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DESIGN
Antiquity-Inspired Paintings, Imagined As Frescoes for Your Walls

Xavier Donnelly, the creative director of design firm and hotelier Ash, partners with Backdrop to...

BOOK
The Museum-Quality Art in the New York City Subway

More than 100 artworks large and small throughout the country’s busiest transit system star...

DESIGN DISPATCH
Meow Wolf’s Founder Is Opening a Psychedelic Spa, and Other News

Our daily look at the world through the lens of design.

DESIGN
Vincenzo de Cotiis Is Leaving His Mark on Venice

With the launch of his namesake foundation in a historic Venetian palazzo, the Italian architect...

ARTIST STATEMENT
Cindy Phenix Casts Shadows of the Unseen Into the Light

The Canadian painter unleashes a “strange vortex” of apocalyptic tableaux in vivid hues,...

DESIGNER OF THE DAY
Designer of the Day: Roham Shamekh

A trained interior designer and practicing photographer whose product design practice is bearing...

DESIGN DISPATCH
A Security Blanket Scoops Rimowa’s Design Prize, and Other News

Our daily look at the world through the lens of design.

CULTURE CLUB
A Who’s Who of the Photo World Brushed Elbows at AIPAD’s Photography Show

Last week, the Photography Show made a triumphant return to the Park Avenue Armory, where the fair...

CULTURE
Kathleen Hanna Wants You to Think About What Music Looks Like

On the eve of the Bikini Kill singer’s searing new memoir, “Rebel Girl: My Life As a...

DESIGN DISPATCH
Kengo Kuma Is Expanding the Miami Design District, and Other News

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EXHIBITION
SCAD Student Photographers Turn Their Lenses on “Power in Perspective”

Realized in partnership with Leica, the group exhibition reflects on expectations of feminine...

ART
Making Sense of New York City’s Spring Art Fair Season

Nearly a dozen art fairs will pop up across the city loosely timed around Frieze New York. We have...

DESIGN
Dimore Studio Flirts With Darkness

At Milan Design Week, founders Britt Moran and Emiliano Salci recreated the cosmos inside a...

ARCHITECTURE
Eero Saarinen’s Only Tower Enters a New Era

The Finnish architect envisioned Black Rock, the Midtown office tower that long housed the...

DESIGNER OF THE DAY
Designer of the Day: Momina Watton

Momina Watton was working as a beauty publicist until a friend noticed her obsession with curating...

ART
Photography Show Director Lydia Melamed Johnson’s Artists to Watch

As AIPAD’s Photography Show returns to New York City's Park Avenue Armory in full force, Melamed...

DESIGN DISPATCH
Tsatsas and Kostas Murkudis Debut Leather and Lace Ready-to-Wear, and Other News

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DESIGN
Saudi Arabia Makes It Clear They’re Taking Design Seriously

In a wide-reaching show at Milan Design Week, the oil-rich country conveyed design’s role in the...

CULTURE CLUB
The Aldrich Throws a 60th Anniversary Gala

Last week, the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, one of the country’s oldest institutions devoted...

DESIGN DISPATCH
Indigenous Artists Win Big at the Venice Biennale, and Other News

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DESIGN DISPATCH
Miles Greenberg Makes a Haute-Futuristic Study of Martyrdom in Venice, and Other News

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OPENING SHOT
In London, an Eccentric Boutique Hotel Shakes Up the Scene

Designer Martin Brudnizki fuses retro-glam, Jazz Age opulence, and coastal Italian vibes at...

DESIGNER OF THE DAY
Designer of the Day: Dean Levin

With two Malbon storefronts under their belt and a number of office, retail, and residential...

DESIGN DISPATCH
Dorsia’s Neon Disco Installation Lights Up Coachella, and Other News

Our daily look at the world through the lens of design.

DESIGN
The Product Debuts We Loved at Milan Design Week

From alpine-inspired curtains by Ramdane Touhami to Sfrido Estate’s ensemble of marble offcut...

SPATIAL AWARENESS
A Season of Rebirth Heralds a New Chapter for Piaule Catskill

Following its 2021 opening, the property quickly became a cult destination for style-savvy New...

CULTURE CLUB
Volker Haug Toasts a Collaboration With Flack Studio at Milan Design Week

On April 17, the Australian lighting design studio debuted a new line designed with fellow...

DESIGN DISPATCH
Aman Group Brings a Sleek Sister Spot to Tokyo, and Other News

Our daily look at the world through the lens of design.

DESIGN
In Milan, Baranzate Ateliers Returns With Revved-Up Appeal

Taking over two warehouses at a disused Linate loading dock, the Zaventem Ateliers offshoot proves...

FASHION
Dior Cozies Up to New York City

It’s something of a rite of passage for upstart, New York–based fashion labels to start showing

CULTURE CLUB
MOCA’s Gala Offers a Glimpse Inside a “World Without End”

On April 13, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles celebrated its 2024 gala at The Geffen...

DESIGN DISPATCH
A24’s AI-Generated “Civil War” Posters Draw Criticism, and Other News

Our daily look at the world through the lens of design.

CULTURE CLUB
SculptureCenter Honors Thaddeus Mosley At Its Annual Gala

On April 11, the Long Island City-based destination for sculpture drew New Yorkers from the other...

DESIGNER OF THE DAY
Designer of the Day: Studio Yellowdot

Through their industrial design partnership that reaches from Hong Kong to Istanbul, Bodin Hon and...

FAIRS
For 2024, Salone del Mobile Charts a Thrilling New Path

For proof, look no further than an all-star lineup of installations, talks, exhibitions...

DESIGN DISPATCH
Ikea Debuts a Colorful Gaming Furniture Collection, and Other News

Our daily look at the world through the lens of design.