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by alexia|10 October 202022 October 2024|ART

A mysterious black and white photograph, the detail of an entrance gate to the Locus Solus villa, adorns the cover of a book on Jean-Michel Othoniel’s drawing table in the Marais district in Paris. The novel Locus Solus, written by Raymond...

Laudomia Pucci Used to Colors

by alexia|10 October 202022 October 2024|ART

The Villa Granaiolo in Castelfiorentino, once a 13th-century fortress, is where the Marchese di Barsento Emilio Pucci and his wife, Cristina, used to host glamorous parties in the 1960s. Visible from the green steps of the villa is the former...

Bethan Laura Wood The Alchemist

by alexia|10 October 202022 October 2024|ART

‘Oysters,’ a collection of laminate marquetry ovals, are spread out on the London studio desk of designer Bethan Laura Wood, who casts herself in the role of magician or alchemist of surfaces by creating luxury pieces out of inexpensive material....

Joana Vasconcelos Portuguese Baroque

by alexia|10 October 202022 October 2024|ART

From her office on the top floor of a former cereal factory warehouse on the banks of the Tagus River in Lisbon, Joana Vasconcelos coordinates all her studio’s activities. Below her, on the ground floor, two lions covered in crochet lace, assisted...

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