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Objects of Desire

19 December 2022 • Kimberly

lacma - model pleasure iii by silvia kolbowski

Took the ever-elegant Lady Dior on an outing this weekend. To the LACMA we went; it'd been a while since I visited (and at least two years since she'd been out of storage). Key works were still just as I remembered (Picassos and Matisses, namely, and this giant David Hockney of his view commuting to ... Read More

Five Things (9.23.22)

23 September 2022 • Kimberly

mahsa amini nytimes tribute by shoshibuya with edith ekyndt photo

For Mahsa Amini. 1. Here's an overview of what's happening around the world. Tell me why every news outlet chose to dedicate so much time and resources following Queen Elizabeth's funeral proceedings (predominantly centering the coverage around Meghan Markle and British royalty gossip) over ... Read More

A Very Good Year

8 April 2022 • Kimberly

palace 2022 a very good year ad poster

A few years ago, I had a line from T. S. Eliot's Four Quartets tattooed down my leg. It was the most beautiful thing I'd ever read—at the still point of the turning world—which completely consumed me then (and now, still). Perhaps it was because I craved stillness. I was chasing, always. Running ... Read More

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