Brooklyn Museum

Modern Kings of Culture

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Premium brand vodka Grey Goose commissioned New York-based portrait painter Kehinde Wiley to create a series of custom portraits honoring today’s “modern kings” who have charted extraordinary paths to achievement. The exciting finale of a unique collaboration between Grey Goose Le Melon flavored vodka and renowned artist Kehinde Wiley will culminate in a series of events during Miami’s … Read more

Killer Heels: the art of the stiletto – in pictures

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From traditional Japanese stacked sandals to weird rubber creations by Zaha Hadid and Prada tongues in flames, high-heeled shoes tower provocatively above all other footwear in women’s – and men’s – imaginations. A new exhibition traces their first steps in the 16th century through to modern designers’ erotic flights of fancy

  • Killer Heels is at Brooklyn Museum, New York, from 10 September to 15 February 2015