Wellness Experts Colleen and Hailey Brooks Pick Their Favorite Works on Artnet Galleries

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Apr 16, 2020

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Sisters Colleen and Hailey Brooks didn’t know they’d be working
together one day when they were children, but when it came time for
the two to join forces, they didn’t hesitate. Enter Highcourt, a leisure
club devoted to upgrading downtime, and spearheaded by a mostly
female team.

Slated to open in downtown New York City in Fall 2020,
Highcourt’s mission is to improve leisure as we know it, with its
flagship building spanning five floors, featuring a restaurant,
lounge, rooftop, project space, hothouse, training studio, and
more. The club will offer just the kind of things homebound New
Yorkers are craving these days.

The two sisters came from different backgrounds before
conceiving of Highcourt. Colleen had been working in private
equity, while Hailey had a background in trend forecasting and
retail-consulting. Once the pair realized they had a great idea on
their hands, they set off developing the concept, finding partners,
and fundraising, eventually both leaving their jobs to pursue their
concept full-time.

We caught up with Colleen and Hailey to find out how, as leisure
experts, they’re staying cool during quarantine and which artworks
they’re currently eyeing in Artnet Galleries.

Colleen and Hailey’s
Favorite Things

GO-TO DINNER (OR CONDIMENT)

Colleen: Tamales & Dimes’s hot sauce.
Hailey: Takeout from Jajaja on East
Broadway.

PODCAST

Colleen: Monocle’s The
Menu. It’s all about how our current quarantine is making
the world rediscover the joys of cooking.
Hailey: The Daily from the
New York Times.

BOOK YOU HAVEN’T FINISHED (BUT REALLY MEAN
TO)

Colleen: Can’t think of any! But the book I’m
most anticipating to drop is No Filter: The Inside Story
of Instagram by Sarah Frier.
Hailey: 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami. I
even own multiple copies… .

ICE CREAM FLAVOR

Colleen: Absolutely anything peanut
butter.
Hailey: Pistachio.

MUSEUM
Colleen: Natural History.
Hailey: Fondazione Prada in Milan.

ARTIST

Colleen: Andrea Bowers, for
championing a movement.
Hailey: It might be a tie for me right now
between Haegue
Yang and Mickalene
Thomas after seeing Yang’s sculptural performance pieces
at MoMA, and then both women’s work at the Bass Museum in Miami
this past December.

QUARANTINE DISTRACTION

Colleen: Music. There’s a lot of playlist
curation happening and live-stream mixing from artists you would
normally have to wait to see perform live.
Hailey: It’s gotta be music too, I really miss
live shows. That and my dog Pikachu <3.

AT-HOME OUTFIT

Colleen: Sweat sets and socks.
Hailey: Usually sweats over shorts, because I’m
always overheating and then freezing cold.

PERSON TO VENT TO

Colleen and Hailey: Each other!

Colleen and Hailey’s
Gallery Picks

I am drawn to art, design, architecture, and fashion where
its sophistication is carried through simplicity and
effortlessness: clean lines, symmetry, calming tonalities,
understated beauty.—Colleen

My [taste] can range vastly, from Gothic realism to
Postmodern fantasy. I am particularly drawn to the richness of
color palettes and the emotions and stories that can be conveyed
through colors, prints, and images.—Hailey