Last week our good friends over at Blkmarket Membership had a little affair in downtown’s club cave Love. The special night was kicked off by Blkmarket residents Taimuar & Fahad. As usual the duo touched the crowed. The collaboration between Dandy Jack & Sonja Moonear was absolutely amazing. Love’s amazing sound system had trouble supporting the bass thumping tracks these two were playing. Check out the images after the post.

New York City promoters Sheik ‘N’ Beik in conjunction with AM Only present Minus’ own Barem. The South American native has been a perfect fit for the Berlin based label over the past few years. His style and aspirations have been well perceived by party goer’s all over the world. On March 13th, Barem will be joined by Sheik ‘N’ Beik’s own Julio and Varick at a Secret Location. This party will be jumping and something electronic music lovers in New York City should be anticipating. To get location info patrons should email REPLY@SHEIKNBEIK.COM.

World famous artist Jeff Koons is curating a show in New York City titled “Skin Fruit.” The exhibition features over 100 works of art from 50 different international artists, chosen from the collection of prominent art collector Dakis Joannou. Located at the New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York City, it will be open until June 6th. The exhibition ” explores the age-old preoccupation with the human body as a vessel and vehicle for experience, a distinctive focus of the collection. Koons’s title “Skin Fruit” alludes to notions of genesis, evolution, original sin, and sexuality. “Skin” and “fruit” evoke the tensions between interior and exterior, between what we see and what we consume.” More images after the jump.

French artist JR has created a beautiful dedication to women in wartime from 70 different photographs, titled “Women are Heroes.” The chosen photographs were enlarged to a monstrous size and mounted up in separate sheets of paper, like an enormous jigsaw puzzle. They were placed all over Paris, on bridges and walls along the River Seine, and the video shows several time lapses of the giant expressions taking shape over the course of several days. Passersby are interviewed, asking their opinion on the artwork, and one asks what the point is, because it is paper and is eventually destroyed by the wind and rain. The destruction of JR’s work becomes as important as its creation, and the 8 minute video manages to capture a sense of wonder and loss in its brevity.

Source: Wooster Collective

The Armory Show 2010 is coming up in a couple of weeks at Pier 94 in New York City. From March 4th-7th, international artists, galleries, collectors, critics and curators will be flocking to the exhibit to see what has become America’s leading art fair of important 20th-21st century art. Here’s a preview of some of the works that will be featured in the highly anticipated showcase. More images after the jump.

Source: Arrested Motion

Adidas has announced their Spring/Summer 2010 line, including a new blue label collection named “Originals A.039.” The collection includes head-to-toe pieces for both men and women based on iconic styles that incorporate their three stripes and trefoil logo in creative and contemporary ways. The collection includes a more subtle, sophisticated look in the first quarter and a brighter, collegiate, graphic look in the second quarter. Striped knits, bright plaids, funky accessories and of course, stylish sneakers are the highlights of the new line. “Orginals A.039” is available now and Adidas store and select distributors. Also check out these photos from UK magazine Volt, which featured their promotional shoot with photographer Joost Vanderbrug and stylist Cynthia Lawrence-John.

C.F. Moller Architects recently completed this extension to the University College Vitus Bering Denmark in Horsens, named the Vitus Bering Innovation Park. The addition to the 1970’s structure aimed to place teaching and entrepreneur start-up office facilities side by side. The new building sits on a brick base – the same as its predecessor, but it is much more innovative in both design and its impact on the environment. The six story building, though rectangular in shape, appears to be in constant motion due to its glassy strips that create the illusion of a spiral shift upwards. The spiral sequence is mirrored in the interior as well through the large, bright green spiraling staircase that lands in a different position on each level, framing the atrium as the central core of the building. The basic floor plan is simple and flexible, to adapt to the needs of the University. This complex is also one of the first office complexes in Denmark that has attained the classification of a low-energy class 1, meaning it is twice as energy efficient as the minimum required by Danish building regulations. Innovative factors, such as highly insulated windows and air conditioning that adjusts itself according to the number of people present in each room, lead to this achievement.

“Portraits” at the National Portrait Gallery in London is a new exhibition dedicated to some of the most famous portraits by the late Irving Penn. Over his 70 year career, he photographed many important cultural figures of the 20th century, and featured in the exhibition will be Truman Capote, Salvador Dali, Christian Dior, T.S. Eliot, Duke Ellington, Grace Kelly, Rudolf Nureyev, Al Pacino, Edith Piaf, Pablo Picasso and Harold Pinter. Over 120 silver and platinum prints will be on display that range from his Vogue work in the 1940s to some of his last works before his death last year. “Portraits” will be on display until June 6th in London, then it will move to Palazzo delle Esposizioni in Rome from July 1st through September 19th, 2010.