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More than 60 years after their creation, George Nelson’s glowing steel-and-plastic pendants continue to light the way.
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From his new studio in Portugal, Houstonborn Dozie Kanu gears up to make a splash in Miami . . . Inspired holiday gifts for those discerning folks on your list . . . Draga & Aurel upgrade flea-market finds into covetable designs for Baxter . . . In collaboration with Swarovski, architect Daniel Libeskind crafts a brilliant supernova for the Rockefeller Center Tree . . . For decades, Eileen Harris Norton has issued a clarion call for greater diversity in the world of contemporary art . . . and more.
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Designer Nikolai Haas and stylist Djuna Bel conjure an idiosyncratic wonderland in Los Angeles. BY MAYER RUS
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A Greenwich Village townhouse is the ideal setting for one family’s outstanding collection of contemporary art. BY MICHAEL BOODRO
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Artist Ugo Rondinone and poet John Giorno craft a placid Long Island paradise centered on a panorama of surf and sky. BY MAYER RUS (CONTINUED ON PAGE 18)
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A FRANZ WEST SCULPTURE IN URS FISCHER’S BROOKLYN STUDIO.
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When you spend your days editing a luscious interiors magazine like AD, you see a lot of perfection—or at least the striving for it. Decorators, architects, landscape planners, and, of course, homeowners have a goal, an endgame. There comes a moment when these teams will triumphantly inform us that the house is “done.” And while I dearly respect and admire these professionally “done” and practically perfect visions, I confess that nothing quite gets my heart racing like a visit to an artist’s home or studio, which is invariably intensely personal, unexpected, and not very “done” at all! In the formative years of my career I discovered the 1988 edition of the late Alexander Liberman’s richly wonderful book The Artist in His Studio, and it has been a touchstone for me ever since. Liberman, himself a renowned artist and the former editorial director of Condé Nast, noted “the mystery of environment” and mused, “What relationship exists between the paintings and the vision of reality that the artist has daily before his eyes?” Liberman posed but did not presume to answer the question, and I humbly hope that the inspiring spaces presented in this issue add to that conversation. In his feature on Ugo Rondinone’s ultra-private Long Island retreat, AD’s West Coast editor, Mayer Rus, writes that “an artist’s home typically carries an additional burden of expectation that it somehow reflect and illuminate the owner’s practice.” Revel in our (rarely granted) visits to Rondinone and fellow remarkable artists Urs Fischer, Jorge Pardo, and Nikolai Haas in their own sui generis environments, and draw your own conclusions.
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By 1952, William Renwick, an associate in Nelson’s office, had tailored the idea into the streamlined design that went off to manufacturer Howard Miller Clock Co. to be produced. Soon after, Charles and Ray Eames hung one in their Pacific Palisades living room, and modern America followed suit. In no time, the so-called Bubble Lamp was floating—first the spheres and later a variety of shapes and sizes—across the country. The fan base only grew when Herman Miller took over the rights to production in 2016, tweaking the plastic as well as the price (the Ball pendant starts at a still-reasonable $395) to meet modern standards. Hill House Home founder Nell Diamond has used the soft glow of a Bubble to tone down son Henry’s wildly patterned Manhattan nursery. “It’s our own little UFO,” she says of the playful design. A similar model hangs above fashion designer Michael Kors’s Manhattan breakfast room, and designer Jonathan Adler dangles a vintage model over the outdoor table at his Shelter Island retreat. “It’s an atomic take on a Japanese paper lantern,” he says. “And most important, the honeyed light it emits is ultraflattering.” dwr.com —HANNAH MARTIN
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Top of the Rock Given the spikiness and sheen of Daniel Libeskind’s achievements—Berlin’s Jewish Museum, the Denver Art Museum, and the magnificently faceted like—it comes as no surprise that the starchitect is, well, starstruck. “It doesn’t matter who you are; we identify with stars in a strange way,” he says excitedly. “It’s the light, the light in darkness that brings us to something bigger than we are.” Thus, a stellar commission that took more than two years to devise: a new topper for the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree, made in collaboration with Swarovski, the crystal powerhouse. “A star is an explosion, it’s not static, it’s an explosive moment from an inner core,” Libeskind explains. “But how do you present that idea, that explosive energy, and represent the movement of light to the points we actually see?” The solution took more effort than designing a building, he asserts: a three-dimensional, technically complicated supernova measuring nine feet four inches in diameter, with 70 irregular glass spikes, three million faceted crystals, and 140 brilliant LED lights. Revelers can marvel at a full-scale replica that will be displayed on Rockefeller Plaza and then visit an adjacent kiosk that will offer Atelier Swarovski Home laser-etched holiday ornaments. Says Nadja Swarovski, “They are the embodiment of Daniel’s brilliant mix of beauty and innovation.” libeskind.com, atelierswarovski.com —MITCHELL OWENS
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re you a werewolf or a villager? That question comes up with surprising regularity in the fairy-tale Los Angeles abode of designer Nikolai Haas and fashion stylist Djuna Bel. For the uninitiated, Werewolf is a popular role-playing party game centered on lies and deceit. “It sounds supergeeky, but it’s incredibly fun. When we host game night, all sorts of actors, musicians, businessmen, and young assistants come to play. It’s a great way to meet people from different worlds,” Haas explains with unabashed enthusiasm. That same sweet, boyish spirit animates the home he and Bel have painstakingly created over the past few years. A magical mash-up of hippie hut and high design, the house is almost unrecognizable from the dated 1985 structure the couple purchased in 2015 in the burgeoning (i.e., rapidly gentrifying) L.A. neighborhood of Highland Park. “It felt like someone who still uses floppy disks lived here. We essentially rebuilt everything to make it feel like us,” the designer recalls. The transformation of the residence—accomplished largely by Haas and his friends carpenter Lauren Mollica and furnituremaker John Pope—involved removing unnecessary walls, adding decks and gardens, and redoing the floors and fixtures, all in the service of making it more amenable to socializing and enjoying the great outdoors. “There are people here all the time, which is how we like it. The house is made for awesome parties, cooking and eating, and just hanging out with friends,” Haas says. Hints that the space was crafted by a Haas are not hard to find. All the stonework in the kitchen, bathrooms, and decks was made with the same pele de tigre marble that Haas and his twin brother, Simon, use to fabricate the sprightly furniture, fixtures, and sculptures that, at least in part, have elevated the duo to superstar status in the contemporary-design world. There are signature Haas Brothers designs throughout, including the hand-carved walnut furniture in the kitchen, ceramic accretion vases with porcelain slip, and bronze sculptures that look strangely similar to the Road Runner’s feet. Haas himself handcrafted the voluptuous walnut column on the upper stair landing and the footed bed in the master suite, the concrete pizza oven in the outdoor kitchen, and the whimsical frog-faced toilet seat in the pink powder room.
