Yoko Ono: One Woman Show, 1960-1971 Opens May 17, 2015 At MoMA In New York
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May 17-September 7, 2015
The Museum of Modern Art in New York City presents its first exhibition dedicated exclusively to the work of Yoko Ono,
taking as its point of departure the artist’s unofficial MoMA debut in late 1971. At that time, Ono advertised her “one woman show,” titled Museum of Modern [F]art. However, when visitors arrived at the Museum there was little evidence of her work. According to a sign outside the entrance, Ono had released flies on the Museum grounds, and the public was invited to track them as they dispersed across the city. Now, over 40 years later, Yoko Ono: One Woman Show, 1960–1971 surveys the decisive decade that led up to Ono’s unauthorized exhibition at MoMA, bringing together approximately 125 of her early objects, works on paper, installations, performances, audio recordings, and films, alongside rarely seen archival materials. A number of works invite interaction, includingPainting to Be Stepped On (1960/1961) and Ono’s groundbreaking performance, Bag Piece (1964). The exhibition draws upon the 2008 acquisition of the Gilbert and Lila Silverman Fluxus Collection Gift, which added approximately 100 of Ono’s artworks and related ephemera to the Museum’s holdings.
The New York Times reports that the show is is critical in recalibrating the art world reputations of Ms. Ono, for the museum and chief curator at large at MoMA Klaus Biesenbach, who is under severe pressure for this current show on Björk.
In conjunction with the show, Yoko Ono, the widow of music icon John Lennon, has designed a collection of espresso cups and saucers inspired by tragedy. The collection features the dates and places of six tragic events written in Ono’s handwriting, including the atomic bombing of Hiroshima in 1945 and the day in 1980 when Lennon was murdered in Central Park New York.
A seventh cup is untouched and is meant to represent hope. The collection is titled ‘Yoko Ono: Mended Cups - illy Art Collection’ is inspired by Kintsugi, the japanese technique of repairing cracked pottery with brushstrokes of gold’, writes Page Six. 
A Very Naked & Pregnant Marisa Miller Takes On SeaWorld
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Marisa Miller is adding her name to the list of celebrities and well-known voices boycotting SeaWorld. The 36-year-old model, who is pregnant with her second child, posed discreetly naked and motherly in a small bathtub with a message reading: ‘SeaWorld: Separating Babies and Mothers Since 1970.
“… Orcas at SeaWorld spend their lives in tiny concrete tanks that, to them, are the size of a bathtub,” Miller detailed, referencing her ad campaign. “Because of their confinement, they can only float listlessly, swim in circles and attack one another until they die — usually far short of their natural life expectancy — from injuries, pneumonia or other captivity-related causes. At least 36 orcas have died at SeaWorld — and not one of them from old age.”
SeaWorld’s stock price has lost its luster, although Goldman has issued a buy signal. In the year ended Dec. 31, 2013, sales rose an anemic 2.6% and per-share earnings fell by 33.7%. In 2014, its sales fell by 5.6%, and per-share earnings slid 3.4% to $0.57 per share as fewer people frequented its parks, writes TIME. Last quarter, revenue fell 2.7%.
SeaWorld shares are down 32% in the last 12 months, prompting SeaWorld to launch a national $10 million ad campaign that includes TV, print and digital messaging.
Most recently, Jane Goodall, the respected scientist who has devoted her life to working with primates, told The Huffington post that SeaWorld ‘should be closed down.’
Lara Stone & Tom Ford By Inez & Vinoodh For Tom Ford Noir Pour Femme Fragrance
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Top model Lara Stone assumes a come-hither stance, joining Tom Ford in the launch of TOM FORD NOIR POUR FEMME, lensed by Inez & Vinoodh. The new scent for women ‘maintains the fascinating paradox of the Tom Ford woman in the seductive oriental-floral fragrance which is both sensual and extravagant,’ says the designer.
Feminism 101 | Geena Davis Launches Arkansas Film Fest For Women & Diversity
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Backed by a roster of corporate sponsors including Walmart and Coca Cola, actor Geena Davis has opened the 1st Annual Bentonville Film Festival running from April 5-9.
Davis explains that it’s not the first film festival to specialize in women and diversity, it’s the first film festival to promise theatrical releases for the winning entries. ‘It’s unheard of in the world, actually’ explained the Oscar-winning Davis. ‘It’s the only festival offering distribution across theatrical, digital and on TV and on DVD … That’s just part of our push to show how commercial diverse films can be.’
About 75 films will be screened over the four-day festival, which will also include panel discussions and a celebratory “A League of Their Own” baseball game, featuring appearances by Rosie O’Donnell and two original members of the All American Girls Professional Baseball League.
As founder of the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media in 2007, the actor plans to expand the festival beyond Bentonville to include educational outreach and events throughout the year.
