I was in Portugal for a week, traveling with my 'made in Brazil' friends and in one of my gallery hunting afternoons in Porto, I had the chance of meeting the girls from Aguas Furtadas (lovely by the way!). They had such great collection of work by young talented Portuguese designers and artists that no need to say that my friends L, P and J had to push me literally out of the gallery.
Some of the most fabulous art dolls they had were the hand made ones by Dina Ladina. I uploaded some photos of her work below that I kindly borrowed from her personal crafts blog, but you can find more images in her Flickr photostream, where she has lots of pics of her beautiful work.
Our 'querissíma' super top-model Gisele receives a dedicated feature in the British daily The Independent. The article is all superlatives, but well, what isn't in the mega-model's life?
The british gallery Chris Beetles, in collaboration with Sotheby's, announces an exhibition of photographer, painter, illustrator, writer and Oscar-winning designer of sets and costumes Cecil Beaton (1904 - 1980).
Beaton the photographer cultivated a genius for staging compelling scenes. An extensive list of movie stars, artists and members of the Royal Family were portraited by him, amongst them Buster Keaton, Marlene Dietrich, Pablo Picasso, Edith Sitwell, Truman Capotte, Audrey Hepburn and Marilyn Monroe.
The show in London combines 64 vintage and modern prints, the latter produced from original negatives drawn from Sotheby’s unique archive.
Accompanying the exhibition will be a 92 page, fully illustrated catalogue containing a foreword by Mario Testino. It is available from the gallery at 10 pounds. Cecil Beaton selling exhibition Beetles Gallery, London 22 April to 16 May 2009 www.chrisbeetles.com
Threadless 12 Club - A friend of mine gave this fab subscription to her boyfriend for his birthday - 12 special edition Threadless Tshirts, one in the mail every month.
Very original, and this blog recommends :-)
The Brazilian fashion designer Rita Wainer (no need to say that she is one of my favorites!) is selling some of her illustrations on her blog. The prints come in A4 size, signed and numbered. Rita ships the work anywhere in the world!!! I've purchased the lion illustration below and it's already here in Barcelona!
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