MAY The CULTURAL DIVIDE

FANFAIR

Glamour Pack

Exotic and inspiring, hairstylist and photographer Ara Gallant first made a name for himself when he introduced “flying hair,” an effect he used in 1966 on a Richard Avedon shoot of iconic model Twiggy. He went on to work with a myriad of fashion photographers—Irving Penn and Bert Stern, among others. In the early 1970s, Gallant began shooting stylized celebrity portraits for Interview, Vogue, and Rolling Stone. His life came to a tragic end, by suicide, in 1990 in Las Vegas. Ara Gallant, a coffee-table book out this month from Damiani, examines his career and talents, and is sure to be a pop-culture sensation.

Garden of Jewels

Tiffany & Co.'s new collection, Tiffany Garden, is inspired by American landscapes. Diamond and colored-gemstone floral cuts capture the excitement of spring, as do the delicate dragonfly, bee, and butterfly cuts. Upholding its commitment to sustainability initiatives, the company sources its metals and diamonds only from countries where the mines contribute to larger economicand social-development goals, (tiffany.com)

Behind the Wheel

From John D. Rockefeller’s majestic CraneSimplex to Mayor Bloomberg’s vision of bicycle-filled streets, New York City has jumpstarted nearly a century of transportation trends. In “Cars, Culture, and the City,” the Museum of the City of New York offers films, sketches, models, ads, and more in an exploration of modernity and mobility in America’s fastest-moving metropolis. (3/25-8/8; mcny.org/exhibitions)

ANIMAL INSTINCT

Black-and-white images from famed photographers such as Milton H. Greene, Mary Ellen Mark, and Timothy Greenfield-Sanders will be on display at the Humane Society of New York's third Benefit Photography Auction, co-chaired by Grace Coddington, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Adrien Brody, and Cornelia Guest and honoring photographer Martha Swope. The event takes place on April 27 from six to nine P.M. at the Diane von Furstenberg (DVF) Studio in the Meatpacking District, (humanesocietyny.org)

MOODY BLUES

Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings may sound retro, but their favorite subject is as timely as it gets. "Money, where have you gone to?," Jones howls on the upcoming / Learned the Hard Way, turning a blues lament into a refrain for our times. After paying her dues as a session singer and a Rikers Island corrections officer, Jones, 53, hooked up with the Dap-Kings, whose hypnotizing horns go perfectly with her hard-knocks voice and James Brownstyle showmanship. The indie kids love it, but so do the D.J.'s. "They're sampling our stuff," she says, "like it was something done back in the day."

Famous Faces

Celebrity and fashion photographer Tom Munro releases his first, eponymous coffee-table book, from Damiani, a gorgeous compendium of stars such as Lady Gaga, Justin Timberlake, Johnny Depp, and Beyonce.