Moments of Beauty

Beautiful art, beautiful space. Atelier AM.

(via martina jane)

Monday

Groovy vibes from the 60s and 70s to start your week. See more design classics from this temporary gallery installation at Matter here.

(via archiproducts)

Atelier: Claudio Parmiggiani

Feeling a little haunted today by this stunning sculpture by Claudio Parmiggiani. An untitled piece from 1975, it's made from a plaster cast and soot. Gorgeous. See more of Parmiggiani's elegant, soot-based work here.

(via bortolami gallery by way of pinterest)

Monday

A tranquil gallery space to start your week. Have a good one. See more of Galerie Miquel Alzueta over here at Milk.

(photo: milk decoration)

A Monument to Marble

Located on the edge of Rome, a 15th century monastery is now the stunning home of real estate developer and collector Paola Santarelli. It's also a monument to marble—something the women in Santarelli's family have been fascinated by (and collected) for generations. Read all about her extraordinary, museum-quality collection in T Magazine here.

(photography by henry bourne for the new york times)

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This week's links. Enjoy.

 White Washed Cottage
Take a tour of a perfect Danish cottage by the sea. I could easily live here year round.

The 6,000-Year History of Blue Pigments in Art
Nice overview over at Artsy of the history of the colour blue.

Bookstores' 'Blind Dates' Link Books and Readers
This is such a fun idea. From the Wall Street Journal: "Booksellers are enticing readers to take a chance on books wrapped in paper, so the cover and title remain a mystery."

Text SFMOMA and Get Art Sent to Your Phone 
I love this. The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) has come up with a great way to share its 34,678 artworks, only 5% of which can be displayed at any given time. With the SMS service Send Me SFMOMA, you can text 572-51 with the words "send me" followed by a keyword, colour or emoji, and receive a related artwork image and caption via text message.

Five Legendary Authors and the Clothes They Wore
From AnOther: "A new book by Terry Newman draws parallels between the personal style and writing of 50 seminal auteurs—here, we spotlight five of them."

The Vacuum Cleaner
Utterly surreal 4.5 minute silent film from 1908 by Segundo de Chomón, about two men who find what was then a fairly new device—a motorized vacuum. Looniness ensues.

Why Cheese Is Art's Greatest Muse
A new exhibition at the Mauritshuis features what Clifton Fadiman called "milk's leap toward immortality". Slow Food: Still-Lifes of the Golden Age features cheese in art from the Dutch Golden Age to the 21st century. Follow the link for some delectable selections from the show.

Black Bean-Smothered Sweet Potatoes
Quick, healthy and easy to make, this is a great weeknight supper. Vegan friendly, too!

(photo by brooke giannetti via pinterest)

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This week's links. Enjoy.

Art and Design in a Historic Paris Apartment
Via Trendland: "'PRIVATE CHOICE' is an imagined and ephemeral contemporary collection of art and design in a gorgeous historic Parisian apartment. Last October they unfolded their 4th edition in this Haussmannian apartment, located a stone’s throw away from Grand Palais." Lovely and inspiring. 

Photos From the Rei Kawakubo Exhibition Catalog
Ten photographers were invited to interpret the work of fashion designer Rei Kawakubo for the Met Gala 2017 exhibition catalog—here's a sampling of the resulting beautiful images.

Top 10 Terrible Houses in Fiction
Fantastic list of novels about houses you really don't want to be in, including Shirley Jackson's classic 'The Haunting of Hill House', Charles Dickens' 'Great Expectations', Daphne du Maurier's 'Rebecca' and Kazuo Ishiguro's 'The Remains of the Day'.

15 Common French Phrases Every Traveler Should Know
If you're planning a trip to Paris sometime soon, knowing these simple phrases will definitely make getting around the City of Light a little easier (and more civilized). 

Brad Pitt Talks Divorce, Quitting Drinking, and Becoming a Better Man
I don't normally post celebrity stuff here, but this really is an excellent GQ interview with Brad Pitt. For anyone who has been through a major life crisis, his candid talk about learning to cope during a difficult time offers some good insights into navigating grief.
 

Five Fantastic Surrealist Films to Watch Now
AnOther picks their five fave Surrealist films. Some great classics here.

Mediterranean Breakfast Salad
A healthy and hearty mix of greens, quinoa, eggs and almonds, this power breakfast will definitely jumpstart even the most sluggish morning.

