Adding an additional facet to his collaboration with Barney’s, Alex Katz has created a 60-foot mural of Yvonne Force Villareal, Doreen Remen and Casey Fremont of the Art Production Fund, his wife, Ada, and longtime muse Elizabeth McAvoy for exhibition in the store’s front windows.  “I’ve been involved in fashion for quite some time and it seems natural to me,” Katz says.  “Art is supposed to be eternal and fashion is always moving, but I’ve learned that art moves just like fashion.” (more…)

Top collector Dakis Joannou’s DESTE foundation debuts its “destefashioncollection” exhibition in the window displays at Barneys New York. “We have incredible customers who come from the art world…that’s a big part of our customer base. To have that communication…is part of our uniqueness,” says Barneys CEO Mark Lee.

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