“We’re both really open to each other’s taste,” Bel says of the home’s bohemian-luxe aesthetic. “I come from a fashion background, and Niki definitely put the kibosh on some of the more kitschy stuff and unpedigreed vintage pieces I suggested. In the end, I think he’s gotten a little less snobby, and my taste has become a bit more refined,” she adds. Many of the choicest furnishings—including a Wendell Castle mirror, a Sergio Rodrigues lounge chair, and Jeff Zimmerman glass light fixtures—came from R & Co., the New York–based decorative-arts dealer that represents the Haas Brothers. “Evan [Snyderman] and Zesty [Meyers] have supported us all through our crazy ride, so it’s great to have pieces that are connected to them. Everything in the house comes from a place of love, which is really cool,” Haas notes. The indulgent, marble-clad master bathroom, which looks out on the Angeles National Forest and San Gabriel Mountains, represents a true meeting of the minds for Haas and Bel. “We wanted it to feel like a spa experience. We both love taking nice, long baths, either in our bathroom or in the marble tub on the back deck. We like to pamper ourselves,” says Haas. The one wrench, if that’s the word, in the design scheme was the unplanned arrival of the couple’s infant son, Fox, a year ago. “We built this house for two adult, career-oriented people. There were no railings, and we turned one bedroom into a closet and another into an office. We weren’t thinking about babies, but now the railings are back and the office has become Fox’s room,” Bel says. The appearance of Fox—an enchanted sprite if ever there was one—only adds to the romantic, hippie-chic ambience that pervades the house. “We’re basically never dressed when we’re at home. We placed all the windows so that we can enjoy the views but people can’t see inside,” Haas says of the couple’s back-to-nature lifestyle. Nevertheless, the FedEx and UPS delivery people occasionally get an eyeful. “Niki’s a bit of an exhibitionist, and I just like to be comfortable,” Bel observes. “It is what it is. We have to be ourselves.”
OPPOSITE, TOP THE MASTER BATH IS SHEATHED IN PELE DE TIGRE MARBLE. SCONCES BY STUDIO JOB. BOTTOM ACRYLIC PANELS BRING COLOR TO THE MASTER BEDROOM DECK. HAND-CARVED TABLE AND STOOLS BY HAAS.
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“I think he’s gotten a little less snobby, and my taste has become a bıt more refined.” —Djuna Bel
BEL AND FOX LOUNGE IN THE LIVING ROOM. THE FIR SOFA IS COVERED IN CUSHIONS OF BUFFALO LEATHER. LAMP (TOP LEFT) BY ENTLER; HAND-BLOWN GLASS SCULPTURE (CENTER) BY JEFF ZIMMERMAN FROM R & CO.
“Everything in the house comes from a place of love.” —Nikolai Haas
ABOVE A FAMILY SOAK IN THE OUTDOOR MARBLE BATH, WHICH WAS HAND-CARVED BY HAAS. OPPOSITE A CUSTOM CASHMERE QUILT BY THE ELDER STATESMAN COVERS A WALNUT BED BY HAAS. JEFF ZIMMERMAN GLASS PENDANT; ABOVE BED, ART BY THE HAAS BROTHERS.
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A BLUE LAMP BY KATIE STOUT; PRICE UPON REQUEST. R-ANDCOMPANY.COM
3-GLOBE CERAMIC CHANDELIER; $2,125. ENTLER.CO
This house reflects where Djuna and I are in our careers and our life together.” —Nikolai Haas
HAAS CARVED THE WALNUT SUPPORT BEAM IN THE STAIRWELL. JEFF ZIMMERMAN ILLUMINATED SCULPTURE.
$1,100. BENMEDANSKY.COM
CATALINA SUZANI FABRIC BY OSCAR DE LA RENTA FOR LEE
SUZANI PILLOW COVER SP47; $70. BLACKFIG DESIGNS.COM
AN ENTLER CHANDELIER AND A DAVID BLACK PHOTOGRAPH HANG IN THE GUEST BATH. PRODUCED BY M ADELINE O’M ALLEY
VINE ILLUMINATED SCULPTURE BY JEFF ZIMMERMAN; PRICE UPON REQUEST. R-AND-COMPANY.COM
THE ELDER STATESMAN CASHMERE BLANKET; $7,425. ELDERSTATESMAN.COM
MALM FIREPLACE; FROM $2,800. DWR.COM
LYNDA PLATE BOX BY THE HAAS BROTHERS FOR L’OBJET; $450.
INTERIORS: JASON SCHMIDT; 3-GLOBE CERAMIC CHANDELIER: MARIAH WYNN; A BLUE LAMP, VINE ILLUMINATED SCULPTURE, MANGO SCULPTURE, AMERICAN STOOL: JOE KRAMM/COURTESY OF R & CO.; TRAX VESSEL: ALEX MARSH KING; SUZANI PILLOW: EUGENE DOLGUSHIN; ALL OTHERS COURTESY OF RESPECTIVE COMPANIES
HAND-THROWN BEYONCLÉ SCULPTURE BY THE HAAS BROTHERS; PRICE UPON REQUEST. R-AND-COMPANY.COM
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NATURAL SHEEPSKIN RUG; $495. RH.COM
A HAAS BROTHERS PELE DE TIGRE MARBLE SINK IS OUTFITTED WITH REJUVENATION HARDWARE.
