Coco Romack

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In My Obsession, one creative person reveals their most prized collection. After the Spectrum, a D.I.Y. nightclub in Brooklyn, was evicted from its underground venue in 2016, one of its co-founders, the performance artist and nightlife impresario Gage Spex, sought out a new site. Later that year, Spex leased a banquet hall in Ridgewood, Queens, that had oversize chandeliers and walls padded in kitschy diamond patterns and gave it a title befitting its carnivalesque interiors: the Dreamhouse.

Jul 18, 2024 | taustralia.com.au | Coco Romack |Tessa Ogle

When they were young, the jewellery and accessories designer Rolly Robínson moved with their family to the tree-dense outskirts of Sevierville, Tenn., a small city with a bronze statue of Dolly Parton at its centre. There, they spent their summers outside, playing make-believe in the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains.

Jul 8, 2024 | nytimes.com | Coco Romack

On a Tuesday afternoon in early June, Robínson invited sevenfriends to a lunch celebrating both their 13th year living in the New York area and the launch of their 13th collection from their jewelry line, Isshī."This is my 13 going on 13 event," Robínson said with a laugh. The venue was the Chinatown showroom of the lighting design company Blue Green Works, co-founded by Robínson's friend Peter B. Staples.

Feb 29, 2024 | nytimes.com | Coco Romack

The painter discusses her latest work, her previous career in the New York City welfare department and why she tries to make a brushstroke every day. A stack of yellow and red bands drip from the top of "Painted Rain #3" (2022-23), a painting by the artist Pat Steir. Coalescing against a bright turquoise backdrop with layers of poured-on paint, the combination imbues the artwork with the sense that you're peering into a sun shower.

Aug 1, 2023 | messaging-custom-newsletters.nytimes.com | Angela Koh |Natalia Rachlin |Erik Morse |Coco Romack

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