even more and I eat way too many haribos. My feet are on the ground and my head is most definitely lost in philosophical clouds. An entrepreneur pretty much. Friends and family are my home. Â

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jennifer abessira

How would you define yourself?

leo caillard Why did you created MTArt? MTArt is my basket of ideals. It has a business strength by being the first visual artist agency in the world and growing fast as such; it has a core identity with its strength in the quality of the artists, both technically and conceptually, a strong social belief as we want to see their projects and art inspiring everyone with our public art initiatives and creative collaborations and a deep belief in uniting people for a better success - from our investors to communities to partnerships. It's basically all the learning I got from life - from the social values I got from my mother who is a teacher to business that I was lucky to get early via the art market and my business mentors, the strength of content and narrative I learnt studying philosophy to the love for art and the quality of certain artists that I learnt via previous job roles, art collectors and artists. It's basically a Greek philosophy!

You need all of it for something long term. Â

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tristan pigott In a hyperconnected world, how acquiring a sculpture, a canvas or a drawing makes sense?

It makes sense because you still acquire a house who is beautifully designed, dress up to be elegant and strive to get up on the morning and be inspired. Art is that: it's an enhancement of your life and environment, visually and conceptually. It's an escape to other worlds in your world.

Why would you not want that?

I don't inspire to be a robot anytime soon.Â

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What is the role of artists in today's political and social context? Should they be involved or stay away from social issues?

leni dothan

They have a really important role. I believe that in a time of social division and conflicts, artists have the power to inspire, engage people and draw them to a content that’s incredibly valuable and universal. Art brings people together to find common purpose beyond the range of traditional government to diplomacy. In challenging times, relationships of trust between citizens and their governments may waver and the less formal networks of shared interest and understanding to which we can all contribute become even more crucial. It is via the vehicle of the arts that peers across that accurate information can be disseminated, potential solutions debated and collective commitments made. Artists are shape-shifter, and in this there is a perennial, ferocious hope, the hope which transforms, which whispers of possibility, of vision, of change and radical healing. And that’s why at MTArt we invest in the ones who are the next thought leaders.

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Do collectors acquire art pieces for their artistic value or as a way to display their social status?

(And does it matter in the end?)

There are so many reasons to acquire art for, it's as varied as people are so I think people should acquire art the way they are and be truthful in that process.

Now, I also think that more people should be acquiring art and supporting artists because art does define our future history of art, rather than defining why we are acquiring art, we should look onto who and many more people should do so that our future history of art becomes more reflective of our diversity as a human kind.

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Leslie Singer attended a special arts high school and continued painting in her early college years, but stopped when she was 21 and didn’t pick up a brush until nearly 20 years later. “I didn’t like assignments,” Singer said, “I need to paint what I want to paint.” She became an English major and pursued a career in publishing and public relations leaving art behind. But when the man who was to become her husband asked her what her favorite painting is (Vermeer’s Girl With a Pearl Earring), it launched an ongoing conversation about art that led her back to palette and brush.

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Singer is a painter of portraiture, often anonymous -- meaning that the subject’s likeness is not important to her. The figure is a study of light and shadow upon which she builds, embellishes and then erases. In her many self-portraits, her face is sometimes turned away or obscured in some manner, often by her hair falling across her face.

Thus her identity is intentionally obliterated. In this way, the viewer can complete the painting using his or her imagination.

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Leslie Singer works from studios in New York and Santa Fe. Whenever she can, she paints from live models, but also relies on photographs. Her paintings have been sold through galleries, Saatchiart.com and Artfinder.com.

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Exclusive interview of Benjamin Macklowe, Macklowe Gallery’s President,

How was it, when you were a child, to live and play surrounded by antiques?

I was a very energetic child and was convinced I would play first base for the New York Yankees when I grew up, so my parents had every right to be nervous about me. They were so smart to do the opposite. Our living room had open shelves on which were perched the most delicate Tiffany flower form vases, lamps by Louis Majorelle with glass shades by Daum Nancy, marqueterie-sur-verre creations by Emile Gallé, and I never broke a thing. I learned at an early age to gaze in wonder at these creations, and to be my normal rambunctious kid outside or in the rest of the house.

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What's the most valuable life lesson you have learned from your parents, founders of the Macklowe Gallery?