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Transformed by designer Tony Ingrao, a Greenwich Village townhouse becomes the ideal setting for one family’s outstanding collection of contemporary art
THE LIVING ROOM OF ALLISON AND WARREN KANDERS’S NEW YORK CITY TOWNHOUSE FEATURES CONTEMPORARY ARTWORKS BY (FROM LEFT) CHRISTOPHER WOOL, JEFF KOONS, GABRIEL OROZCO, PAUL MCCARTHY, AND RUDOLF STINGEL ALONGSIDE VINTAGE FURNITURE. FOR DETAILS SEE RESOURCES.
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LIGHTING BY JEFF ZIMMERMAN HANGS ABOVE THE VINTAGE RENÉ-JEAN CAILLETTE DINING TABLE AND JOAQUIM TENREIRO CHAIRS. PAINTINGS BY LAURA OWENS (LEFT) AND ED RUSCHA. OPPOSITE A VINTAGE FRANK STELLA RUG DECORATES A SEATING AREA. PHOTOGRAPH (LEFT) BY CINDY SHERMAN; ARTWORK (RIGHT) BY RUDOLF STINGEL.
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s virtually any artist will tell you, art can change your life. Collectors are just as likely to tell you that it will change your style, as well. And there is no better example than Allison and Warren Kanders. They bought their first house in Greenwich, Connecticut, 22 years ago, and hired Mica Ertegun to imbue the Colonial Revival home with her classic elegance (AD, October 2001). But the couple’s taste was evolving, and their art collection was growing. “It’s hard to hang contemporary art on walls with moldings,” says Allison. So a dozen years later they turned to Joe Nahem for a refresh (AD, June 2013). Five years ago, art again spurred a change, the family’s biggest yet. “I found I was coming into New York City almost every day, to go to artists’ studios and galleries,” explains Allison, who cochairs the painting and sculpture committee of the Whitney
Museum of American Art, where Warren serves on the board. So they and their three school-age children decided to commit to the city full-time, retaining their Greenwich place as a weekend retreat. Though Allison admits she longed for a doorman and a view, “Warren and the kids love downtown.” They ultimately chose a five-story townhouse in Greenwich Village. The couple turned to Tony Ingrao and Randy Kemper, AD100 designers known for their urbane and almost offhand way of dealing with even the most precious antiques and artworks, to modernize the landmark structure. Ingrao gutted the place, ripping out flooring, removing one of the two living room fireplaces and designing a new staircase. Now a striking set of Jean Prouvé–inspired aluminum sliding doors pierced with portholes separates the living area from the kitchen, which is flooded with sunlight thanks to new overscale windows. Art, not surprisingly, was a major consideration— specifically having enough wall space for it. “There was a constant discussion of art, from day one,” says Ingrao. “We talked 24/7 about placement. Art for them is number one. Then comes mood and comfort.
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“There was a constant discussion of art, from day one,” says Ingrao. “We talked 24/7 about placement.” But at the same time, they were adamant that they didn’t want to live in a museum.” “My instruction to Tony was: Nothing shiny!” says Allison. “I wanted soft textures, I wanted color. I wanted the place to be cozy. This is Tony stepping out of his box.” But, she notes wryly, “he does know how to read a client. Tony never says no, and I’m not easy.” The result of the nearly five-year renovation (extended after a major flood midway through) is a master class in creating a space that showcases art but still feels welcoming. Yes, the walls are white, but here they are Venetian plaster, with a subtle sheen. There are broad expanses of wall filled with major works, but the large spaces are broken up with intimate seating groups. The playful custom stair rail evokes the work of Jean Royère, while echoing the radiating lines of the Mark Grotjahn drawings that hang on the wall behind. Floors of reclaimed French wood with a soft-wax finish glow under cloudlike custom light fixtures by Jeff Zimmerman.
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The often-changing array of artworks includes pieces by Jeff Koons, Yayoi Kusama, Laura Owens, Gabriel Orozco, Roni Horn, David Hammons, and Gerhard Richter, among many others. The roster of furnishings is just as impressive, with designs by Pierre Jeanneret, Pierre Paulin, Maria Pergay, and Marc Newson. But as Ingrao points out, “The furnishings mix with 18th-century fabrics and handembroidered pieces. There are lots of textures, but nothing so showy it competes with the art.” The Jeanneret settee and chairs are covered in green hair on hide, the pair of 1972 Pierre Paulin chairs sport mohair, and another sofa is covered in an emerald silk velvet finished with a subtle fringe. Upstairs, hand-hewn oak cabinetry lines the passageways to the bedrooms, which are studded with even more art, including the children’s bedrooms. “The kids love this place,” says Allison. “And now they are at an age when they can appreciate it. The one rule is, Do not touch the art!” she adds with a laugh. The master bedroom, a sanctuary of white,
A PUMPKIN SCULPTURE BY YAYOI KUSAMA SITS ON A TERRACE OUTSIDE THE FAMILY ROOM. OPPOSITE A SCULPTURE BY UGO RONDINONE STANDS IN THE GARDEN, FOR WHICH ARTIST PAULA HAYES CREATED THE CUSTOM SILICONE PLANTER.
is cocooned with curtains of a thick-woven Isabel Marant wool, evocative of macramé—but far more elegant and luxurious. Even the garden is a work of art. The Kanderses enlisted artist Paula Hayes, whose landscape-focused work was featured this past summer at the Aspen Art Museum (where Allison is a board member). “Allison had to twist my arm a bit,” Hayes admits. “But I loved the collaboration. The garden became more floriferous and more colorful because of her.” In the small space, a magnificent magnolia, a dogwood, and a delicate Japanese maple contrast with jagged lime-green grasses. Colorful flowers are planted in both traditional urns and Hayes’s signature blobby silicone planters. “I wanted to live with art,” says Allison, “but I wanted a balance, a place where you don’t see only the art or only the furnishings. This feels like a real home.”
