Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana’s “Magic Library” party at the New York Public Library offered more than a glittering display of their Alta Gioielleria. The people-watching was major and the gospel performance mesmerizing. As if that weren’t enough, the duo commissioned original artwork for the evening from Nick Georgiou, whose work they have been collecting since discovering it at Allouche Gallery. Read the full article at: https://www.vogue.com/article/artist-nick-georgious-created-commissioned-works-for-dolce-gabbana-new-york-new-york-alta-festivities

The Seattle-born artist’s instantly recognisable form of self-expression is his airbrushed dog illustrations, which he uses in his work to erase the stigma of the graffiti scenes he grew up in. Completely self-taught, CHITO’s repeated dedication to his motifs have become his own hallmark style, with a set of characters that you’ll no doubt have seen grace your Instagram feed over the last five years. Read the full article at https://www.complex.com/style/a/jacob-davey/chito-interview

Allouche Gallery, Los Angeles presents “New Perspectives: A Group Showing of African Portraiture,” a group exhibition featuring the works of five contemporary African painters. “New Perspectives” shines a light on depictions of identity through portraiture in the works of notable Nigerian and Ghanaian contemporary artists Israel Agboola, Frank Coffie, Mamus Esiebo, Kelani Fatai and Foster Sakyiamah. Distinct voices and thematic approaches of each artist create a dynamic and multi-layered exhibition. Kelani Fatai empowers the African image in his works through its association with regality. Ornate decorative patterns merge modern African subjects with the language of Old Masters. Politics of race

The work in “A Mechanical Resolution” is a meditation on the process of creating art in a technically advanced society. The subjects Cid depicts are abstract cyborgian figures with complex textures and explosions of color surrounded by scribbles of text, impasto polka dots, limbs, and weapons made from silicone, graphite, spray paint, and more. For Cid, however, the focus of his work lies not particularly in the content he depicts but in the transformative process of painting itself. Felix grew up in Madrid and studied art and photography at a young age. He graduated from Yale’s MFA program where he