Ayesha Le Breton

Oct 28, 2024 | dazeddigital.com | Ayesha Le Breton

New York... NOW! is a group show shining a light on the subcultures, romance, despair, inspiration, isolation, communality and vibrancy of NYC15 Images The monumental archway that once perforated the High Line in Chelsea – one of NYC’s architectural icons – now forms the entrance of New York…NOW! It’s an ideal location for an exhibition that has been curated as a love letter to the city itself.

Aug 27, 2024 | thejuggernaut.com | Ayesha Le Breton

For the Punjabi American artist, “very demure, very mindful” isn’t a trend — it’s what makes her music sing. When Raveena Aurora and I chatted, it was fitting she was joining our Zoom from a faraway island, where she was volunteering on a farm. While it was early morning for her, she’d already meditated for an hour and released a music video. For the singer, spiritual discipline is part of who she is.

Jul 30, 2024 | thejuggernaut.com | Ayesha Le Breton

India was once the world’s biggest diamond supplier. It now hopes to reclaim that past — with a twist. On June 22, 2023, India Prime Minister Narendra Modigifted a Kashmiri papier-mâché box to U.S. First Lady Jill Biden. Within the box glimmered a 7.5-carat green diamond, a nod to India’s 75th year of Independence. Surprisingly, instead of giving a gem that countries have colonized and killed others for, Modi chose a cheaper, reportedly more sustainable alternative: a lab-grown diamond.

Jul 29, 2024 | jgnt.co | Ayesha Le Breton

India was once the world’s biggest diamond supplier. It now hopes to reclaim that past — with a twist. On June 22, 2023, India Prime Minister Narendra Modigifted a Kashmiri papier-mâché box to U.S. First Lady Jill Biden. Within the box glimmered a 7.5-carat green diamond, a nod to India’s 75th year of Independence. Surprisingly, instead of giving a gem that countries have colonized and killed others for, Modi chose a cheaper, reportedly more sustainable alternative: a lab-grown diamond.

Jul 19, 2024 | thejuggernaut.com | Ayesha Le Breton

A British nabob’s mixed-race kids became U.S. citizens, attended Harvard and Yale, and earned plaudits. How? In the memoirs of a refugee from the French Revolution, Thomas Law, once a high-ranking administrator with the British East India Company, claims he had “married a very rich Brahmin widow,” with whom he had two sons. While the tale is only partly true, the full picture is far more thrilling.