AI WEIWEI: NEVER SORRY, A DOCUMENTARY BY ALISON KLAYMAN

By DAWN ELARDO
The sudden of disappearance of Chinese artist and activist Ai WeiWei last year, gathered the art community to rally up to fight for the artist's life against one of the most closed and censored prone government in the globe, China.  

It just so happens, that when the Chinese authority seized the controversial figure and placed him under arrest and put him in detention in an undisclosed prison for several months, Alison Klayman an American journalist was already in post-production with a documentary on the contemporary artist called Ai WeiWei: Never Sorry.

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MIUCCIA PRADA SENDS ACTORS TO WALK DOWN THE RUNWAY FOR MEN'S FASHION WEEK

By LINA LORNA
Miuccia Prada known for setting the stage rather than following it, most certainly made her Men's Fall/Winter (F/W) Prada 2012 point of view quite clear this season  Walking down the runway at her Milan Fashion Week show this passed Sunday, was as an army of cinematic faces: one by one, the likes of Gary Oldman, Adrien Brody, Willem Defoe, Tim Roth, among many others (as well as models) strutted the newest Prada looks for men this 2012. 

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APPLE'S IBOOK 2: MIGHT ALMOST MAKE YOU WANT TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL AGAIN

Apple's iBook 2 for the iPad

By DAWN ELARDO

One of Steve Jobs's final targets for Apple, prior to his passing—which many overlooked, focusing mostly on the tech pioneer's claim to wanting to disrupt the television industry—was education.  

In Walter Issacson's Steve Jobs Biography, towards the end of the book, it becomes apparent that both the author and Jobs was preparing to make sure to talk about everything the high-tech entrepreneur (of all time), thought was important to him and everything he stood for.  

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RENZO PIANO'S NEW IMPRESSIONISTIC BUILDING: THE STEWART GARDNER ART MUSEUM

Photography © Nic Lehoux 

Renzo Piano Building Workshop

By KAYLA TASCHEN
The Isabella Stewart Gardner Art Museum in Boston has recently gotten a new extension to complement the old.   Back in 1903, art collector and philanthropist, Isabella Stewart Gardner built a museum designed after a 15th century Venetian palace called. Palazzo Babaro to house her developing collection.  Her growing assemblage consisted of serious Renaissance masterpieces by Italian painters Titian and Botticelli, as well as by the Dutch painter Vermeer.  Today, over more than a century later, Italian architect, Renzo Piano unveiled his addition and restoration to the museum. 

Isabella Stewart Gardner Art Museum Boston from Robert Greim Productions

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STOP CONGRESS FROM THOUGHTLESSLY DISMEMBERING THE INTERNET'S DNA: STOP PIPA & SOPA FROM PASSING!

Think about it: No more Wikipedia. No more informational social-networking centers. Youtube would become a skeleton. No more of the blogs we love, and an endless trickle down of thoughtless censorships all because our government fails to understand what it all means and how to handle ending piracy accordingly, without destroying alternative sources and livelihoods. 

Go HERE to learn more and to sign the petition for your Congress telling them to STOP PIPA & SOPA!  

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A POP-UP GASTRONOMIC EXPERIENCE IN THE SKY: THE CUBE HITS MILANO

By DAWN ELARDO

A pop-up restaurant up in the sky, The Cube: Dining With A View, is a traveling restaurant, mobilizing its way through out European cities to serve up a gastronomical experience you will never forget.  

The Cube has recently graced Milan, Italy with its presence.  The view is situated right across the tavola, Il Duomo, which is adjacent to the infamous square, Piazza del Duomo.  Sponsored by Electrolux (the Swedish appliance maker), the concept was introduced by a Belgian event agency called Absolute Blue and the pavilion was designed by the Milan based Italian firm, Park Associati.

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