What is Warlé?

Warlé is a multi-platform project that re-envisions my cousins’ mid-century boutique as a pop-up site for discussion, storytelling, and art that inspires action on behalf of LGBTQ+ elders and refugees. Using archival documents, photography, original artifacts, and recreations of objects, my goal is to re-assemble the personal and professional lives of Leon Ingall and Warren Kronemeyer. They co-founded Warlé, a small business specializing in antiques, contemporary objects, art framing, restoration, and interior decoration.  Leon was a Jewish refugee and fashion designer who fled Bolshevik Russia, relocated to Weimar Berlin, and emigrated to the U.S. in 1940; Warren was a ghostwriter, journalist, antiques dealer, and an operative of the WWII-era U.S. Office of Strategic Services. After several decades together in New York, Leon and Warren left the city in 1980 and relocated to Townshend, Vermont and became beloved citizens of this rural community. The goal of the newly re-branded Warlé is to facilitate conversations about how we care for some of the most vulnerable populations. Programming will include exhibitions of archival materials, decorative objects originally sold at the boutique, as well as new works by refugee and queer artists inspired by those artifacts.  Follow my research on Instagram @warleinc.

Donate to Warlé

What will your tax-deductible donation support?

  • Writing

  • Exhibition design and planning

  • Community engagement partnerships that advocate for LGBTQ+ elders and refugees

  • Graphic design and communications

  • Research materials and travel

 

For a donation of $25

For a donation of $25.00, you will receive a 1” enamel pin featuring the newly re-designed logo, based on hand-drawn lettering used in the original Warlé boutique signage and labels.

For a donation of $100+

For a donation of $100.00 or more, you will receive a pin AND a stylish cotton/jute tote bag featuring the newly re-designed Warlé logo.

 

For donations above $250 please send a check with “Warlé” in the memo to: Culture Push, Inc., 241 E. 7th St. #3C, New York, NY 10009