The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey announced that the refreshed John F. Kennedy International Airport will have its very own Yoko Ono installation, ARTnews reports. The Ono work is a collaboration with the Museum of Modern Art; the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the American Museum of Natural History and Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts will have their own installations at JFK as well.
At R & Company’s White Street location, a show of reflective works has been extended through August 22. Curated by Charlap Hyman & Herrero, “Glass Subjects” is an homage to Serge Roche, a French artist who collected and exhibited mirrors in the 1930s and wrote two books on the subject.
Following a music mogul whose chauffeur’s son is being held for ransom, Spike Lee’s latest film, Highest 2 Lowest, is far from autobiographical. Still, one element is pulled from Lee’s life. The penthouse of the film’s main character, David King (Denzel Washington), is filled with notable pieces from his art collection, which was inspired by the director’s own holdings, as ArtNet News reports. The works adorning King’s apartment include reproductions of ones Lee actually owns, such as Tim Okamura’s portrait of Toni Morrison and multiple Jean-Michel Basquiat paintings.
Back in June we reported on the wave of athletes wearing Van Cleef & Arpels’s classic Alhambra necklaces. Now, Town and Country and Robb Report have picked up on the trend, and noted that even more MLB players have been seen donning the necklaces. “Athletes are very superstitious, especially in baseball,” Gabe Arik, the co-owner of Happy Jewelers, a shop beloved by MLB players, told T&C. “A lot of sports guys think about lucky charms, so I’m sure it has a lot to do with it, too. But I think they wear it more for style.”
