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Sue Williams’s painting hangs above a pale, curved sofa, its wandering lines and fragments of colour set against the substantial forms of two deep red armchairs. Tall windows illuminate the room, revealing the grain of the parquet and the textu
“I was told that I was an artist when I was born, and then I was told that I shouldn’t be one.”

I met Omar Kholeif at home in East London for a deeply personal conversation. 

An artist, author, curator and broadcaster, @dromarkhol
So happy to see my friend Fahad Hariri’s @f.r.hariri  curatorial eye at work again in Paris. For this year’s Ceramic Art Fair @ceramicartfair the Creative Director of PINTO @pintoparis  was invited by his friend Camille Leprince @leprince
Cy Twombly, Proem, Oil, crayon and pencil on paper, 100 x 70 cm, 1983

Twombly made this work in Rome on 23 November 1983. The date appears on the paper, alongside a title borrowed from an 1847 poem by the American poet John Greenleaf Whittier.

Arou
Whenever I meet Matthew, I’m reminded of the sunshine-filled life he has created in Mallorca. Here, I want to revisit his home and projects in Deià.

@matthewwilliamson paints, designs interiors and tends to a home that is never quite fi
Congratulations dear Rocco, Iove your work! Rocco Ritchie’s “Back on the Brush” opened at Pierre Augustin Rose during Art Basel Paris, with Madonna joining her son to celebrate his latest exhibition.

Presented at Galerie Hér
“So many of the things that made me wrong in the world made me right on stage.”

Jordan Roth joins me for a conversation about growing up under scrutiny, finding freedom in performance, and learning to recognise your own voice among every
When Sharon Stone joined me on my podcast in 2024, she told me she had used part of her Basic Instinct fee to buy a Basquiat. I love that this was one of her priorities.

@sharonstone began painting as a child, encouraged by her aunt, and later studi
Kennedy Yanko @kennedyyanko at the Cité de l’architecture et du patrimoine in Paris. A beautiful museum, and a particularly compelling setting for her work.

For “Ce qui nous rassemble” (What Brings Us Together), Yanko’
Coco Chanel had an apartment above her boutique at 31 rue Cambon. When it was time to sleep, she went to the Ritz.

The apartment was where she read and received friends, surrounded by Chinese Coromandel screens, gilded mirrors, crystal and books. A
Loving art should not mean accepting whatever terms the art market puts in front of you.

For the latest episode of The Art Bystander, I sat down in London with Emilia De Stasio, collector and co-founder of Artscapy, whose background includes the Eur
Snapshots from the avant-première of @artbasel Paris, through 20 works exploring the body.

I loved this edition. Great works, great energy, and so many people I was happy to see. For me, it felt stronger than previous years. That is a persona
Design Miami Paris 2026. I like a fair that makes you think about how you want to live.

For its fourth Paris edition, the fair returns to the Hôtel de Maisons, an eighteenth-century mansion whose rooms, courtyard and gardens give the presentat
Pierre Bergé’s Paris home on rue Bonaparte, in the building where Édouard Manet was born. A remarkable address, even before you step inside.

The collector and co-founder of Yves Saint Laurent surrounded himself with paintings, ra
Snapshots from Paris Internationale @aaaahhhparisinternationale I LOVE this fair. For me, it remains the best place to discover the next generation of galleries and artists, and one of the visits I most look forward to during Paris art week.

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