My parents have been married nearly 54 years, so I have learned many life lessons from them. But now that I am a father the lesson that is strongest to me is how they were always united in their approach to me and my sister, never allowing us to drive a wedge between them with our requests, agendas, etc.Â

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Why investing into antiques is still relevant today, where our lives are constantly surrounded by technological objects?

Handcrafted beauty transcends the banality of our disposable era. Collecting antiques is an antidote to the rootlessness of the technological age. By the very nature of touching the pieces, it brings you beyond the here and now. By learning about them and taking them home, it places some part of your consciousness in the moment in which it was made.

For instance, in 1900 less than 10% of the USA was electrified, which really changes how someone in 2018 looks at a Tiany lamp. It's no longer just beautiful, it was revolutionary.

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You are involved in art education and give frequent lectures about Art Nouveau. How is it important to teach the new generations?

Without new people believing in the value of beauty, we're all in the dumps. Very few people, young or mature, really know what Art Nouveau was, why or how it came into existence, nor how if affected all the worlds of design to follow. My mission is to get people to see this, to understand its context, and then they will be in the position to decide "Do I like this?". Of course, once we know about something, over time we tend to like it much more, that is why I am always looking to get Art Nouveau and Tiffany in front of the new generations?

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How do you see the Macklowe Gallery in 30 years?

Hopefully still prosperous! We will always remain faithful to Fin-de-Siècle design, but in the years to come I will broaden our collection to other periods (including contemporary design) and media (including painting and largescale sculpture) that cohere into Macklowe Gallery's larger narrative. That is, that beauty has utility.

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This Penthouse at 33 East 74th Street oers residents an unparalleled indoor and outdoor living experience with over 5,577 square feet of indoor living space and a massive 2,440 square foot private wrap around terrace with southern and western exposures facing both Madison Avenue and 74th Street. The residence is located within one of Manhattan's most distinctive and acclaimed residential buildings in the heart of the Upper East Side and only one block from Central Park This four bedroom, four and a half bathroom, full floor penthouse residence features soaring 10' stepped ceilings, solid oak flooring, oversized windows, custom molding and millwork and striking fixtures with bespoke finishes.

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The selection of furniture and artpieces has been thoughtfully curated by James Aman and John Meeks, the famous NYC interior designers.

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4 Beds / 4.5 Baths 5,577 Sq Ft Contact: Richard J. Steinberg Licensed Associate Real Estate Broker, Douglas Elliman

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This stunning duplex penthouse has two enormous landscaped terraces, and sits atop a small, private, and highly coveted, white glove, Pre-war condominium. Each room of this impeccably furnished and sun-flooded 3 bedroom, 3.5 bathroom apartment has floor to ceiling windows aording breathtaking views of Central Park and the New York City skyline. This is sumptuous living with international flair right in the epicenter of New York city’s prized upper east side.

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On the main level is a corner living room, chef’s kitchen, formal dining room, a master suite with a dressing room upholstered in cashmere with mahogany cabinetry, and a luxurious private guest suite. The expansive landscaped terrace is accessed from every room.Â

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On the upper level, two additional guestrooms have access to another spectacular wrap terrace with outdoor bar and covered pergola, three separate, private outdoor showers and seating area.

There is also a small spa on this level.

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The monthly rent includes daily maid service Monday through Friday including laundry and ironing, weekly fresh flowers provided and installed by a renowned local florist, satellite TV, WIFI, and electricity. A gardener is also on sta to maintain the outdoor spaces and landscaping.

The penthouse has its own AC and water systems and the building also has an emergency generator.Â

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The impeccably designed and furnished penthouse provides one with the benefits of hotel living in the seclusion and privacy of a boutique building located in one of the most coveted locations in Manhattan.Â

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Pier Guerci, builder and owner of this extraordinary penthouse Rooftop Penthouse 988 Fifth Avenue 3 Beds / 3.5 Baths 6,330 Sq Ft Available for rent: $100,000 per month (dog not included) Listed by Corcoran

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The Switchblade is a three wheel, street legal vehicle that you drive from your garage to a nearby local airport. Once there, the wings swing out and the tail extends in under 3 minutes.

You then fly your registered aircraft directly to the destination – at up to 200 mph and 13,000 feet. You simply land, transform your flying sports car back to driving mode – the wings safely stowed and protected – and continue to your final destination.