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LUCITE WINE ROOM. WORKS BY DANIEL BUREN (LEFT), PIERRE CHARPIN, AND ANICKA YI DECORATE THE POWDER ROOM VESTIBULE. OPPOSITE A COLORFUL PAINTING BY YAYOI KUSAMA HANGS IN THE BREAKFAST ROOM.
HAIR AND MAKEUP BY ALEXARODULFO.COM USING CLÉ DE PEAU BEAUTÉ
CLOCKWISE FROM LEFT ALLISON, WEARING A DIOR SWEATER AND JEANS, AND TWO OF HER CHILDREN GATHER AROUND THE KITCHEN ISLAND; FASHION STYLING BY MARINA MUÑOZ. INGRAO DESIGNED A CUSTOM
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THE DETAILS THAT MAKE THE LOOK
There are lots of textures, but nothing so showy it competes with the art.” —Tony Ingrao
RIVER OF PONDS WOOL TAPESTRY RUG BY FRANK STELLA; $52,843. 1STDIBS.COM
CHANDELIER BY GAETANO SCIOLARI FOR STILNOVO; $9,688. 1STDIBS.COM
IN THE LIVING ROOM, A SETTEE AND CHAIR BY PIERRE JEANNERET FACE A COCKTAIL TABLE BY MARIA PERGAY. ARTWORK BY MARK GROTJAHN LINES THE STAIRCASE.
STANDARD CHAIR BY JEAN PROUVÉ FOR VITRA; $995. DWR.COM
PENTON MANTEL IN CARRARA MARBLE; $4,200. JAMB.CO.UK
VIENNA VELVET IN LAVENDER; TO THE TRADE. FABRICUT.COM
ALPHA CHAIR BY PIERRE PAULIN FOR RALPH PUCCI; FROM $21,000. RALPHPUCCI.NET
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PATHWAY SET OF FIVE TABLES WITH RARE HARD STONES BY TAHER CHEMIRIK; $42,979. 1STDIBS.COM
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THE KITCHEN FEATURES A CUSTOM HOOD AND OAK MILLWORK. BACKSPLASH TILES BY EXQUISITE SURFACES; VINTAGE PIERRE JEANNERET STOOLS.
BISLEY COTTON IN EMPEROR; TO THE TRADE. DELECUONA.COM
PUPPY (VASE) BY JEFF KOONS; $10,000. GAGOSIANSHOP.COM
BRACELET POUF BY MARIA PERGAY; $23,000. DEMISCH DANANT.COM
INTERIORS: THOMAS LOOF; ALPHA CHAIR: ANTOINE BOOTZ; PUPPY (VASE): ROB MCKEEVER/JEFF KOONS, PUPPY (VASE), 1988 © JEFF KOONS; BRACELET POUF: JASON MANDELLA; OVAL MEANDER COFFEE TABLE: CARI VUONG; ALL OTHERS COURTESY OF RESPECTIVE COMPANIES
AMAZONIA EMBROIDERED COTTON; TO THE TRADE. CLARENCEHOUSE.COM
KUSAMA PUMPKIN BY YAYOI KUSAMA; $280. STORE.MOMA.ORG
I wanted a balance, a place where you don’t see only the art, or only the furnishings.” —Allison Kanders THE MASTER BEDROOM’S VINTAGE CARLO HAUNER CHAISE LONGUE WEARS A CHAPAS TEXTILES FABRIC. WORKS BY RICHARD PRINCE (LEFT) AND LUTZ BACHER.
OVAL MEANDER COFFEE TABLE BY MATTIA BONETTI; PRICE UPON REQUEST. KASMINGALLERY.COM
FROM A SECONDFLOOR BALCONY, RONDINONE LOOKS OUT OVER THE DECK AND LAP POOL AT HIS HOME ON THE LONG ISLAND SOUND. FOR DETAILS SEE RESOURCES.
LOST HORIZON Artist Ugo Rondinone and poet John Giorno craft a placid Long Island paradise centered on a breathtaking panorama of surf and sky TEXT BY
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hey weren’t looking for a new house. In the summer of 2014, artist Ugo Rondinone and his partner, poet John Giorno, were visiting Rondinone’s dealer Barbara Gladstone on the North Fork of Long Island when the gallerist received a call from her real-estate agent rhapsodizing about a home that had quietly come on the market. The house—an awkward yet magnificently situated 1960s structure designed by the original homeowners—was not far from Gladstone’s place, so the group set off on an impromptu scouting trip. “We already had a house in Sullivan County. This was just for fun. But the view of the sound was unbelievable—an incredible panorama of water and sky,” recalls the Swiss-born, New York– based Rondinone, whose résumé boasts such
monumental public works as the site-specific desert installation Seven Magic Mountains near Las Vegas, and Human Nature, an ensemble of nine colossal stone figures placed in New York City’s Rockefeller Center in 2013. “Also, John had spent a lot of time on Long Island as a child, so for him this house was a homecoming,” the artist notes, describing the siren call of the seaside retreat. After Rondinone acquired the property, his first impulse was to manipulate the structure to embrace the stunning view through expansive decks, glass walls, and windows. To that end, he enlisted the services of architect Neil Logan, who has worked with many artists. “Architecturally, the house was not very figured out,” Logan says with a touch of diplomacy. “The circulation was bizarre, and there were lots of dead ends. Ultimately we decided to tear almost everything out and start fresh. The only thing we kept was the stair.”
ABOVE RONDINONE AND GIORNO IN THE STAIRWAY. LEFT LOUIS XV–STYLE CHAIRS COVERED IN LINEN SURROUND AN ANTIQUE TABLE ON THE LANDING. OPPOSITE IN THE LIVING ROOM, AN IKEA SOFA WEARS A JOHN ROBSHAW TEXTILES THROW. RONDINONE-DESIGNED TABLE.
