Last week, LA-based painter Kelly Reemtsen opened her new exhibit, "Smashing," at the De Buck Gallery in Chelsea. The subjects of her paintings are ominously flirtatious—in bright retro dresses and pumps, wielding household tools that remind us just how many uses a hose, a pair of shears, or ... More

When the Grace Farms Foundation needed an architect for its 80-acre New Canaan community center, they searched wide. “Our committee looked at 25 firms,” says foundation president Sharon Prince, before settling on Pritzker Prize–winner SANAA, whose designs include NYC’s New Museum. The River Building opens October 9 with artworks by ... More

In the charming Provençal region of The Luberon—where quaint villages and sweeping lavender fields are the main attraction—seclusion certainly isn’t hard to come by. It is perhaps most pronounced, though, within the confines of Domaine des Andéols, an 81-acre secluded haven just an hour’s drive east of Avignon. ... More

Once Walead Beshty had gained traction with his conceptual, often photography-related art, he became intrigued with the furnishings of galleries showing his work in Los Angeles and London—with unexpected results. He suggested replacing all the galleries’ desks with sheets of polished copper, instructing staff to go about their ... More

The Singapore: Inside Out exhibition is currently traveling the globe, with stops in the media capitals of the world—Beijing, London, New York City and it will soon have its grand homecoming in none other than its eponymous city. But the NYC stop was the biggest project of the ... More

In 1992, a teenage Kate Moss posed for her first editorial shoot for Italian Harper’s Bazaar, and now the iconic prints are up for grabs. The black-and-white snaps by legendary photographer Stephanie Pfriender Stylander show a then little-known Moss against various New York City backdrops—think: a graffiti-splashed SoHo, an ... More

Italian contemporary artist Francesco Clemente conceived an extraordinary suite of paintings beginning in 1998 called DORMIVEGLIA, and now the frescoed works are on display for the first time.  The series is named after the Italian expression that connotes a half-asleep, dreamlike state and depicts statuesque goddesses fragmented across land and sea. ... More

Most people don’t associate the Rocky Mountains with blue-chip modern art, but that’s all about to change. This summer, the ART Hotel—Denver’s most anticipated new luxury property—opened its doors to sophisticated jetsetters traveling through the West. Curated by Dianne Vanderlip, the hotel’s public spaces are bursting with ... More

Jean-Michel Basquiat is best known for the work he did on canvases and, of course, on walls across New York City. But thanks to the new tome Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Unknown Notebooks, the late artist’s works on paper—a collection of notes, poetry, drawings and sketches edited by art aficionado ... More

On stage, Alison Mosshart—who fronts rock bands The Kills and The Dead Weather—is a formidable force. It turns out the same quality extends to a gallery’s walls. Beginning June 18, Mosshart’s paintings will be on display at Manhattan’s Joseph Gross Gallery in Fire Power, a sprawling exhibition of ... More