December 22, 2012

Links We Love: What we’re reading this week

AD’s favorite stories from around the web
December 19, 2012

Sitting Pretty

Monique Lhuillier’s new two-story flagship, in a restored 19th-century townhouse on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, is an alluring showcase not just for the fashion designer’s chic eveningwear, bridal finery, and tabletop collections but also for th...
December 18, 2012

Hervé Van der Straeten’s imaginative furnishings go on view at Ralph Pucci International

Expert craftsmanship meets pure imagination in the work of Hervé Van der Straeten, a Parisian designer known for his exuberant—and increasingly collectible—light fixtures and furniture. Starting January 31 his latest luxe creations will be on view...
December 17, 2012

In Memoriam: Roger Prigent

Every designer or design groupie idolizes an individual whose taste, spirit, and knowledge introduced him or her to a wider, wilder world. For interior designer Albert Hadley, it was Rose Cumming, the eccentric Manhattan antiques dealer. For decorator ...
December 17, 2012

Ralph Rucci’s latest elegant collection can’t be found on the runway, but in an art gallery

American haute couturier Ralph Rucci is famed for the soulful austerity of his clothing for exactingly elegant women, but if the New York–based talent ever decides to take a career detour, art might be the right perch. A new exhibition of the designe...
December 15, 2012

Links We Love: What we’re reading this week

1. The New York Times showcases the stunning aerial photography of George Steinmetz, which he captures from a paraglider.2. Design Observer defines the year that was with its third-annual year-end awards, featuring such cheeky categories as Most Popu...
December 11, 2012

Treasure of the Machine Age

View SlideshowThe 1970s was not only the decade of disco, it was the decade of Deco—Art Deco, that is—when young, high-profile collectors such as fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent and artist Andy Warhol were snapping up the works of Jean Duna...
December 11, 2012

Miami Rhapsody

View SlideshowAfter a nonstop week of art fairs, celebratory dinners, and late-night revelry, the crowds have cleared from Miami Beach. So what caught our attention? The answer, in a word, is tons. At the main attraction, Art Basel Miami Beach, som...
December 10, 2012

Supreme natural beauty is captured in vivid detail in hyperrealist photographer Andrew Zuckerman’s latest book

View SlideshowThe past subjects of New York–based photographer and filmmaker Andrew Zuckerman have included exotic animals and birds—a great horned owl, a six-banded armadillo—as well as personalities such as Frank Gehry, Desmond Tutu, and Cl...
December 10, 2012

Breaking Boundaries

With a roster of artists that includes Marina Abramovi?, Terence Koh, and Kehinde Wiley, Manhattan gallerist Sean Kelly is no stranger to boundary-pushing work. So when the time came to expand and relocate his operation, based for more than a decade o...