An artist’s home typically carries an additional burden of expectation that it somehow reflect and illuminate the owner’s practice. In the case of Rondinone—whose work varies broadly in medium, scale, and materials, and frequently pivots between euphoria and melancholy—the search for insight is all the more compelling. “One of Ugo’s great talents is sculpture. He has a clear vision about form and space, which he thinks about endlessly,” Giorno says. Logan adds, “Ugo has a very strong design sense. It was important to make the house look and feel like an Ugo work, not a Logan one.” Perhaps the most eloquent expression of Rondinone’s ethos is the immense deck that stretches out along the sound in the rear of the house, where it encompasses a minimalist lap pool, and to the side of the structure, where it expands into a sprawling podium with apertures meticulously cut around tree trunks and limbs. “I wanted to make a stage for the
trees so that they become the sculpture,” the artist explains. “Also, we didn’t want to step in the grass too much for fear of ticks,” he says on a more practical note. Inside, the mood is one of exquisite serenity and simplicity. Marine plywood furniture and cabinetry of Rondinone’s design—some lacquered white, others left raw—are juxtaposed with old farm tables and chairs as well as eccentric Louis XV–style antiques stripped of gilding and paint and seemingly bleached by the sun. Many of the vintage decorative elements, like the array of 19th-century oil lamps in the pareddown kitchen, came from Giorno’s mother’s collection. High-low pairings such as IKEA sofas draped in handwoven John Robshaw Textiles throws maintain the unpretentious, beach-friendly ambience. Only one artist is represented in the house. Rondinone first discovered the work of Louis Eilshemius, an idiosyncratic, largely overlooked
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LEFT AN ANTIQUE CHURCH PEW, PAINTED RED, SITS IN THE UPSTAIRS HALL. BELOW RONDINONE DESIGNED THE KITCHEN’S RAW WOOD CABINETRY AND SHELVES. LOUIS EILSHEMIUS PAINTING. BOTTOM LEFT A SHADED AREA ON THE DECK.
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“Ugo has a clear vision about form and space, which he thinks about endlessly.” —John Giorno
RIGHT IN THE DINING AREA, ASSORTED FARM CHAIRS SURROUND A RONDINONEDESIGNED TABLE. BELOW A BATH FEATURES DURAVIT SINKS AND FITTINGS BY CHICAGO FAUCETS. RONDINONE DESIGNED THE VANITY. OPPOSITE A VINTAGE TABLE AND STOOLS ON THE DECK.
“I wanted to make a stage for the trees so that they become the sculpture.” —Ugo Rondinone American romantic, at a 2001 exhibition at the National Academy of Design in New York. Mesmerized by Eilshemius’s depictions of moonlit landscapes, alluring nymphs, and dreamy maritime scenes, Rondinone began collecting the work in earnest and now owns about 40 of his paintings. “They felt right for this house,” the artist declares. Both Rondinone and Giorno maintain studios at their North Fork home. Rondinone works in a separate high-ceilinged pavilion situated on the property, while Giorno, whose text-based practice has expanded into drawing and painting, occupies a studio directly off the kitchen. “I can work anywhere, but this place is genuinely inspiring,” says Giorno, who is currently finishing a much-anticipated autobiography that tracks his peregrinations through the worlds of contemporary art, Tibetan Buddhism, and queer sexuality. With a slate of upcoming exhibitions and shows currently on view across the globe, Rondinone relishes the quiet comfort of his seaside refuge. “The house still looks a little too minimal, but it will continue to grow and evolve,” he says, surveying his domain. “But it’s a perfect place to sit and do nothing. It’s not about entertaining a houseful of people. Right now it’s something private, just for us.”
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PORTUGUESE FLOWER DINNER PLATES (AVAILABLE ONLINE FROM CABANA MAGAZINE; CABANAMAGAZINE.COM, AS WELL AS AT THE KRB POP-UP SHOP IN NEW YORK CITY) ON CLOVER HANDWOVEN PLACE MATS. OPPOSITE CAROLINA IRVING AT HOME IN PARIS.
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With a new tabletop collection, super-stylist Carolina Irving and her daughters set the scene with rustic, Mediterranean charm TEXT BY
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he irony of Carolina Irving’s latest project isn’t lost on her: “Everyone and their mother are doing tabletop,” says the Venezuelan-descended, Paris-based tastemaker who this month—with adult children Olympia and Ariadne—introduces tableware aptly named Carolina Irving and Daughters. “There’s an appeal to having a beautiful table. People are wanting to entertain at home again, which is miraculous.” Even as Instagram tablescapes hijack our feeds, there’s a poetic, Old World mystique that sets the Irvings’ collection apart. Place mats are woven on ancient looms in Portugal by, as Irving describes it, “little old ladies in their backyards.” Black terracotta plates feature a swirl technique practiced by only one man in Spain, whom she tracked to a small village after an endless Google search. (“He didn’t have a telephone number. There was no trace of him. I went to the post office and said, ‘Do you know this guy?’ ”) Everything, from the rustic glazed candelabra to the speckled-seashell bread plates, is handcrafted, though Irving is quick to point out that there will be enough for all: “I find it so frustrating when you go into a store and can’t take something with you.” (On that note, scoop it up quickly: Her first collection will be available at a pop-up at KRB in New York City from December 4 to 8.) With Olympia and Ariadne living in London (the former works for Robin Birley of 5 Hertford Street notoriety, the latter for Cabana magazine), the preferred form of communication is photo sharing. “We all have thousands of images saved on our phones. Funnily enough,” Irving says, “we tend to like the same things.” Their current obsession isn’t anything you’re likely to find on social media, though. “We’re very inspired by history,” she explains, referencing Francisco de Zurbarán, the 17th-century Spanish artist whose chiaroscuro still lifes depicted toothsome dining milieus. “If my table could look like that. . . .” Irving sighs. “For me, it’s perfection.”