Research funded by Davis’ institute and conducted by the University of Southern California found that women — who constitute more than half of the US population — typically make up just 17 percent of on-screen crowd scenes. As Davis points out, from Congress to the business world, this 17 percent female factor is unyieldingly consistent.
#WITHOUTSHOES | TOMS Will Donate Up To 1 Million Shoes With A Snap Of Your Feet
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Footwear brand Toms is already known for their permanent campaign that donates a pair of shoes when customers buy a pair. In an exciting new campaign, TOMS will donate a pair of shoes if you just post a snap of your feet on Instagram with the hashtag #WITHOUTSHOES. You can post on a friend’s Instagram account also, but Toms is verifying only one post per account.
‘We’d rather spend our money doing more good rather than traditional advertising, says Toms founder Blake Mycoskie of the company’s decision to invest in the giveaways.
Fashionista writes: ‘It’s smart: The campaign will likely generate plenty of awareness through social media and make Toms look exceptionally charitable in the process, for the cost of producing up to 1 million pairs of shoes. A more traditional campaign would be hard-pressed to promise such a return on investment.’
Love Stories | Leonard Lauder & Judy Glickman | Sheryl Sandberg & Dave Goldberg | Charlize Theron & Sean Penn
/Leonard Lauder & Judy Glickman: A Marvelously Grounded, Old-Fashioned Love Story
Leonard Lauder and Judy GlickmanThey are not star-crossed teenagers, writes the New York Times. The man was for more than 50 years, one half of one of New York’s most prominent couples. Leonard Lauder’s wife Evelyn died in 2011 at age 75 of ovarian cancer and after 52 years of marriage. Judy Glickman was married to shopping center developer Albert Glickman. An accomplished photographer with work in major museums, Glickman is the mother of four children and was married for 54 years when her husband died.
The two couples knew each other well for over 30 years, primarily within the context of their homes in Aspen. The two men skiied together while the women sometimes played tennis. When Mr. Glickman died two years ago at 79. Mr. Lauder spoke at his funeral.
The love story weaves in both friends and family — children plotting to bring the two friends together in a romantic laison and most notably Bonnie Laurenberg, the widow of former Democratic senator from New Jersey Frank Lautenberg. The recently widowed Lautenberg told Mr. Lauder: ‘Leonard, you know there is nothing nicer than going out with an old friend, and I think Judy Glickman is the girl for you.’
Bonnie Lautenberg struck again in January 2014 when Mr. Lauder made his move, asking Mrs. Glickman to join him in Palm Beach for a weekend. Glickman declined but had the common sense to share the details with Lautenberg.
‘You said what?’ Mrs. Lautenberg replied. ‘Call him back!’
‘So I did,’ the new Mrs. Lauder said.
With much of their families in attendance, Mr. and Mrs. Lauder were married on New Year’s Day, by the water in Sarasota, Fla. The ceremony was officiated by two of Mrs. Lauder’s three sons and one of her daughters-in-law, all rabbis.
To commemorate their love story, Mr. Lauder had T-shirts made. The words printed on them read: “You said what? Call him back!”
Sheryl Sandberg & Dave Goldberg: A Moving Tribute To Tragedy
Sheryl Sandberg, the chief operating officer of Facebook, posted a deeply personal and moving tribute to her husband David Goldberg, who died in a tragic gym accident last week in Puerta Vallarta, Mexico. Goldberg, 47, CEO of Survey Monkey, slipped while exercising on a treadmill in the villa’s gym and struck his head.
Goldberg is celebrated as the rare Silicon Valley executive who truly supported women in careers, and especially those who were also wives and mothers. Sandberg posted the tribute to her husband on her Facebook page.
Dave and I did not get nearly enough time together. But as heartbroken as I am today, I am equally grateful. Even in these last few days of completely unexpected hell – the darkest and saddest moments of my life – I know how lucky I have been. If the day I walked down that aisle with Dave someone had told me that this would happen – that he would be taken from us all in just 11 years – I would still have walked down that aisle. Because 11 years of being Dave Goldberg’s wife, and 10 years of being a parent with him is perhaps more luck and more happiness than I could have ever imagined. I am grateful for every minute we had.
As we put the love of my life to rest today, we buried only his body. His spirit, his soul, his amazing ability to give is still with it. It lives on in the stories people are sharing of how he touched their lives, in the love that is visible in the eyes of our family and friends, in the spirit and resilience of our children. Things will never be the same – but the world is better for the years my beloved husband lived.
Charlize Theron & Sean Penn: Friends to Lovers
Actor Charlize Theron covers the new issue of Elle UK, lensed by Bjarne Jonasson. The golden girl talks in-depth about gender-based pay disparity in Hollywood and her love story with fellow actor Sean Penn. The two were close friends before developing a romantic relationship in 2014.
