Grab your pumpkin spice latte! Fall’s knocking. To make the most of the season, here’s our all-encompassing guide featuring the best design-related things to see, do, and read as we head into fall!
Art on Exhibit…
CHICAGO: JOHN SINGER SARGENT & CHICAGO’S GILDED AGE
Fall in love with the romantic, atmospheric paintings of John Singer Sargent, the famed Italian-born portraitist who Chicagoans credit as introducing artistic gravitas to the Windy City at the beginning of the 20th Century. July 1-September 30.
LOS ANGELES: WESSELMANN: 1963–1983
Pulling inspiration from New York subway fliers and highway-side billboards, American artist Tom Wesselman produced massive, collage-style pop art. This fall at the Gagosian, check out seven massive Wesselman paintings never before exhibited on the West Coast. July 12-August 24.
NEW YORK: HILMA AF KLINT: PAINTINGS FOR THE FUTURE
A true avant-garde, Swedish modernist Hilma af Klint is often likened to Kandinsky and Mondrain, although she was actually practicing years prior to either. Fearing her work wouldn’t be understood by the masses, Klint kept most of her work private during her lifetime. Now, nearly 75 years after her death, The Guggenheim is finally pulling back the curtain. October 12-February 3.
SAN FRANCISCO: DONALD JUDD: SPECIFIC FURNITURE
American artist Donald Judd has long mixed sculptural ambition with functional objects like furniture. This fall the SFMOMA will be providing museum-goers with the unique opportunity to actually test out some of Judd’s creations. In addition to a full exhibit on the master, the museum will also unveil 8 of the artist’s furniture designs in the museum’s lobby. July 14-November 4.
VIENNA: SPITZMAUS MUMMY IN A COFFIN & OTHER TREASURES
Yes, the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Germany may be a bit off the beaten path, but when you consider that Wes Anderson and partner Juman Mlouf are playing curators there this fall, we think it’s well worth the detour! According to the museum, their proposal to the duo was simple: “comb through more than four million objects, both on public display and tucked away in the museum’s labyrinthine storage rooms, and to select their favorites.” November 6-April 28, 2019.
Family-Approved Affairs…
NEW YORK: IRIDESCENCE
Everything’s coming up rainbows! To highlight the design impact of everyone’s favorite prismatic hue, the Cooper Hewitt is spotlighting an awe-inspiring collection of iridescent objects. July 28-March 24, 2019.
NEW YORK: ANDY WARHOL—FROM A TO B AND BACK AGAIN
Promising to reveal “new complexities about the Warhol we think we know, and introduce a Warhol for the 21st Century,” the Whitney Museum is presenting the first major American-based Warhol retrospective in nearly 30 years. November 12-March 31, 2019.
NEW YORK: THE COLOR FACTORY
After taking San Francisco by storm, The Color Factory is making its New York debut this August. Located in SoHo’s Hudson Square neighborhood, you can expect all of the interactive color mania that made SF’s factory a massive, color-soaked success. Opens August 20.
NEW YORK: JACOB HASHIMOTO ON GOVERNORS ISALD
Just a mere 8 minute ferry ride away from NYC’s Financial District you can view Jacob Hashimoto’s mesmerizing installations, Eclipse and Never Comes Tomorrow on Governors Island. Come expecting to be mesmerized. June 2-October 31.
Plan a Getaway…
NEW YORK: COLLECTIVE GOVERNORS ISLAND
Just in case you weren’t wondering if Governors Island was officially having moment or not, Collective Retreats has just cut the ribbon on Collective Governors Island, a luxury glamping destination. After check-in, let yourself sink into blissful relaxation courtesy of cushy beds, Turkish rug-strewn floors and totally breathtaking city views.
Beautiful New Books…
DREAM. DESIGN. LIVE.
Blogger and interior designer Paloma Contreras breaks down the design process into three easy steps in her first book Dream. Design. Live. The first section, Dream, “is all about finding inspiration and culling through it to find a point of view,” Paloma told us when we spoke with her last month about the book. The second section, Design, she told us “is filled with my design advice, while Live is “all about sharing the ideal home you’ve designed with the people you love.”
CITY OF ANGELS
Go on an unprecedented tour of thirty homes located in sunshine-soaked Los Angeles. From Silver Lake bungalows to sprawling Malibu beach houses (ahem, make that Kelly Wearstler’s sprawling Malibu beach house), author Jennifer Ash Rudick guides readers through the city’s best hidden gems.
THE JOY OF JUNK
You’re unlikely to find a more liberating read this season than Mary Randolph Carter’s The Joy of Junk. As for what’s you’ll find inside, we’ll let the book’s subtitle speak for itself: Go Right Ahead, Fall In Love With The Wackiest Things, Find The Worth In The Worthless, Rescue & Recycle The Curious Objects That Give Life & Happiness.
LONNY HOME: DISCOVERING & CULTIVATING YOUR AUTHENTIC SPACE
Lonny Magazine has long been a go-to online destination for interior inspo. In Lonny’s first book, accessibility is the name of the game, with dozens of photos featuring gorgeous, owner-styled homes. Designer tips and tidbits are woven throughout, too, ensuring this will be one you reference again and again.
MAISON: PARISIAN CHIC AT HOME
Elusive French style is a thing of the past with Ines de la Fressange and Marin Montagut’s new guidebook, Parisian Chic at Home. To help readers get inspired, the authors take readers inside fifteen Parisian homes. Watercolor illustrations, color palettes, and mood board break-outs further enhance the book’s handbook-like approach.
PERSONAL SPACE: TRIP HAENISCH
If you’re a fan of Hollywood Regency greats like Billy Baldwin, William Haines, and Dorothy Draper, you can’t miss Personal Space: Trip Haenisch. A celebrity favorite, interior designer Trip Haenisch is known for outfitting West Coast homes in his signature version of 21st Century Hollywood glamour. Fun fact: Courteney Cox penned the intro to this one.
THE POWER OF PATTERN: INTERIORS & INSPIRATION: A RESOURCE GUIDE
It’s no secret that playing with pattern (or trying to convince a client to take the pattern plunge!) can be tricky. With The Power of Pattern author Susanna Salk downgrades the intimidation factor, illustrating the many ways in which animal prints, florals, Ikats, Chinoiserie, stripes, and toile can be used both solo and in harmony.
RYAN KORBAN LUXURY REDEFINED
New York interior designer Ryan Korban (of Balenciaga flagship fame) brings his glamorous, fantasy-driven style to his first book, Luxury Redefined. Of the book’s title, Korban says, “For me, it’s important to use luxury, not to keep it on a pedestal.” Filled with more than 100 colored photographs, this book promises to be a coffee table cornerstone.
WHISKEY IN A TEACUP
Deriving its name from a phrase her grandmother used to say—”Southern women are whiskey in a teacup”—Reese Witherspoon’s debut book is a guidebook to achieving a life steeped in sweet Southern comfort. From tips on how to cook up a winning book club to recipes for whipping up mouthwatering cheddar biscuits, Reese makes it possible to achieve Southern charm wherever you live.
