ARTE: Mother of George

This film comes out in LA tomorrow. The trailer is beautiful and some of our favorites worked on the film, Bradford Young is the DP, Mobalji Dawodu was the costume designer and Andrew Dosunmu helms the director role! Check it out.

Synopsis:

Adenike and Ayodele (The Walking Dead's Danai Guira and veteran actor Isaach De Bankole) are a Nigerian couple living in Brooklyn.  Following the joyous celebration of their wedding, complications arise our of their inability to conceive a child - a problem that devastates their family and defies cultural expectations, leading Adenike to make a shocking decision that could either save her family or destroy it.  Acclaimed director Andrew Dosumnu (Restless City) captures the nuances of this unique and fascinating culture by creating a beautiful, vibrant and moving portrait of a couple whose joys and struggles are at once intimate and universal.

The films website has all the details about show times and theaters.

ARTE: ADL Art Auction

Last night I attended the art auction for the Anti Defamation League LA at the home of Jeanne and Tony Pritzker.  The host was Eli Broad and there were tons of awesome pieces up for grabs!  Kehinde Wiley, Gary Baseman and Kenturah Davis were just a few of the talents involved.  Kenturah made a drawing for the occasion.  A portrait of Alpha Robertson, the mother of Carole Robertson the 14 year old girl that was killed in the 1963 church bombing.  Read the article published in the Jewish Journal which features a quote from Kenturah about her art practice.

ARTE: Silkscreen How To

Love this from the Bruces!

ARTE: STWTS

Tatyana Fazlalizadeh is an artist we have worked with in the past and have featured many times on ARTE: Her project Stop Telling Women To Smile is kick starting!  Check it out and pledge to get some really rad things :-)

ARTE: Metamorphose x AD Interieurs x Paris 2013

The trip to Paris was for the opening of Metamorphose which is sponsored by Architectural Digest France.  It launchs design week in Paris and honors the top 10-15 architects and designers in Europe you should be working with.

Elliott Barnes is one of the designers picked for the top honor! He along with the others were invited to design a room in a classic old Parisian mansion.  Elliott commissioned 5 hand written drawings from Kenturah to display in his "Le Salon de Compagnie"  The exhibition is on view September 7 - 22, 2013 at 47 quai de la Tournelle 75005 Paris

Kenturah sharing a moment with Padma Lakshmi

A view of the room Elliott Barnes designed

ARTE: Roy Lichtenstein

Had the pleasure of checking out the Roy Lichtenstein retrospect at Centre Pompidou in Paris.  This video from My Art Agenda sums up the exhibition experience perfectly!