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iThe Switchblade is classified as a motorcycle by the U.S. Department of Transportation, but Sam Bousfield, its creator, likes to call it a flying sports car because of its high performance. Its engine is a turbo-charged, lightweight 190 hp liquid-cooled V4 that is capable of 0-60 in 6.5 seconds and a top speed of 125+ mph / 201+ kph. In the air it will cruise at 160 mph / 257 kph, with a top speed of up to 200 mph / 322 kph and a range of 450 miles / 724 km.

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YOUNTVILLE THE ESSENCE AND GENEROSITY OF NAPA VALLEY, CA

Wine tasting at Stewart Cellars

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Seeing the world through a glass of wine at Ma(i)sonry Napa Valley

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Nicole Lee, Ma(i)sonry Sales Leader Nicole is stylish, knowledgeable and she has a real passion for wine.

So passionate that she decided to quit the tech industrie in California to follow her heart. Now, after a training in the wine industry, she hosts you with a smile and a glass of wine to make you enjoy even more the Napa Valley wine.

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Redd Wood Restaurant Chef Richard Reddington's second, more casual outpost, Redd Wood is a superbly stylish Italian-inspired eatery.

Reddington brings a new sensibility to this laid-back wine country destination: a polished, chic restaurant with a voguish vibe and hip playlist coupled with an osteriastyled menu and Napa/Sonoma favored wine list.

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Vintage House Hotel A new story in the Napa Valley is now unfolding. Sensual, sophisticated, elegant. Welcome to a Yountville more intimate - undeniably refined. A place to get lost in a lush-meets-luxe hotel experience. This is Vintage House. The touches are glam, the seduction is rich and the hospitality is cultured.

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Last glass of Champagne before the night by the hotel’s pool

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Bouchon Restaurant In October 1998, four years after his successful debut in Napa Valley with The French Laundry, Chef Thomas Keller introduced Bouchon, offering authentic French bistro fare with Keller’s unfailing attention to detail in both ingredients and presentation. Bouchon’s seasonal menu and raw bar selections change throughout the year, while staples like roast chicken, leg of lamb, and trout amandine remain as consistent, year-round favorites. The Vin en Carafe program at Bouchon features selections made exclusively for the restaurant from top wineries in Napa Valley and France.

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Napa Valley Museum Yountville “France is a feast” Exhibition Napa Valley Museum Yountville is dedicated to enriching the cultural fabric of the community through exhibitions, collections, educational programs and creative activities that promote knowledge and understanding of art, nature and history. France is a Feast features intimate and compelling photographs taken by Julia Child’s husband Paul Child, a gifted photographer. France is a Feast documents how Julia Child first discovered French cooking and the French way of life. Paul and Julia moved to Paris in 1948 where e was cultural attaché for the US Information Service, and met several famous photographers such as Cartier Bresson, Capa, and Brassai

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Eden Chung Education and visitor experience Manager Eden left her city life to come her in Yountville for a change of life and never regretted it. When she is not at the Museum, she is busy at educating he new generation in primary’s schools about food, waste, recycling. Thank you Eden to help the world by raising such an importante issue.

Bistro Jeanty In everyday French life, it is the Bistro that is woven into the daily pattern of meals and celebrations. The only French owned and operated restaurant in Napa Valley, Bistro Jeanty has been received by patrons from all over as a true French bistro.

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Celina Montanez North Block Hotel The face of the North Block Hotel. The service is absolutely incredible. You just have to ask to be served with a smile like Celina’s one! Last minute changes, food delivery even after business time, you name it. Situated at the north end of town in wine country’s most coveted epicurean locale, North Block is a luxurious place to call home during your stay in the Valley. With a fresh, contemporary design, custom amenities, on-site spa and just a touch of cheekiness!

A great thanks to all the employees of this small and warm hotel. A true gem.

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Spa at North Block Hotel Creating an immersive, all-sensory experience is at the core of the Francis & Alexander Spa at North Block Hotel. Launched in partnership with industry visionaries Peggy Francis and Loma Alexander, the Spa oers a comprehensive range of services designed to allow guests to truly luxuriate in a peaceful, picturesque setting. Using only the highest quality, sustainably made products, every treatment has been created with comfort and tranquility in mind, reflecting our immediate environment.

