Satisfying g-rated and NSFW fetishes of every ilk this week, the gigantor Forever Marilyn statue landed in Palm Springs to the delight of all — hailing from Chicago, she’ll be in the Ace Hotel & Swim Club neck of the woods for a year. Our friend Sarah Scheideman of The Coachella Valley Art Scene shot some photos of the scene on real, live, old-fashioned film — the only thing that’d do justice to those sweet gams.
Steven Harrington painted this awesome mural at Ace Hotel & Swim Club during Desert Gold 2012 and he got black paint all up in his custom Generic Man x Ace Hotel x Steve Borstal Shoes. That’s cool. If you want some, snatch up one of the few remaining limited edition pairs on our shop.
Dev Hynes of Blood Orange at Ace Hotel & Swim Club during Desert Gold 2012, emblazoned in the annals of human history by Noisey.
The Sketchbook Project wandered hither and yon through Idaho and other ne’er (or rather rare) -tread paths before fluttering to a temporary stop on the table tops in The Cleaners at Ace Hotel Portland. The Ske-Pro, as we have never called it before, gathers artist sketchbooks from creatives around the nation, digitizes them for their online archive, shuttles them like a taxi mom all over hell and back, and stores them safe and sound in their Brooklyn storefront, the Art Library. If you’re curious to know more about them, look at the extremely short documentary below.
Father John and Jenny O mean muggin at Ace New York after their surprise show Friday evening with Bowery Presents and Martin Guitar — the first in our 5@5 series.
