London

by alexia|20 October 202027 February 2022|ART

Walking into Mary Katrantzou’s London office, I encounter a happy Cyclops, a figure with a wide-open eye and long voluptuous hair wearing a dress from her 2009 collection inspired by perfume bottles. The portrait by artist/illustrator Craig Redman, who uses...

Ron Arad A Straight Line Is Also a Curve

by alexia|11 October 202027 February 2022|ART

Ron Arad’s iPhone screen displays the image of an elongated male figure painted in earth-toned colors reminiscent of a Modigliani. It is the portrait of his father at 23 by his mother when she was 21, younger than Arad’s youngest...

Bethan Laura Wood The Alchemist

by alexia|10 October 202008 March 2022|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....