Last night, the Claire Oliver Gallery opened Norbert Brunner’s new show, Smiling Broadly to the delight of many. Indeed, the show is about delight in every facet imaginable. The predominant theme is about uplifting messages, self-affirming at minimum and world-changing at best. The messages, ranging from “don’t wait, start now” to the ever timeless “imagine” are all written out in Swarovski crystals, placed on three separate layers of glass and spaced out so the only way to read them is head-on.

The artist explains it this way:

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Made it out to Common Pitch NYC the other night at Brooklyn Bowl, Williamsburg’s hip spot for shows, bowling and drinks. The event was fun, sure, but it also highlighted some great startups with great missions.

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Everything about the Moncler Fall/Winter 2012 fashion show in Central Park celebrated sophisticated winter wonderland: The trees surrounding Wollman Rink were bathed in bright, festive colors, a gospel choir belted out New York, New York, to start the show and professional ice skaters painted the ice in wisps and swirls of red, white, blue and gray. The light dusting of snow and biting cold helped set the scene and the hot chocolate and spiked apple cider helped keep the warmth in, if just for a few extra minutes.

Moncler certainly knows how to stage a spectacle:

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