The Artful Life: 6 Things Galerie Editors Love This Week

1. Sargent’s Daughters Explores Historical Depictions of Animals in Colorful Conversation at NADA Miami 2025 

At NADA Miami, the animal-focused works of Scott Csoke, Debbie Lawson, and Wendy Red Star are placed in conversation with the rich colors and patterns of Colfax and Fowler’s “Jardine,” inviting visitors to reconsider the historical depictions of the animals and how they came to be. The three artists’ works span different eras, mediums, and subjects, but each masterfully uses humor to highlight history. For instance, Lawson’s sculptures emerge from Persian-style rugs that signify domestic space, while Csoke’s ongoing series of gay animal paintings reframe art depictions of animals as expressive avatars of queer experience, and Red Star’s bison paintings reimagine historical tropes of Indigenous representation. The installation will be on view through December 6.—Alexandria Sillo

2. A Historic Roman Theater Receives Lavish Perches from Poltrona Frau

The stately Teatro della Cometa has been a centripetal force for Rome’s avant-garde performing arts sphere since opening in 1958, but it has been closed for the past five years to accommodate much-needed renovations undertaken by restoration architect Fabio Tudisco. New chairs were desperately needed, so he enlisted Poltrona Frau to design state-of-the-art auditorium seating that honors the historic venue’s illustrious past while withstanding the everyday wear and tear of today’s audiences. The Italian furniture stalwart’s Custom Interiors branch developed lavish perches inspired by the TLT model—a seating plan developed for historic theaters—and meticulously refined it to suit the proportions of Teatro della Cometa’s stalls and balconies. Three different seat heights ensure optimal views from every position in the hall while providing maximum comfort for spectators of all shapes and sizes; the chairs were then upholstered in sumptuous red Rubelli fabrics. “It’s a privilege for us to contribute to the restoration,” says Nicola Coropulis, CEO of Poltrona Frau. “We collaborate on some of the world’s most distinguished auditoriums and theaters, yet contributing to the rebirth of such a historic Roman landmark holds a truly special significance.” —Ryan Waddoups 

3. Giorgio Armani & Poldo Dog Couture Unveil Perfect Pooch Accessories

When it comes to fashion, anyone or anything can look its best. This holiday season, luxury fashion house Giorgio Armani has just unveiled new accessories to their collection with high-end Poldo Dog Couture, which will have your pooch living the high life. Featuring designs perfect for city dogs or suburban hounds of any size, new pieces, including a raincoat, dog carrier, collar, lead, harness, Apple AirTag holder, and ball holder, boast a supple fabric of natural leather paired with a color palette of elegant dark green. —Shelby Black

4. Miami Design District Gets a Dramatically Composed New Showroom by Armina

The Miami Design District is arguably one of the country’s most vibrant neighborhoods, with architectural marvels and art installations giving way to a dynamic constellation of creatively curated boutiques for fashion, furniture, and jewelry. Recently, Armina, a purveyor and fabricator of granite, marble, and quartz, unveiled a dynamic space in the community for Armina Luxe, the brand’s array of custom cabinets and spectacular Italian quarry marble. Inside the 3,250-square-foot showroom conceived by Miami studio Errez Design, guests will discover bold kitchen, bath, and dressing rooms demonstrating the myriad customization options formulated from a wide assortment of beautiful, natural stones. “Armina Luxe is more than a showroom—it’s an experience,” says Armina owner and CEO, Emre Basman. The introduction joins Armina’s 35,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art stone gallery and fabrication facility in South Florida and Pittsburgh flagship.—Jill Sieracki

5. Loretta Caponi Introduces Elegant Homeware Collection for Attersee

Italy’s Loretta Caponi has made its homeware debut with the introduction of two linen patterns for Attersee. The Art Deco-inspired “Frames” capsule features a wine-hued border inspired by a look that Lucia Caponi, the brand’s creative director, originally conceived for a private New York City residence in the 1980s. The second collection, “Ajour,” is realized in crisp white linens with lace-like embroidery, named for the centuries-old French embroidery technique. The collaboration, which began with a 2022 Attersee-hosted dinner in Milan that featured linens sourced from Loretta Caponi, is now available in runners, placemats, and napkins.—A.S.

6. A Fresh Take on Landscape Art at 61 Lispenard

In September, Max Levai, the former president of the now-defunct Marlborough Gallery and founder of The Ranch in Montauk, debuted his new Tribeca space, 61 Lispenard. His second exhibition, “We Are Landscapes,” brings together three artists who approach the natural world as an active partner, staging tropical landscapes as sites of memory, ritual, and intervention. Puerto Rican artist Daniel Lind-Ramos builds totemic assemblages from debris, gifted objects, and everyday tools. Rising like guardian spirits within mangrove coastlines, his work evokes the aftermath of Hurricane Maria and the resilience of Loíza’s Afro-descendant communities. Tomás Sanchez contributes luminously painted jungles and riverbanks, rooted in his long-standing meditation practice. Lastly, German artist Julius von Bismarck’s photographs document tropical terrain first painted over in white acrylic, then recolored by local residents from memory in colors true to the landscape’s original hues. The resulting images serve as a faithful recollection of how natives remembered their land, testing how much of “nature” is shaped by human perception. Together, the works create a steady dialogue between devotion, contemplation, and inquiry, positioning the landscape as a collaborator in how people understand themselves.—Gogo Taubman