CHANCES ARE, you've already come across the quirky and whimsical work of Gab Bois. The 21-year-old Montreal-based artist's career trajectory reads like a do-what-you love fairytale: she was a year-and-a-half into a bachelor’s degree to become an elementary school teacher when she began to post her photography on her Instagram account, @gabbois. Fast forward to 569k followers, solo and group exhibitions, a residency and many high-end brand collaborations later, and Bois, who never planned to make a career out of her photographic work, has put her studies on hold to pursue a career in the arts.
WE HAPPENED UPON the beautiful home of Danish artist and interior stylist Simone Polk Dahl on Instagram and have fallen completely in love with the easy-going vibes of this space with its neutral palette of black, beige and brown tones ...
CHICAGO - Even though have been curbing social media use as much as possible as per this year's New Year's Resolutions, it is still a part of my work, and happily there are still some lovely and inspiring things to be found from time to time. Such was the utterly stunning home of Chicago-based artist, designer and tastemaker Josh Young.
Last week in my Articles of Interest, I linked to an article about Bailey Richardson, one of the eleven original employees working for Instagram when they were purchased by Facebook for one billion dollars in 2012. The article discusses how Richardson and a few other original employees have now abandoned the popular social media platform by deleting their profiles, citing as their reasons, a move away from the original ethos of artistry, intimacy, discovery and free expression on the platform, giving way to a celebrity-driven marketplace.
Passing several book shops this past few days I realized there were some covers on display that were familiar to me: Picasso’s Kitchen, Picasso Picabia, Picasso-Matisse, Les années Vallauris to name a few.
WE HAPPENED UPON new photos of artist and interior designer William Rankin McLure IV‘s Birmingham, Alabama loft on Instagram...
THIS WEEK’S INTERIORS REDUX is also an Artist in Residence and At Home With feature, offering a glimpse into the home of American painter, sculptor and photographer, Edwin Parker “Cy” Twombly, Jr.
Our friend Felicity is quite obsessed with the paintings by French artist, Claire Basler, who was born in Vincennes, France...
TRACEY EMIN was born in London in 1963, and studied at Maidstone College of Art and the Royal College of Art,...
. . . one of the very best things about work is that one day, the office may be at...
Donald Clarence Judd (1928 – 1994) was an American artist associated with minimalism, a term he strongly disavowed. In his work, the artist “sought autonomy and clarity for the constructed object and the space created by it”...
“Painting is just another way of keeping a diary.” ~Pablo Picasso If Janet Hill’s paintings were a diary, they would...
Beauty without colour seems somehow to belong to another world. ~ Lady Murasaki Colour affects emotions, design, art, and trends;...
Whether she is sipping café au lait in Paris, studying fine art in Madrid, or on a long-afternoon drive through...
. . . if you found coe & waito‘s delicately lovely pine cones utterly inspiring, toronto-based designer & ceramicist carly...