TOP ZIGZAG AND WREATH TERRACOTTA DINNER PLATES WITH OTTOMAN CANDLESTICKS. BOTTOM WHITE-ANDALGAE DINNER AND DESSERT PLATES. OPPOSITE SPANISH ARIADNE PLATE WITH HIVE HANDWOVEN PLACE MAT.
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STUDIO VISIT
An expansive space in Brooklyn gives Urs Fischer plenty of room to contemplate the meaning of art and life TEXT BY
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ABOVE FISCHER’S STUDIO SPACE IS FULL OF PROJECTS IN VARIOUS STAGES OF COMPLETION. AT FRONT LEFT, A FOAM MODEL FOR DASHA, A LARGE-SCALE CANDLE. OPPOSITE FISCHER IN THE LOUNGE. PORTRAIT BY FISCHER ABOVE A SECTIONAL BY FLEXFORM; BIRD DRAWING BY SPENCER SWEENEY. FOR DETAILS SEE RESOURCES.
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CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT FISCHER’S DAZZLED, A PAIR OF SCULPTURAL EYES. A VIBRANT VINTAGE PERSIAN RUG DEFINES FISCHER’S WORK SPACE; LAMP BY FRANZ WEST. WORKS IN PROGRESS. THE STUDIO OPENS ONTO A COURTYARD.
The daily ritual is but one way the Swiss-born Fischer has strived to make the cavernous Brooklyn space where he creates his irreverent sculptures and installations feel not only like a home but much more fun. “We spend our days in warehouses, half of our life, so let’s try to make it a little bit pleasant,” he says in heavily accented English. Since moving his operation a decade ago to this nondescript building steps from the waterfront in Red Hook, Fischer has directed a complete overhaul. Ten skylights now help brighten the 20-foot-tall main room. From the elevated kitchen and dining area, reached by an elegantly minimal wooden staircase, Fischer has a master-of-the-universe view of works in progress: models of abstract, hand-squeezed clay sculptures that will scale up to 45 feet; tables covered with snail shells that he’ll program to crawl on the floor, leaving snail-trail drawings of faux mucus. Houseplants abound, and a glass wall opens onto a garden, formerly a truck lot. The tattooed and powerfully built Fischer started out designing theater and film sets in Amsterdam in the 1990s, so it’s probably no coincidence that the 24,000-square-foot studio feels like a soundstage, with clearly defined sitting areas that resemble vignettes for scenes interspersed with plenty of open space for working. “Thoughts need room, too,” he says. A long, low bronze velvet sofa stretches along one wall, looking like it was hijacked from a downtown club. Tables and chairs are dotted throughout, some, like a red-and-gray-checked example, of Fischer’s own design. In the enormous back room, which his staff refers to as “Urs’s studio,” a corner is given over to his extensive library, along with a cozy grouping of curvy, pale-gray couches and chairs. One chaise longue is draped with a blanket, his preferred spot for napping. The urge to work comes and goes. Fischer has just wrapped up a busy few months, with two shows opening at two Gagosian galleries within days of each other this past September. He has long been hanks to a surprisingly interested in kinetic sculpture—he remembers being engrossing conversation wowed by a Bruce Nauman carousel of body parts about recipes with his taxi in 1991—and Play is his latest experiment with motion. driver this morning, Urs Fischer is craving chickpeas. Shown at Gagosian New York, the installation consists of a roomful of cheerfully colored office chairs And thanks to the presence of his private chef and a well- zooming around in a semi-choreographed dance, which is altered by the viewer’s presence. Equipped stocked pantry, Fischer is with sensors, the chairs seem to seek out human now sniffing a pan of them interaction but stop short of making contact. sizzling with tomatoes on Fischer has always made room for humor in his the stove. He spoons a taste into his mouth and nods art, beginning with his breakthrough piece, Rotten with approval. Next he grabs a large square of feta cheese drizzled with olive oil and downs it in one bite. Foundation (1998), a cinder-block wall perched atop decaying produce. “Humor is how we get through It’s almost lunchtime in the artist’s studio, and that the day, no? Otherwise it gets a little grim,” he says, means a hearty meal whipped up by the chef and the screechy chirping of two parakeets providing a shared at a communal table with Fischer’s staff and, live soundtrack. often, a few invited friends.
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“Humor is how we get through the day, no?” says Fischer. “Otherwise it gets a little grim.” Fischer is also a provocateur. His Gagosian show in London featured a single subversive piece: an idealized sculpture of Dasha Zhukova, the glamorous cofounder of Moscow’s Garage Museum of Contemporary Art—in the form of a candle. At the opening, the wick was lit, leaving the wax simulacrum of his friend to slowly melt into an abstract jumble of color over the course of the seven-weeklong exhibition. Dasha is the latest in a series of candles of art-world icons, including Julian Schnabel and a copy of Giambologna’s The Rape of the Sabine Women, that Fischer has both created and destroyed. Sometimes, he admits, his work is blatantly attentionseeking. “It doesn’t just want to be there in the corner,” he says. Though Fischer studied photography, he disdains art school, calling it a “terrible thing for art,” which he insists cannot be taught. “There is the religious scholar and the believer,” he says by way of comparison. “Making art, you are the believer.” Fischer goes by his gut. When he was still emerging, he built a house out of bread on a public square in Vienna. The way he tells it, the piece wasn’t all that symbolic. “I was just thinking of a house of bread,” he says. “In Switzerland there are a lot of wooden houses. They kind of look like bread.” But locals were incensed. “For them, it was the body of Christ,” since they interpreted it as a reference to Jesus’s declaration “I am the bread of life.” Some were also outraged that he’d wasted perfectly good food, though he’d recovered the loaves from an industrial bakery’s dumpster. “They hated me,” Fischer says. He subsequently remade the piece in New York at Gavin Brown’s Enterprise, where the difference in the reaction bemused him: “It was all about carbs.” Judging by the in-process paintings leaning against a wall, stacks of prints, and samples of materials, one can see Fischer has no shortage of ideas percolating. But don’t expect him to keep at it for life. “What’s the point?” Fischer says. His outside interests are broad, from music and dance to food. “My goal is to one day not make art anymore. I think that’s the ultimate goal. It’s like art is to some degree an exoskeleton. Maybe one day I don’t need it.”