(photo by benjamin edwards from sara emslie's new book urban pioneer. via lobster and swan)

Serenity Now

A beautiful art space for you today. This photo is from the launch party at Nishi Gallery in Canberra for the book 'Perfect Imperfect: the beauty of accident, age and patina', by Sydney-based writer and editor Karen McCartney, stylist Glen Proebstel and photographer Sharyn Cairns. More photos here.

(photo by sharyn cairns. via vosges paris)

Sweetness and Light

A tranquil space today — actually a shop for ceramics called No.

(photo by rv stapleton of cereal magazine for no via elle decoration)

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This week's links. Enjoy.

Mid Century Modern Meets Victorian
Take a tour of a lovely cottage with great vintage style, effortlessly mixing mid century pieces with other eras for a look that is beautifully timeless.

This App Puts A Museum On Your Phone 
This is such a great idea. The new Google Arts and Culture app brings together over 1,000 museums in over 70 different countries — point your phone at an unfamiliar work of art and the app will identify the work and give you the scoop on it, too.

Read Books, Live Longer?
A new report says that book readers live an average of almost two years longer than those who did not read at all. As good a reason as any to curl up with a good book, I'd say...

10 Best Micellar Waters
Beloved by models, micellar waters cleanse off makeup without exposing the skin to harsh chemicals. Vogue picks 10 of the best, with price points for every budget.

Reassuring Advice For Struggling Artists
In his book Getting There: A Book of Mentors, "Mad Men" creator Matthew Weiner candidly reveals his years of struggle — and his eventual path to success. Follow the link for an excerpt.

Has Waiting For Things Become the Ultimate Luxury?
In an article for T Magazine, Heidi Julavits discusses how, in an era of instant gratification, waiting has begun to acquire a new cachet and meaning.

Nine Easy French Desserts
Epicurious has put together a tempting list of 9 classic French sweets that are as simple to prepare as they are delectable to eat.

(photo via snake ranch)

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This week's links. Enjoy.

Factory Turned Home
Take a tour of a beautifully converted former factory in Bavaria, now a tranquil family home with great industrial details. Love this one.

How a Colour Designer Creates the Perfect Backdrop for Famous Art
I've always wondered this when visiting art museums — nice behind the scenes look at how the colour experts at Farrow & Ball choose and create colours as a background for art.

Radiooooo.com
This is such an inspired idea. Basically, it's a musical time machine — pick a decade, pick a country and listen to what was on the radio then! 

Raw Chocolate in Paris
Follow Clotilde of Chocolate & Zucchini on a virtual tour of Rrraw, a small Paris-based bean-to-bar chocolate company specializing in high-quality, raw, organic chocolate.

What Silence Taught John Cage: The Story of 4'33"
Why would a composer write a musical piece that is 4 minutes and 33 seconds of silence? Find out in this essay, written for the catalogue of an exhibition of Cage's work.

The Long History of Women in Astronomy
Fascinating Atlantic piece about how women have played a major role in astronomy's breakthroughs for centuries.   

The Art Assignment
Feeling uninspired creatively? Check out The Art Assignment, a weekly video series that introduces you to innovative artists, presents you with assignments, and explores art history through the lens of the present.

Judging Books By Their Covers: US vs. UK
The Millions kicks off this year's London Book Fair with a look at the differences between British and American versions of notable book coverss from 2015.

Evelyn Sharpe's French Chocolate Cake
First published in 1969, this flourless chocolate cake recipe is an elegant ancestor of the ones you see everywhere today. It's also a very simple recipe, with few ingredients — perfect if you want (or need!) cake within an hour or so.
  (photo: studio fabio fantolino)

The Art of Living

Just 55 square metres in size, the Madrid apartment of Juan Pablo Ramirez has the feel of an art gallery — an approach influenced by the owner's two years living in Tokyo, where he fell for the simplicity and purity of Japanese visual language. Fantastic eye. More here on AD España.

(photography by maría primo)

The Art of Living

Love the beautiful Antwerp space of curator Veerle Wenes — an art gallery as well as her home, it intriguingly blurs the boundaries between public and private, art and domesticity. More here on AD España.

(photography by ricardo labougle)

Home Gallery

Absolutely love this stunning home in São Paulo, Brazil, designed by architect Consuelo Jorge for a serious art collector. So many extraordinary details, like the library shelves that rotate, revealing another room. Gorgeous. More photos here on Yatzer.

(photography by fran parente)

Atelier: Marc Chagall

On the weekend I went to see the National Gallery of Canada's show of Marc Chagall's lovely Daphnis and Chlöe series — a chance to revel once again in his gorgeous colour sense. One of my all time favourite painters.

('lovers among lilacs' by marc chagall via the metropolitan museum of art)