NADA. SCOPE. Context. Art Basel. The cultural juggernaut that is Miami Art Week kicks off next Thursday, December 6 — which means it’s just a matter of days before South Beach and its surrounds flood with the international art set. Expect jaw-dropping works, interesting discussions, and more than a...
Read moreSometimes to make one gorgeous restaurant, you need a trifecta of talent. Case in point: Swan. The new Miami Design District hot spot brings together the talents of David Grutman (the hospitality guru behind LIV, Planta, OTL, and more), Jean Imbert (Top Chef winner), and Pharrell Williams (we’ll let...
Read moreGlobs of resin, swirls of vinyl, piped loops of ceramic. From his studio in Brooklyn, artist and designer Joseph Algieri creates works where the natural order of things seems to be encouraged. Foam is left to settle into pools. Chaotic splatters create winning design motifs. The genius is in...
Read moreFor Toro y Moi‘s latest track, “Freelance,” director Harry Israelson takes us on a deceivingly vibrant romp through a photo shoot. While the camera flashes, singer Chaz Bear works out his modern inner demons. He tackles topics like unending pressure of self-production, the infiltration of smart phones, the desire to...
Read moreDerek Feldman didn’t want to go into food. Not initially. He loved sports, studied sports management, graduated with the intention of going into the business of sports. But then he got sidelined. Put up in the hospital with an illness that would set him back for the better part...
Read moreThere are few companions quite like a book, especially when on the road. (Aren’t books, really, the ultimate trip? Between their pages, an escape hatch – the mind’s getaway of the highest order.) A hotel of the literary sort, SIXTY makes sure to guide its guests towards tomes of...
Read moreWith the beach and its bliss far behind us — well, not for our SIXTY ports in Los Angeles or Miami, but you get the idea — it’s time to sink our teeth into the indoor bounty that is the fall cultural calendar. This month, our resident culture critic Scott Heins...
Read moreThe mix of shows in this edition of SIXTY’s Art Beat has something to satisfy everyone, from modern sleekness to archival research to literal trash. The exhibitions picked by resident art critic Rob Goyanes include a neglected performance artist of the 1970s NYC queer scene, a painter who had...
Read moreChris Earl makes nice things. Things you’d like to have sitting in your living room, on your kitchen shelves. The the kind of things that make people say “Oooo… where did you get this?” when they walk into a home. That’s because Earl has an ingrained feel for quality,...
Read moreYellowed leaves are very quickly turning into bare branches over here at SIXTY HQ and the scene has plunged us headlong into a rather contemplative mood. Good thing the latest track from Jessica Pratt, “This Time Around,” is the perfect song for mid-autumn daydreaming. It’s off her soon-to-be-released album,...
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