Nearly $150 million of art is filling a Parisian apartment during Art Basel week. The invitation is to sit down, have lunch and spend some time with it. On The Art Bystander podcast, I speak with David Rothschild, Sotheby’s Head of Contemporar
THE EDIT 003: Frieze Week I loved Frieze Masters. The care in the presentations, the movement between centuries, the unexpected connections. Hauser & Wirth was my favourite presentation of the week; perhaps a little Swiss bias. Between the cheek
We had the privilege of staying at The London EDITION @editionlondon during Frieze week. We also joined the lunch with artist George Rouy and the Sadie Coles party, adding to a few days filled with art and conversation. Behind EDITION is Ian Schrage
“Before I started designing a lot, I was actually designing my own self,” Paloma Picasso told Vogue. The red lipstick became so recognisable that, she recalled, people sometimes failed to identify her without it. Born in 1949 to painters
“A room should never be entirely predictable,” Jacques Grange told Alain Elkann. This New York triplex makes me think of that remark: bronze bookshelves, mica fireplaces, straw marquetry and a resin dining table by Wonmin Park. There is p
I just needed to revisit this masterpiece. In Venice, changing the paintings on your walls can require a boat, a crane and the temporary removal of a window. For collector Laurent Asscher @laurent.asscher that was part of the calculation. He wanted
A Richie Culver painting, carved fishing trophies and an old pharmacy sign reworked in neon. There is plenty to catch the eye at Tom Cox’s seventeenth-century farmhouse in Devon. Set in a secluded valley, with a river running past, the home of
When do we move in? A Lucio Fontana above a Louis XIV chest. Chung Chang-Sup over a fireplace built from the backs of carved stones. Axel Vervoordt in Verbier. Originally built in the 1980s, this chalet was transformed over three and a half years by
There is only one Simon in the art world. A tell-all from the floor at Frieze @friezeofficial. Simon de Pury @simondepury, of course. An auction pioneer with a formidable eye and an instinct for the room. At Phillips, he helped shape the market for
What Art Basel and UBS Got Wrong: The Art Market has a Problem with its Gen Z Story Gen Z accounts for 9% of the Art Basel @artbasel and UBS @ubsglobalart collector survey: roughly 280 people aged 20 to 29 across ten markets. All had wealth above $1
“Sometimes I think we should have a strategy, but we don’t.” Karen Boros is describing how the collection she has built with her husband Christian @chrboros continues to grow: through encounters with artists, visits to exhibitions
In this Montecito home, the art collection helped determine the colours of the rooms themselves. Designed by @jamiebushco with architecture firm Shubin Donaldson, the house was rebuilt after the 2017 Thomas Fire destroyed the owners’ previous
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