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FACE VALUE A portrait captures the "thrill of an unguarded moment," according to curator Helen Molesworth, whose latest project is on view at New York's International Center of Photography through May 1. "Face to Face: Portraits of Artists by Tacita Dean, Brigitte Lacombe and Catherine Opie" examines the work of the three luminaries. The exhibition is French photographer Lacombe's first major presentation at a New York institution, bringing her eye for intimate details to the Lower East Side. Ces volorum conseq ua et m fuga. Rm et exerrm hachil © B R I G I T T E L ACO M B E, © R U B E N TO L E D O, ©J A S O N S E I F E On May 19, painter Jason Seife debuts his first solo exhibition in the US at the Pérez Art Museum Miami: "Coming to Fruition." Through his practice of hand-painting ornate and intricate carpet-inspired patterns, Seife transposes the art of weaving onto concrete and canvas. Drawing inspiration from his Cuban and Syrian heritage, the exhibition echoes the destruction and stripping of painted buildings through the violence of war and neglect—all the while constructing a "secular sanctuary" ripe for meditation and reflection. DREAM WEAVING M A T T E R O F S T Y L E Moon Underwater, 2020, by Jason Seife. Patti Smith, New York, NY, 2014 by Brigitte Lacombe. Isabel Toledo, illustrated by Ruben Toledo, from "Be-Spoke," published by Rizzoli, available at Books & Books. THEY SAID What? Fashion journalist Marylou Luther has heard it all over the course of her 70-year career, and in the new book, "Be-Spoke," she has compiled the wisest and wittiest morsels from every style star she interviewed, from Christian Dior to Virgil Abloh. Quotes dance alongside lively illustrations by Luther's friend—and longtime Bal Harbour contributor—Ruben Toledo. 74 BAL HARBOUR