WHAT’S NEW IN ART, ARCHITECTURE, AND DESIGN 6
MODERN PORTRAITS, HOMES WITH AN INDUSTRIAL INFLUENCE, AND MONOCHROMATIC INTERIORS ortraits are getting an avant-garde face-lift; big-city homes take inspiration from industrial surroundings, and P interior residential spaces make bold monochromatic state-
ments. Here, the latest trends in art, architecture, and design.
ART
Contemporary artists are putting a new face on the traditional portrait, spurning the staid, somber realistic depictions of yesteryear for more unconventional concepts. For Lauren Brevner, who is based in West Vancouver, British Columbia, it’s the female face that undergoes a feminist transformation. She sees her mixed-media portraits, which have been compared to the work of Austrian symbolist painter Gustav Klimt, as a commentary on the subject of women and their depiction in art through the ages.
