The New York Times – T Magazine:
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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Clocks That Master the Art of Measuring Time
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
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
The New York Times – T Magazine:
Tetsuya Ishida’s prescient and terrifying works arrive in New York.
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Fiber Art Is Finally Being Taken Seriously
The New York Times – T Magazine:
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 New York Times – Fashion & Style:
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
The New York Times – T Magazine:
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
The New York Times – T Magazine:
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
The New York Times – T Magazine:
Tomo Koizumi, known for his voluminous ruffled dresses, ventures into a new creative arena: painting.
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Out West, the Gay Cowboy Roams Free
The New York Times – T Magazine:
The frontier has long been a symbol of American masculinity. Now a rising generation of artists are creating a new queer mythology.