Smith continues her feminist heritage with a new installation titled Sojourn at the Brooklyn Museum. Sojourn was inspired in part by a quotidian needlepoint from 1783, Prudence Punderson’s “The First, Second, and Last Scenes of Mortality.” The handwork highlights the stages of a feminine life, while mysteriously sidestepping domestic scenes and children.

Visitation of the Bird I, 2007 Ink, graphite, colored pencil, mica, glitter and collage on Nepal paper 87" x 85" (221 cm x 215.9 cm) Photo by: Ellen Labenski/ Courtesy PaceWildenstein, New York © Kiki Smith, Courtesy PaceWildenstein, New York

Opening this Friday at the Sackler Center for Feminist Art in the Brooklyn Museum, Sojourn is a site-specific installation incorporating elements of sculpture, casts, photographs and works on paper. The show will also snake into adjacent period rooms nearby.

Like the needlepoint, Smith’s art  is about process with more attention paid to cycles and creation than to a particular medium. In an interview with the curator of the museum, Katherine Morris, the artist commented, the work was like “making a model for being an artist.”

Sojourn opens February 12 and runs through September 21 at
The Brooklyn Museum
200 Eastern Parkway
Brooklyn, New York

Walking Puppet, 2008 Papier-mâché with muslin 80" x 30" x 40" (203.2 cm x 76.2 cm x 101.6 cm), overall Photo by: Volker Dohne/ Courtesy PaceWildenstein, New York © Kiki Smith, Courtesy PaceWildenstein, New York

Messenger III, 2008 Cast aluminum, white gold and gold leaf 31-1/2" x 42-1/2" x 42" (80 cm x 108 cm x 106.7 cm) Photo by: Joerg Lohse/ Courtesy PaceWildenstein, New York © Kiki Smith, Courtesy PaceWildenstein, New York

Teaching, 2007 Ink, graphite, colored pencil, and collage on Nepal paper 8' 5" x 4' 8-3/4" (256.5 cm x 144.1 cm) Photo by: Ellen Labenski/ Courtesy PaceWildenstein, New York © Kiki Smith, Courtesy PaceWildenstein, New York

Singer, 2008 Cast aluminum 65" x 27" x 24" (165.1 cm x 68.6 cm x 61 cm) Photo by: Volker Dohne/ Courtesy PaceWildenstein, New York © Kiki Smith, Courtesy PaceWildenstein, New York

Open Coffin (on table), 2008 Ink on Nepal paper with lithographic crayon 96" x 8' 8-3/4" (243.8 cm x 266.1 cm) Photo by: G.R. Christmas/ Courtesy PaceWildenstein, New York © Kiki Smith, Courtesy PaceWildenstein, New York

Annunciation, 2008 Cast aluminum 61-1/2" x 32" x 19" (156.2 cm x 81.3 cm x 48.3 cm) Photo by: Joerg Lohse/ Courtesy PaceWildenstein, New York © Kiki Smith, Courtesy PaceWildenstein, New York

” We are very excited to announce that we are hosting the first ever truly global fashion show. We will be simultaneously live streaming our show using 3D technology directly to New York, Paris, Dubai, Tokyo and LA. This unprecedented event will enable people to experience the energy and atmosphere of this show from around the world,” says Christopher Bailey, Burberry’s Chief Creative Officer.

“3D technology will bring our global audience into the London show space allowing them to see the colours and fabrics, to hear the music and to be a part of that moment when it all finally comes together,” Bailey added.

Here are the worldwide locations:

NEW YORK 3D live streaming event at Skylight studios

PARIS 3D live streaming event hosted with concept store, colette

DUBAI 3D live streaming event at The Address

TOKYO 3D live streaming to La Fabrique for ”Burberry Night”

LOS ANGELES* 3D streaming event hosted by Tina Brown, editor of The Daily Beast

For those still stuck in the two-dimensional world (or far from one of the cities above), not to worry. There will be good ol’ 2-D streaming via Burberry’s website come show time.

Remember those reports that Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie were kaput? Think again. The pair was spotted putting on a major PDA show in pal Paul Allen’s luxury suite at the Superbowl in Miami, putting to rest the pesky rumors of a break up. Brad flew from LA to Miami on Saturday afternoon with their son Maddox. But Angie wasn’t far behind  she arrived on Sunday and went to the big game as well. And during the Saints and Colts face-off, Angie couldn’t keep her hands off her man! “They were holding hands the entire time, and she kept stealing kisses,” says a witness. “They were all over each other during the whole game.’ But was it all for show? Angie is notoriously image-savvy, and even sued the British newspaper News of the World for reporting that she and Brad were busy dividing their assets and prepping for a split.

Out & About

Cameron Diaz, getting close to Alex Rodriguez at the CAA party in Miami
during Superbowl weekend.

Jennifer Aniston, showing off her sexy bikini body while celebrating her
birthday in Cabo San Lucas, with on-again beau Gerard Butler in tow.

Kellan Lutz, cuddling with girlfriend AnnaLynne McCord at the pool at
Miami¹s Shore Club hotel.

Nicole Richie, getting lunch with babbydaddy Joel Madden at Hugo’s in LA.

Jennifer Lopez, performing in a sexy dress at LIV nightclub in the
Fontainbleau Hotel in Miami Beach.

George Clooney, vacationing in St. Moritz, Switzerland with girlfriend
Elisabetta Canalis.

directed by: christopher thompson

release date: 24 march 2010

cast: marc-andre grondin, elisa sednaoui, arthur dupont, geraldine pailhas

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Including Sanzhi, Biernat visited 17 places over the course of a year, taking photos of ghost town buildings in New Zealand, a solo yurt in Mongolia, and pink tipi-style houses in Namibia.

“It was supposed to be my 30th birthday present; I wanted to go around the world,” says Biernat, who is originally from Poland and now lives in New York. She and her husband based where they wanted to travel on places where they hadn’t yet been.

“All we knew were countries [we wanted to go to]. Then inside, basically we were doing a lot of couch-surfing,” Biernat says. “We stayed with local people, and they told us about these places.”

In Taiwan, Biernat and her husband stumbled upon another future-themed village an hour from Sanzhi; several photos of “Green Bay Resort” also made it into Continental Bounce. For the couple’s travels in Kenya, an acquaintance in the U.S. suggested they stay with his family in a Masai village.

One critic described the colors in Biernat’s photographs as “ripe,” and looking for where these vegetal and flower-bright tones appear in similar combinations, in very different parts of the world, is a satisfying game. And the shapes, too: photographs of two gas stations, in Coober Pedy, Australia and the Gobi Desert, Mongolia, are presented side-by-side like long-lost twins.

An architectural photographer whose work has appeared in magazines such as Metropolis and ELLE Decor, Biernat focused on living spaces without their inhabitants for the bulk of this exhibition, which is her first solo show in New York. A grid of smaller photos — each one slightly bigger than a square of chocolate — feature some of the Chinese guards and Masai warriors she encountered.

“I never considered myself a ‘people photographer,’ but during the trip, we met so many amazing people, it was hard not to take their photographs,” says Biernat. She adds, “The end picture, it seems, the people themselves are like structures.”

Biernat is now working on a more localized project. As part of her MFA at Transart Institute, through Donau-Universität Krems in Austria, she is documenting how people’s apartments illustrate their cultural identities in her adopted hometown, post-recession New York.

Continental Bounce
Magda Biernat
On exhibition through March 2
Clic Gallery
424 Broome Street
New York, NY 10013
Daily 11 am – 7 pm