October 9, 2012

Epic Poetry

For his screen adaptation of Leo Tolstoy’s operatic novel Anna Karenina, director Joe Wright eschewed ordinary interpretation, opting instead to base the Romanov drama primarily inside a cavernous morphing theater. Candlelit chandeliers descend to su...
October 8, 2012

Links We Love: What we’re reading this week

1. Artinfo examines the architecture- and art-inspired designs at Paris Fashion Week.2. Curbed explores the whimsical, eye-catching decor featured in Google offices around the world.3. Designboom previews Rotterdam-based architecture firm MVRDV’s...
October 8, 2012

Plus Ça Change

A couple weeks ago, grape pickers in Champagne, France, began the monthlong harvest, or les vendanges, as the locals say. The winemakers will then do a single press of the three grape varieties used to make Champagne —Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, and Pino...
October 6, 2012

Americana Grandfather Clocks Intro

1-800-4CLOCKS.com is proud and excited to be introducing into our Authorized Grandfather Clock Dealer and grandfather clocks product the entire current selection of Americana Grandfather Clocks […]
October 5, 2012

London’s newly restored William Morris Gallery reopens

London’s William Morris Gallery, which reopened August 2 following a more than $15 million renovation, celebrates the life and work of the radical Arts and Crafts movement figurehead, who has influenced everything from J.R.R. Tolkien to modern-day ch...
October 3, 2012

The Unknown Astor

The media frenzy surrounding the auction of philanthropist Brooke Astor’s estate—which last week brought $18.8 million at Sotheby’s—should be echoed to some degree at Stair Galleries in Hudson, New York, on October 5. But it likely won’t, due...
October 2, 2012

A stunning estate being auctioned anonymously by Christie’s in Paris turns out to have quite the outré backstory

View SlideshowThe convoluted amour known as a ménage à trois is the sort of entanglement typically conducted out of the public eye. But an auction being held this week at Christie’s in Paris brings back into the spotlight the French capital’s ...
October 2, 2012

The International Fine Art & Antique Dealers Show returns to the Park Avenue Armory October 19

Connoisseurs, mark your calendars. Starting October 19, Manhattan’s Park Avenue Armory will host the weeklong 24th annual International Fine Art & Antique Dealers Show. As an opening-night sponsor, Architectural Digest will fête dozens of intern...
September 28, 2012

Links We Love: What we’re reading this week

1. Dezeen tours Hôtel Droog, the Dutch studio’s new sustainable destination located in the historical center of Amsterdam. The name is a bit misleading, as this “hotel” features a lecture hall, art gallery, shops, restaurant, and garden (with ed...
September 28, 2012

Roped Up

View SlideshowOn June 19, in the wake of New York’s blockbuster design auctions, bids were steadily climbing at a sale half-way around the globe in Brussels. There, Pierre Bergé & Associés was making its way lot by lot through the personal ...
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