Deborah Oster Pannell

Interview by Deborah Oster Pannell

I initially encountered Tomo Mori’s work at Flux Art Fair in 2015, the first large-scale international art fair inspired by and in honor of Harlem, a neighborhood with its own, rich cultural history. Her intricately constructed, multi-colored collages made of painted canvas squares captivated and transported me with their simultaneous complexity and delicacy. Over the next few years, we gradually got to know one another, in between me writing about or curati...

Interview by Deborah Oster Pannell
Kalae Nouveau is an artist, stylist, model, singer, actor and emcee. Born and raised in NYC, she has moved through different forms of expression with an organic flow that reflects her seemingly boundless creative spirit. Her recent participation in a group show at Allouche Gallery co-curated by Swoon, Monica Canilao and BLK PALATE, “The Intricate Intimate,” was the culmination of years of work using her own body and face as a canvas. We first met riding the ...

Interview by Deborah Oster Pannell

I first met Coby Kennedy earlier this year, when we were preparing to include his work in our group exhibition at C24 Gallery, Street Life. In our preliminary Zoom call, what was supposed to be a short check-in about technical details and background info turned into an hour-long conversation about politics, culture, and psychic survival during the collapse of civilization as we know it — heavy stuff, to be sure, but exhilarating nonetheless to share confiden...

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Last week I attended the 13th annual Smart Hustle Small Business Conference, hosted by Smart Hustle Magazine Publisher and Executive Editor, Ramon Ray. Here's my personal take on the day, including some of my favorite tips…

There’s a new tech conference in town, and its name is Ascent -- “The Only Tech Conference By Startups For Startups.” It took place on October 3rd and 4th here in NYC, and I was fortunate enough to be able to attend on the first day. I was curious to check this one out, as it promised to connect founders with investors, an area of connection that interests me very much.