A symbol of dirty habits and corporate greed — and an enduring icon of old-school glamour — smoking is making an unlikely comeback in sculpture, design and even food.
Category: Art
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When Professional Golfers Are Also Course Designers
Golf course design is now in an era of star architects, but professional golfers are still bringing their name and vast playing knowledge to projects.
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Clocks That Master the Art of Measuring Time
Some collectors prefer the aesthetics and design of a beautiful timepiece that you can set on a table — “a mechanical sculpture,” as one put it.
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A Painter of Japan’s ‘Lost Decade,’ Finally Found
Tetsuya Ishida’s prescient and terrifying works arrive in New York.
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Fiber Art Is Finally Being Taken Seriously
Long caught in the liminal space between craft and something more prestigious, works of thread and fabric are reaching newfound institutional recognition.
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Salvation Mountain in California Searches for How to Save Itself
The folk art monument in the desert near the Salton Sea grapples with extreme weather, social-media-fueled tourism and its own tattering beauty.
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In an English Village, a Home Where the 1430s and the 1970s Peacefully Coexist
When the artist Sarah Kaye Rodden and her family took over a former medieval meeting hall in Kent, they chose to honor its many lives.
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Carrie Mae Weems and George C. Wolfe on Defiance and Claiming Space
Two creative people in two different fields in one wide-ranging conversation. This time: the “Kitchen Table Series” artist and the theater and film director.
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The Fashion Designer Making Art Out of Offcuts
Tomo Koizumi, known for his voluminous ruffled dresses, ventures into a new creative arena: painting.
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In an Egyptian Oasis, a House Built From Sand, Rope and Salt
A designer and an environmentalist have created a retreat that surrenders to the desert.
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Out West, the Gay Cowboy Roams Free
The frontier has long been a symbol of American masculinity. Now a rising generation of artists are creating a new queer mythology.
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The Latest Fad in the Hamptons: Pottery Wheels
Hamptonites can’t get enough of pottery wheels in their backyards. One ceramist is bringing the messy, yet soothing, hobby into the homes of the moneyed elite.