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Lucy Restaurant & Bar at Bardessono Lucy Restaurant & Bar oers fresh, innovative, garden-inspired cuisine that embodies the Bardessono modern aesthetic and eco-spirit.

Executive Chef Nate Lindsay is a seasoned talent with extensive experience in the culinary arena and has a reputation for meticulous preparation and presentation. He takes current, conscious cooking to a new level with his locavore ideology that reflects the growing trend towards a healthier lifestyle.

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Having a last coee at a local gas station, before hitting the road and leave this foodie paradise.

And thinking about coming back.

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ARKUP LIFE ON WATER

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Urban growth, rising seas and energy independence are key challenges for our generation. Miami-based Arkup’s solution is a unique avant-garde concept of life on the water. A combination of research in renewable energies, technological innovation and cutting edge spatial design and style situates your new home between the sea and the metropolis.

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As comfortable and safe as a house onshore, Arkup livable yachts can cruise silently in the bay or allow you to live stationary in a downtown marina.

The vessel is completely stable when lifted up on its hydraulic spuds to protect you from the eect of waves and tropical winds.

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Nested in Shrewsbury, Crisanver House is an award winning hideway boutique hotel with stunning views on the Green Mountains. We love the extremely personalized service and delicious fresh food.

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Meet Carol, the perfect host who will tell you beautiful stories about the Crisanver House and Okemo Valley.

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Special thanks to Gaelle for the warm service.

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W.E. Pierce grocery store is taking us back in time. Opened in 1865, this is a totally authentic American grocery store. Make a stop here, have a coee, and enjoy this moment.

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Okemo Valley has a lot of farms and great people working with animals. We met Elizabeth Rondinone and her dog Maisie, taking good care of chickens.

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Vermont is known for its famous and world renowned Maple syrup.

Don’t miss to visit the Smith Maple Crest Farm, founded over 211 years ago, and still run by the same family (eight generations).

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Jeff and Mary Smith are running the farm and produce high quality Maple syrup, using ancestral techniques and a deep commitment to honor the maple syrup traditions, enhanced by an iPad-monitored production control system. The farm also raises grass fed cattle with no hormones or commercial fertilizer. Beef “Burger boxes” are available for sale on location.

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Je’s lovely mom, Donna, a wonderful and dynamic ninety years old woman, is running a bed and breakfast in a twenty seven room landmark house built in 1808, Filled with antiques and original treasured family heirlooms.

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The Kingsley Covered Bridge (also called the Mill River Bridge) is a wooden covered bridge in Clarendon, Vermont.

Built in 1836 by Timothy K. Horton, the bridge is a Town lattice style with a 120-foot (37 m) span across the Mill River. The bridge is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Leaving Shrewsbury for the nearby city of Weston, continuing exploring Okemo Valley.

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Founded in 1946 by Vrest and Mildred Orton, the Vermont Country Store sells highly curated durable, useful and practical items. Still proudly family owned.

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The enchanting water mill close to Weston Playhouse. As Vermont’s longest-running professional theatre, the Company celebrates the classics and nurtures the new with a multi-stage summer season of rollicking musicals, family-friendly productions, classic plays, and ground-breaking new works.

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SPECIAL THANKS TO

MARJI GRAF OKEMO VALLEY REGIONAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

CAROL CALOTTA CRIVANSER HOUSE

JEFF & MARY SMITH DONNA SMITH SMITH MAPLE CREST FARM

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SHIRT: STENSTRÖMS RING: ELITE & LUCK HAT: B.M. FRANKLIN DRESS: GRACE A TOI COFFEE MAKER: FRIELING SPECIAL THANKS TO: ERNESTO FLORO MELISSA BRAVERMAN AMY OBERBROECKLING ANNETTE LAWRENCE MARIE RAMBERG PARKPOOM PAKVISAL CHRISTINE QUIGLESS KRISTYN FULLER

Starting the day in the master bedroom of the iconic Presidential “Tata� Suite at the Pierre Hotel.

Dress: Grace a Toi

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Making coffee with a Frieling French Press coffeemaker.

This model is 100% stainless steel, beautifully finished, extremely durable, and fits in any travel bag.

Our favorite travel coffeemaker.

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Hat: B.M. Franklin Dress: Grace a Toi

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Leather Jacket: Dainese Shirt: Stenstrรถms Boots: Stallion Boots

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Playing with the light.

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Dainese “Anniversario� Legacy Leather Jacket.

