To launch the NYCB Art Series, the New York City Ballet has teamed up with talented Brooklyn-based artists FAILE to make an original contemporary art work inspired by the Company.
The seemly contrasting elements, classical ballet and retro street art, have been combined to create an eye-catching 40-foot tall tower installation that will be inside the Lincoln Center. Made entirely out of individual wooden blocks, each side is painted with a different image.
Read MoreWith grace and poise, The Australian Ballet leaps into its 50th year. To celebrate the anniversary with equally as much style, they threw a birthday gala on Saturday 3rd November, featuring international guests including the American Ballet Theatre, Stuttgart Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, National Ballet of China and the Tokyo Ballet.
Read MoreThese graceful photographs are from an exhibition called Ashes and Snow by Canadian film-maker and photographer Gregory Colbert. Colbert captures the extraordinary beauty of rare interactions between humans beings and animals. The animal subjects of the photographs include interactions with both wild animals and also those that have been habituated to human contact.
Read MoreHere are the National Geographic Traveler photo contest winners. Which ones are your favourites?
Read MoreHaving just come back from a weekend at the beach in The Hamptons, I was captivated by these coastal aerial shots from young US photographer Gray Malin. The 26-year-old captured these amazing images by shooting from a low flying doorless helicopter. I love the contrast between the throng of people on the beach and the bare deep blue sea. How from above the beach looks so different. How the crowds make for interesting, colourful, beautiful pictures.
Read MoreOlympians and pro athletes pose nude for ESPN The Magazine's annual Body Issue resulting in very beautiful and inspiring images shot by some very talented photographers.
Check out a selection of my favourites here.
Read MoreReading past journal entries can be quite entertaining but also enlightening. I came across a list I made in 2010, a list of things that make me happy.
Read MoreNew York City is similar to a living organism, constantly changing and adapting. Tourists come to visit this city wanting to see it all but in reality they barely scratch the surface.
So from living in the Lower East Side for the past year, I give you my guide to the neighborhood I call home and my favorite places I have discovered while walking to pick up my laundry, getting my daily coffee fix or searching for Tim Tams on a rainy afternoon.
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