On View ‘Design Can Be a Way to Say, “Be Careful”’: Creative Legend Gaetano Pesce on the Message in His New Furniture, and His Thoughts on the Future The pioneering Italian designer and architect is the subject of a new exhibition in Los Angeles, through March 31. By Lee Carter, Mar 6, 2023
People Dutch Designer Maarten Baas on His Fascination With Time, Acquiring His First Banksy, and Making Handbag-Eating Monsters Baas has a new show of imaginative clocks at Carpenters Workshop Gallery in Los Angeles. By Lee Carter, Feb 27, 2023
Art World Frank Lloyd Wright’s Only Oceanfront Home, Where Architecture and Surf Join in ‘Natural Melody,’ Has Sold for $22 Million The architect designed the California home to resemble a ship's bow cutting through water. By Lee Carter, Feb 24, 2023
Art World A Rural English Manor Immortalized by Virginia Woolf as a Place Where ‘No Sound Whatever Reaches Your Ear’ Is on the Market for $3.1 Million The property dates back to 1280 and comes with a moat. By Lee Carter, Feb 23, 2023
Style See How Luxury Label Moncler Merged a Mercedes-Benz With a Puffer Coat in Its Latest ‘Genius’ Collaboration Pharrell Williams, too, unveiled his Moncler partnership and Alicia Keys performed a live set. By Lee Carter, Feb 21, 2023
What I Buy and Why Swedish Collectors Emma and Andreas Ohlson on Their Eccentric Family Values, and Finding Humor in Art The couple's Stockholm apartment is home to a "water closet of curiosities." By Lee Carter, Feb 21, 2023
What I Buy and Why Fintech Executive Nick Themelis on His Quest for Emerging Artists and the Keith Haring That Started His Collection He counts Kehinde Wiley, Cristina BanBan, and Kevin Beasley among the most important artists in his collection. By Lee Carter, Feb 13, 2023
Art World Miami Developer Craig Robins’s Lakefront Mansion—Complete with a Zaha Hadid-Designed Bathroom—Has Hit the Market for $45 Million Robins and his wife Jackie Soffer were friends with the late architect. By Lee Carter, Feb 8, 2023
Style Henri Matisse’s Great-Grandson Has Collaborated With Guerlain on a $17,000 Perfume Bottle Inspired by the Celebrated Painter Only 14 limited-edition bottles have been made—each signed and numbered. By Lee Carter, Feb 3, 2023
Auctions A Historic Golden Railroad Spike Broke New Ground at Christie’s, Selling for Over $2 Million—Quadruple Its Pre-Sale Estimate Also in the sale: the film reels of Andy Warhol's ‘Lonesome Cowboys’ that led to a police raid in 1969. By Lee Carter, Jan 27, 2023
Style Chanel Has Tapped French Artist Xavier Veilhan to Confect the Playful Sculptures in Its Latest Couture Collection The creations take after Coco Chanel's collection of animal sculptures in her Paris apartment. By Lee Carter, Jan 25, 2023
Art & Exhibitions The Winter Show in New York Dazzles Collectors and Browsers Alike With Its Troves of Rare Art and Antiques The New York fixture returns to the Park Avenue Armory, offering some of the world’s finest art and design. By Lee Carter, Jan 25, 2023