Archive for the ‘design’ Category
Forgotten Pavilion Restored at Forbidden City, Challenging the lack of a conservation ethos in China (NY Times) Greene & Greene architecture exhibition at Pasadena’s Huntington Museum Worth a Visit (WSJ) Sasha Bergstrom-Katz on Raymond Pettibon’s New Show at Regen Projects II (ArtSlant) What Happens to Design in a Recession? A Possible Return to Austerity (NY […]
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Tags: Cairo Biennial, conservation in China, Forbidden City, Greene & Greene, Huntington Museum, party pics, Pasadena, Qianlong style, Raymon Pettibon, recession design, Regen Projects II
By Emily Waldorf President-Elect Barack Obama promises to bring change to America but will Michelle Obama bring change to the White House interiors? The responsibility of decorating and maintaining the historic 132 room White House has always fallen under the domain of the First Lady and is filled with potential pitfalls that are easily attacked […]
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Tags: decoration, Jacqueline Kennedy, Kenneth Blasingame, Keno brothers, Laura Bush, Leigh Keno, Leslie Keno, Michelle Obama, Nancy Reagan, Nate Berkus, Oprah, Stephane Boudin, White House
Timeless Style: The Best Holiday Art, Architecture & Design Books To Give and Receive this Season
By Emily Waldorf With one scandal unraveling after another and the increasingly frightening economic situation, escaping into the pages of a beautifully bound and illustrated book is a simple and relatively inexpensive pleasure that feels right this holiday season. Well-edited art, design, and architecture books never go out of style and serve the dual purpose […]
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Tags: best architecture books, best design books, best holiday art books, Eric Karpeles, Portfolio.com, Sarah Thornton, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal
By Emily Waldorf In an effort to transform Qatar into an official global arts destination, the I.M. Pei designed Museum of Islamic Art recently unveiled itself. The building is an imposing, fortress-like geometric shape, with a refreshing simplicity and sense of purpose that is rarely seen in the glitzy cities of Dubai and Abu Dhabi. […]
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Tags: Doha, I.M. Pei, Museum of Islamic Art, Nicolai Ouroussoff, Qatar, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al Thani
A Dreary Night for Contemporary Art at Sotheby’s (NY Times) Christie’s Impressionist Sale Falls Short; 44% Fails to Sell (Bloomberg) Art Auctions Come Down to Earth (IHT) New York Impressionist Sales Fall 37% Since 2007 (Bloomberg) New York Gallery Shows in November (ARTINFO) Frankenthaler’s New Way of Making Art (WSJ) Maya Lin: Once Inspired by […]
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Tags: arts auctions, Christie's, Dean Valentine, Fixer-upper, Frankenthaler, Impressionist sale, John Currin, Loot, Maya Lin, New York gallery shows, Nice N'Easy, party pics
By Laura Gatewood I recently had the opportunity to visit Japan and while there had the good fortune to attend not one, but two exhibitions exploring the role of decoration in Japanese culture. Contrary to the widely held assumption that minimalism or simplicity, known as wabi-sabi, is the primary motivation throughout Japan’s decorative history, both the Museum of […]
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Tags: Edo Period, Haute Couture Kimonos, Kazari, kosode, Suntory Art Museum, The Museum of Kyoto, Tokyo, wabi-sabi
My fabulous friend, NY based designer, Marla Weinhoff, just returned from the photo show, Les Rencontres d’Arles, curated this year by world famous couturier, Arles native, and visual arts connoisseur Christian Lacroix. She was kind enough to share her gorgeous photos with ArtsÉtoile readers and raved about the event, including exhibits of work by Paolo Roversi, Peter Lindbergh, […]
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Tags: Christian Lacroix, Francoise Huguier, Les Rencontres d'Arles, Marla Weinhoff, Paolo Roversi, Peter Lindbergh, photo show, Richard Avedon
Brad Pitt was spotted at Design Miami/Basel 2008 in Switzerland shopping for his new home in the South of France. As the whole world knows, his other half, Angelina Jolie, is pregnant with twins, which will make their current international family of four a robust six. Pitt reportedly purchased a Jeroen Verhoeven marble table, an […]
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