The "Alchemy" exhibition is curated by Sabrina Blaichman, Caroline Copley and Genevieve Hudson- Price.

Jean Dunand combined Chinese traditional science and the decorative invention of an artist in the West

"Rustie takes the whole 80's glitz+90's glitch to a whole new level. It's a beautiful perversion"

The streets are talking!

Silvester@Nous Photographed by Joe Lally

Film still from "My Best Thing." 2011

This weekend I ventured into the fascinating industrial-scape around Long Island City, odd home to MoMA PS1, which gets pioneering cred for breaching an art culture in this unlikely location.

Marianne Fassarella at Mega : Polaroids via welovemodels.com

After clocking 22 of the 24 shows at Fashion Rio and sweeping the SPFW show market,

"very useful for deciphering the cryptic by-ways of Sao Paulo's visual coding "

I couldn't bear to upload the vivid Carmen Miranda cover of " Brazilian Style", the Assouline tome that certainly doesn't dodge the clichés that come to mind when thinking of Brazil.

Lucas Christino at Elian Gallardo. I-phone casting snap

NICOLE WERMERS Born 1971 in Emsdetten, Germany, lives in London and Emsdetten

Pre-flight art break

U MAG: THE NEW ORDER ISSUE / COVER PREVIEW

TI is en route to Sao Paulo on assignment for MDC to cover that Fashion Week, but equally exciting is the chance to catch up with the vibrant new wave of Brazilain fashion and design talent such as Juliano from Made In Brazil and Romeu from U Mag. I'm eagerly anticipating vitality and fun!