SUBSTACK: The Museum of Drawers: famous artists collaborating in miniature
Creativity blooms best when it's shared with your friends.
SUBSTACK: Calder's "Spirale" sculpture and its best friend, the Eiffel Tower
Imagining 1958 at the Palais de l'UNESCO in Paris, and I'm selling a vintage photograph of it!
SUBSTACK: I have a crush on Abstract Expressionist artist Arshile Gorky.
Arshile Gorky: The modern painter who I would have been following around with puppy-dog eyes in the 1930s.
SUBSTACK: Elaine de Kooning Paints a Picture
The selected writings of a cherished Abstract Expressionist painter made a firm mark on the history of art. Sharing excerpts from The Spirit of Abstract Expressionism, featuring Josef Albers, Buckminster Fuller, Jackson Pollock, Hans Hofmann, and more.
SUBSTACK: YSL's 1965 Autumn/Winter Couture Mondrian Collection
On how the prolific artist's visual cadre became a cultural staple of fashion and design. Merci, Yves Saint Laurent !
SUBSTACK: Honeymooning in Venice
Venice is a honeymoon spot for a reason. Ciao punctuations, lots of boating, and the art of turning a dead-end into a piece of magic. We visited the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, steered a boat with Row Venice, ate one million sweets, and enjoyed photography at the Venice Biennale.
SUBSTACK: The singular book on Hans Hofmann's School of Fine Arts supply list
Modern painter and educator Hans Hofmann prescribed one book to his students on an introductory syllabus for his art school, the Hans Hofmann School of Fine Arts in Provincetown, Massachusetts: Expressionism in Art.
In a Circus Ring with Saul Steinberg
A glimpse of the friendship between Charles and Ray Eames, Saul Steinberg, and Hedda Sterne while revealing that some of their inspiration was derived from the attitudes of the circus.
Black Sun: How Capitol Hill Became Home to Isamu Noguchi’s 12-Ton Sculpture
Sculptor Isamu Noguchi carved a 12-ton black granite sculpture, Black Sun, for Capitol Hill’s Volunteer Park in Seattle.