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RIGHT AN ANGUS FAIRHURST BRONZE GORILLA STANDS IN THE COURTYARD. LANDSCAPE DESIGN BY MELISSA BRZUSZEK OF MIZUTAMA STUDIO. BELOW THE PLANTFILLED MEZZANINE ABOVE FISCHER’S ARCHIVE. CHAIRS BY RON ARAD.
CLOCKWISE FROM ABOVE AN ABSTRACT WORK BY SPENCER SWEENEY HANGS IN THE LIBRARY; SEATING BY MASSPRODUCTIONS IN A KVADRAT WOOL; VINTAGE COCKTAIL TABLE. A PLASTER MOCK-UP FOR A PAST PROJECT. AN OVERSIZE FLOOR LAMP BY LEUCOS TOWERS OVER AN ARMCHAIR.
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Jorge Pardo crafts a vibrant, bright-hued dream house in Mérida, Mexico TEXT BY
ARTIST JORGE PARDO IN HIS HOME’S LUSH GARDEN. OPPOSITE PARDO DESIGNED THE LACE CURTAINS, PENDANT LAMPS, TILE FLOORING, AND COLORFUL DOORS AND WINDOWS THROUGHOUT. FOR DETAILS SEE RESOURCES.
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RIGHT AN EXTERIOR STAIRCASE, WITH TILEWORK BY PARDO, LEADS FROM THE GROUND FLOOR TO THE BEDROOMS. OPPOSITE NATIVE PLANTS HANG OVER THE POOL, MADE OF CHUKUM, MAYAN STUCCO.
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orge Pardo loves to build. And the Cuban-born artist, who divides his time between New York City and Mérida, Mexico, has been doing it a lot lately. This fall he’s put the finishing touches on a sprawling, inventive compound for the publisher Benedikt Taschen in Malibu, and on L’Arlatan, an exuberant hotel in Arles, France, commissioned by the Swiss pharmaceutical heiress and art patron Maja Hoffmann. The hotel takes its place close to Hoffmann’s Luma Arles, a contemporary-art complex adapted by Annabelle Selldorf from a former 19th-century train factory and
anchored by Frank Gehry’s spectacular Arts Resource Center, which will be completed in spring 2020. And then there’s Pardo’s own place, a walled oasis in the Yucatán capital. Mérida, where he set up a studio in 2013, suits the artist’s love of both scale and artisanal workmanship. Here, for example, he can source traditional ceramic tiles, one of his most cherished materials, cut and colored to his limitless, unbridled specifications. “It’s like a playground for me,” he says. When he bought the property, it was little more than a crumbling façade and a big, empty lot proportioned, like many traditional Mérida houses, to extend deeply rearward from its narrow street frontage, “like a football pitch,” says Pardo, “45 feet wide
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IN THE KITCHEN, PARDO’S GIRLFRIEND, ALEXIS JOHNSON (LEFT), AND HIS DAUGHTER, PENELOPE, SIT AT A BIRCH TABLE BY THE ARTIST. HE ALSO DESIGNED THE CABINETRY.
and 300 feet deep.” Built flush with the sidewalk, this footprint gives these historical residences a deceptively modest aspect, until they open, Narnialike, to reveal inner gardens, courtyards, and quarters stretching luxuriously into the distance. The cut of the original stones in Pardo’s façade suggests that the building dates from the 17th century. The local conservancy required him to maintain its nearly 20-foot ceiling height, something he turned to his advantage by creating a soaring, formal entertaining space. Here, the artist’s interventions add to the room’s magic: A table he made, inlaid with skulls at its corners—“I wanted the furniture to have some ornamentation,” he says—comfortably seats 16; one wall is almost entirely covered by a rendering of a Willem de Kooning painting, digitized and simplified in the studio, then scaled up and filled in “kind of like a paint-by-numbers process”; the bank of patterned
“I love that you have to walk through the entire garden every day,” says Pardo. geometric windows leading to the interior gardens is draped with printed fabrics and Chinese-made lace bought locally and layered to create surprising tones and iterations of color. “Singularly, they wouldn’t be as interesting,” Pardo observes. “Doubled up, they are complementary or dissonant.” Beyond the entrance building, which includes a catering kitchen and Pardo’s beloved wine cellar, he was free to build as he wished. The result? A succession of three structures, punctuated by lawns, trees, and a pool that can be accessed either from outside or directly from the living area. “I wanted to make a place where you didn’t ‘go’ to the garden, but you’re in the garden,” he says, pointing out that a lot of houses have yards at the back, with the result that they’re not much used. “I love the idea that you have to walk through the entire garden every day as you go in and out of the house.” Planted with banana and mango trees, cacti, chilli bushes, birds-of-paradise, and other native species, the garden is so lush and rapid in its growth that it “rescales itself every six to eight months,” he says. “You weed it out, move things that don’t work.” The central block, where, says Pardo, “I spend 90 percent of my time,” contains the day-to-day kitchen and living area. A large screened room open on both sides, it’s “like a birdcage that’s really nice to be in.” (Indeed, the house’s running soundtrack features the high-pitched whoops and trills of tropical birds making their airborne rounds.) Pardo is a gifted chef
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LILLY, THE FAMILY PUG, SITS IN A SUN-DRENCHED ROOM, WHERE PARDO DESIGNED THE ENGRAVED COCKTAIL TABLE AND SIDE TABLE WITH ACRYLIC AND MIRROR INLAYS.
ABOVE MASTERFULLY GRIDDED WINDOWS RISE TO MEET THE NEARLY 20-FOOT-TALL CEILINGS. OPPOSITE FOR THE LOUNGE ROOM WALL, PARDO CREATED A MURAL INSPIRED BY A WILLEM DE KOONING PAINTING. SOFAS AND SIDE TABLE BY PARDO.