This limited edition piece celebrates the 45th anniversary of Dainese, the iconic Italian leather jacket company made by and for bikers.

Perfect fit, Italian elegance, this is an instant classic and a piece guys need to have in their wardrobe.

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SUSHI NOZ

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Perfection. This is best word to describe the atmosphere at Sushi Noz. Opened in New York City in March 2018 by David and Joshua Foulquier, Sushi Noz is a unique restaurant. We are not writing this for every review. Words matter. Talking with the owner Joshua Foulquier, we realize the incredible amount of work put in making this restaurant a reality.

Every piece of wood in this temple-like restaurant has been imported from Japan, and has been re-built in NYC by highly skilled Japanese artisans.

This is the real deal. Not your usual Sushi restaurant. And the $300 tab is totally justified.

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Chef Nozomu Abe's vision to create a superlative dining experience – memorable, intimate, elegant, and a feast for the senses – was inspired by childhood memories of extraordinary fish from his grandfather's seafood company in Hokkaido.

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Thus, Sushi Noz was born.

Conceived like an ancient Kyoto temple, it seeks to transport you to another world, where refinements of time and space are transformative and every moment can be treasured.

We have been very impressed, in particular, by the technique of slightly grilling the top of the fish with charcoal in front of the guests for one of the dishes, masterfully and artfully done

by Chef Nozomu Abe.

CHEF NOZOMU ABE

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Chef Noz's culinary journey began as an apprentice in Sapporo. It was here he decided to dedicate himself to the art of sushi. He then moved to Tokyo, epicenter of the centuries-old Edomae style, where he spent years perfecting himself in the techniques of Edomae. This included working with master chefs and preparing dishes with aged, as well as freshlycaught, fish, and traditional vinegar-seasoned rice.

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In 2007, Chef Nozomu Abe moved to New York with the dream of opening his own restaurant and bringing his unique style of cooking to an American audience. After three years at the helm of New York's legendary Sushiden, Noz opened his namesake restaurant, Sushi Noz. We love the very intimate setting, mysterious and quiet, inviting every guest to reflect on what is food technical perfection in the purest Japanese tradition.

SUSHI NOZ 181 E 78th St. New York JOSHUA FOULQUIER, OWNER

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THE ART OF THE AFTERNOON TEA

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THE PENINSULA Gotham Lounge

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The Peninsula’s Gotham Lounge gets everything right.

From the second you walk into this place, warmly greeted by the staff, to the sophisticated and coherent decor, all is just perfect. This could be the template for other hotels on what an afternoon tea experience should be. We can see the perfect training of the staff in the impeccable service from our waiter Conrado: courteous and professional, he makes you feel at home instantly, ready to enjoy perfectly executed pastries and canapés. Very thoughtful selection of chinaware that is nearly stealing the show. We couldn’t stop looking at the beautiful cups and plates with floral patterns. Thomas Woynar, Food & Beverage Manager, is doing an amazing job at maintaining such high standards of service at the Gotham Lounge.

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THOMAS WOYNAR, FOOD AND BEVERAGE MANAGER

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The St Regis hotel is one of New York’s most prestigious and historic hotels. You feel it when you cross the lobby to enter the Astor Court restaurant, where afternoon tea is served. Opened in 1904, an owned at that time

by John Jacob Astor IV, one of the wealthiest men in America, the St Regis has maintained its iconic status until today. The afternoon tea is a tradition here, with ultra fresh savories and pastries prepared with love and passion by Chef Mark Arno and his talented team. The afternoon tea experience at the St Regis is perfect for a business meeting, as the location and the environment are all about power, status, and elegance.

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MARK ARNAO, EXECUTIVE CHEF

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Bunnies. Fairies.

Mysterious Dolls. Strange objects. Alice’s Tea Cup is a totally crazy place. It’s a dream, not the real World. Want to escape the boredom of your life?

No need to take drugs or booze. Have an afternoon tea at Alice’s Tea Cup and recharge your inner energy after spending two hours in this fantasy land, filled with the childhood memories you never knew you had. Maybe you’ll meet a nice ghost, a unicorn, or simply the super friendly staff.

Alice’s Tea Cup is such a refreshing & magical place that we were close not to publish this story, just to keep the secret to ourselves.

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ALICE’S TEA CUP 156 E 64th St. New York