19, January 2016
Architectural Pottery and Californian planters
Living in California has made me revisit gardening, landscaping and interior design. The severe drought of the last 5 years has resulted in a lot of people getting rid of their green lawns and replacing their water-guzzling plants by hardy succulents, landscaping with rocks and pebbles and the use of planters. I wrote about the drought [ read more ... ]
03, January 2016
No Boundaries from the Australian desert painters.
I recently saw an extraordinary show at the Perez Art Museum in Miami ( PAMM) : No Boundaries: Aboriginal Australian Contemporary Abstract Painting I have just read that this show will tour the USA extensively and I really advice you to catch it on its tour. For me it's about ancient language, symbols and signs that have [ read more ... ]
08, December 2015
Navajo rugs
The more I travel and I see the effects of globalization, the more I am moved by strong manifestations of cultural identity, in particular through the arts and crafts. My friend Paula Stussy recently posted on Instagram a beautiful photo taken at Shiprock gallery in Santa Fe and this reminded me of the unique and bold designs of the [ read more ... ]