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ABOVE THE MASTER BEDROOM FEATURES A BED BY PARDO AND CURTAINS MADE FROM LOCAL FABRICS. OPPOSITE SHADES OF TEAL ENLIVEN THE MASTER DRESSING ROOM.
and generous host to frequent visitors. “It can easily handle eight,” he says of the house, which includes five guest rooms in the bedroom block at the rear. The kitchen is equipped with a commercial refrigerator trimmed with LED lights, of the kind you might see in a convenience store, and an industrial-size air vent “because,” he says, “I like to cook with fire.” The ceiling height here—just over 13 feet—is slightly less extravagant than that of the entrance space, yet still optimal for showcasing the constellations of Pardo’s laser-cut pendant lamps that hang in semirandom color-grouping formations throughout the house, their shapes and colors inspired by different fruits, such as papaya and cacao pods. And then, of course, another Pardo signature: floors reimagined as abstract paintings, designed on the computer and carefully reproduced underfoot using vibrant ceramic tiles. Pardo worked from a palette of six or seven colors in the different buildings, giving each its own character. A staircase and terraces in the bedroom block, for example, are made up of celestial
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pale blues and greens, suggesting a borderless dimension between garden and sky. Prototypes of wooden rocking chairs from L’Arlatan are arranged on an outdoor terrace, and tables, vases, and other furniture pieces from experimental editions are scattered around, giving Pardo’s interior a playful, informal air. He’s so at ease here, it’s hard to imagine this is not his lifelong home. Asked if Mérida holds some resonance for him of Cuba, he thinks for a moment. “I was so young when I left,” he says—he was six years old—“that it’s hard to know what’s even a memory. One thing I do like is the feeling of the tropics. I love humidity; it’s comforting to me.” When he’s not being visited by his daughter, Penelope, a 16-year-old New York City high-schooler, or his girlfriend, Alexis Johnson, an art dealer, he’s content being here by himself. “You don’t feel overwhelmed by its scale even though, at about 7,000 square feet, the house is quite large,” he says. “It feels very warm and relaxed. It’s a place where you can leave your shoes lying around.”
resources Items pictured but not listed here are not sourceable. Items similar to vintage and antique pieces shown are often available from the dealers listed. (T) means the item is available only to the trade. COLLECTING: VISION QUEST PAGES 44–46: Interiors by Nell Alano; nellalanointeriors.com. Landscape architecture by Dryden Helgoe Landscape Design; drydenhelgoe.com. PAGE 46: In dining room, Devon 6-light chandelier by Williams Sonoma; williams-sonoma.com; with shades by Paul Ferrante (T); paulferrante .com. Chippendale dining side chairs by Rose Tarlow Melrose House (T); rosetarlow.com; in Melton viscose-linen, in buttercup, by Romo (T); romo.com. On end chairs, slipcovers of Prima Alpaca Plaid fabric, in harvest colors, by Sandra Jordan (T); sandrajordan .com. Rug by Stark (T); starkcarpet.com. In gallery, OP round table by Blackman Cruz; blackmancruz.com. BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY COVER (SUBSCRIBERS), PAGES 66–77: Custom pieces
throughout by Nikolai Haas of the Haas Brothers; thehaas brothers.com. PAGE 66: Rocking chair by John Pope Designs; johnpopedesigns.com. Vintage fireplace by Malm (similar); malmfireplaces.com. PAGE 68: Walnut stools, bench, and ceramic vase by the Haas Brothers from R & Co.; r-andcompany.com. PAGE 70: In bath, Venini Murano glass sconces by Studio Job; studiojobgallery .com. Walnut stool by the Haas Brothers from R & Co.; r-andcompany.com. Wall-mount West Slope cross handle sink and tub fittings, in aged brass, by Rejuvenation; rejuvenation.com. PAGES 72–73: At top left, lamp by Entler; entler.co. Jeff Zimmerman hand-blown glass sculpture from R & Co.; r-andcompany.com. On floor, sheepskin from Black Sheep White Light; blacksheepwhitelight.com. COVER, PAGE 74: Custom cashmere quilt by the Elder Statesman; elderstatesman.com. Glass pendant by Jeff Zimmerman from R & Co.; r-and-company.com. Above bed, artwork by the Haas Brothers from R & Co. Bedside lamps by Entler; entler.co. PAGE 75: In window, ceramic lamp by Katie Stout from R & Co.; r-andcompany.com. ON VIEW PAGES 78–87: Interiors and interior architecture by Ingrao Inc.; ingraoinc.com. Custom fabrics throughout from Lauren Hwang New York (T);
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Perennial life of the party, designer Ken Fulk is not someone you might immediately peg as the churchgoing type. But the devout sybarite has founded his own congregation at Saint Joseph’s Arts Society—a new San Francisco hot spot (part members’ club, part retail concept, part cultural center) set inside a 1913 cathedral. “We watched for years as the building fell into decline,” Fulk recalls of the long-vacant Romanesque Revival landmark, which he routinely passed on the way to work before buying it in 2016. “It was breathtaking but decrepit. We had to save it.” Restored with the help of California architecture firm Page & Turnbull, the structure shines again, with refreshed finishes, repaired stained-glass windows, and a freestanding mezzanine that adds 9,000 square feet. The entry vestibule now serves as retail space, with the likes of publisher Assouline and apothecary Officine Universelle Buly alongside Fulk’s own finds; the mezzanine houses the first permanent West Coast outpost of Carpenters Workshop Gallery; and on the third level, Arts Society subscribers can access a private bar and lounge. Communal gathering spaces, meanwhile, fill the nave, which beckons guests toward the performance-ready apse. Fulk says it best: “I wanted the church to represent us on our brightest day—who we are as artists, what we can give back to the world.” saintjosephsartssociety.com —SAM COCHRAN
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