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Last night, the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) held their annual CFDA Fashion Awards, sponsored by Swarovski, at Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center in New York. The organization, commemorating its 50^th anniversary, awarded designers Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez for Proenza Schouler as Womenswear Designer of the Year, Thom Browne as Menswear Designer of the Year and Phillip Lim for 3.1 Phillip Lim as Accessories Designer of the Year. Swarovski Awards recognizing emerging talent went to Erin Beatty and Max Osterweis for Suno (Swarovski Award for Womenswear), Dao-Yi Chow and Maxwell Osborne for Public School (Swarovski Award for Menswear) and Pamela Love (Swarovski Award for Accessories Design). Furthermore, honorees of the night included Vera Wang (Geoffrey Beene Lifetime Achievement Award), Tim Blanks (Media Award), Riccardo Tisci of Givenchy (International Award), Colleen Atwood (The Board of Director’s Tribute) and Oscar de la Renta (Founders Award).

The American-Scandinavian Foundation (ASF) at Scandinavia House: The Nordic Center in America opened its MUNCH | WARHOL and the Multiple Image exhibition, a show that serves as part of Munch 150, the international celebration marking the 150^th anniversary of Munch's birth. The exhibit, which presents the lithographs of Edvard Munch and the large-scale screen prints of Andy Warhol, demonstrates the similarities between the two artists by concentrating on their variations of four of Munch’s iconic works: The Scream, Madonna, Self-Portrait with Skeleton Arm, and The Brooch. Eva Mudocci. The exhibit will be on view through July 27^th, 2013.

To celebrate the opening of the exhibit When Attitudes Become Form: Bern 1969/Venice 2013, Miuccia Prada and Patrizio Bertelli hosted a private preview and lunch at Ca ‘Corner della Regina in Venice. Guests included such notable figures as Massimiliano Gioni, Thomas Campbell, Klaus Biesenbach, Francois Pinault, Hans Hulrich Obrist as well as Lawrence Weiner, Damien Hirst, Cindy Sherman and Francesco Vezzoli, among others. When Attitudes Become Form: Bern 1969/Venice 2013 is on view through November 3^rd, 2013.

Coinciding with this year’s Biennale Internationale of Contemporary Art in Venice, Louis Vuitton unveiled its new cultural space in the City of the Doges along with the location’s first exhibition titled, Where Should Othello Go? Presented by Modern Art historian Adrien Goetz and curator Hervé Mikaleoff, the exhibit features the restored work of late Venetian artist Pompeo Molmenti (1819-1894) as well as an audio-visual installation by contemporary artist Tony Oursler. The exhibit seeks to pay homage to Venice by prominently showcasing The Death of Othello (1866), a masterpiece by Molmenti while Oursler’s installation entitled, Strawberry-Ecstacy-Green, encourages viewers to reassess the traditional interpretations of the art piece. The exhibit is on view through November 24^th, 2013.

Bringing into focus the emerging Venetian art scene, Padiglione Crepaccio aims to give a group of ten young, innovative Venetian artists a global platform during the Venice Biennale. Yoox.com and Il Crepaccio restaurant will host an invite-only display of the artists’ works in a Venetian artist’s house during the festival’s three preview days. Additionally, each day will feature a special, guest-edited brunch, with W Magazine editor Stefano Tonchi on day one, deputy editor of Domus, Roberto Zancan on day two, and Artforum.com and New York Times contributing writer Linda Yablonski on day three. Yoox will then continue to sell the artists' work online for the entire six-month duration of the Biennale. 

Overlooking the Grand Canal in the district of Santa Croce, the Venetian palace Ca ’Corner della Regina has become home of the exhibition When Attitudes Become Form: Bern 1969/Venice 2013 presented by the Fondazione Prada and curated by Germano Celant in dialogue with Thomas Demand and Rem Koolhaas. The presentation seeks to recreate the Herald Szeeman curated 1969 exhibit titled, Live in Your Head. When Attitudes Become Form., an event of historical significance for its radical approach to exhibition curation. When Attitudes Become Form: Bern 1969/Venice 2013 is on view until November 3^rd, 2013.

Marcel Duchamp estimates, “If the shadow is a two-dimensional projection of the three-dimensional world, then the three-dimensional world as we know it is the projection of the four-dimensional universe.” This aphorism accompanies Steven Sebring’s gorgeous Revolution, capturing the essence of the ambitious exhibition. The artist allows us glimpses into the fourth dimension using a 4D camera rig, which is able to capture small increments of time from every angle. Thus, we get to see every moment of every movement made by a dancing Coco Rocha, playing on a gigantic screen. Duchamp’s Nude Descending the Staircase receives modern treatment in Sebring’s Nude Descending the Stairs print. Introducing the revolutionary device to the masses, Revolution was on display for two days only, May 21^st – 23^rd at the 69^th Regiment Armory.