After a Berlin couple discovered who’d once lived there, they still wanted to make the house their own.
Category: Art
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How to Cross-Stitch — and Make it Queer
Siret creates a needlepoint canvas filled with L.G.B.T.Q. symbols and historical references.
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An Art Installation She Called Home on the Upper East Side
The artist Apryl Miller is selling her colorful, full-floor apartment at 188 East 76th Street for $8.75 million. Psychedelic chairs and couches sold separately.
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An Artist Whose Furniture Is a ‘Bat Signal’ to His Loved Ones
Ryan Preciado’s designs evoke his childhood memories and first architectural influences.
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The Final Hours of a Tastemaker’s Trove
The society fixture, decorator and philanthropist Mica Ertegun helped define the tastes of an era. Now her great collections are going on the block.
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Uncrustables Painting by Noah Verrier Sells for $4,999
Noah Verrier’s painting of a sandwich (minus one bite) sold for $4,999. Accused by some of being too commercial, he said he prefers objects “connected to who we are today.”
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Trading New York for Michigan, and a Home With ‘Fun Pops of Color’
Many of their friends from Grand Rapids were “moving back home and telling us how great it was.” So they followed suit.
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Why Are Museums So Afraid of Hans Haacke?
As cultural institutions face an existential crisis over who funds them and how, the 88-year-old artist Hans Haacke is still making curators and collectors clutch their pearls.
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La Grande Motte, the Utopian Town Inspired by Ancient Pyramids
Once derided, La Grande Motte, a surreal 1960s resort in the South of France, is increasingly seen as having been ahead of its time.
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British Country House Hotels, Without the Folderol
The Pig boutique hotels offer a casual take on the country house experience, with local food and muddy boots. They’ve just opened two new spots in the Cotswolds.
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A Mexico City Apartment Complex Where Dozens of Artists Live and Work
The 174-unit Edificio Mascota in the Colonia Juárez neighborhood covers an entire city block.
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Seashell Art Is Shedding Its Kitschy Reputation
No longer confined to beachy souvenir shops, works encrusted with oysters and mussels are showing up in galleries and interiors.