Artist Rachel Shillander’s Psychedahlia rug for Marc Phillips installed with her Disco chair in Los Angeles.
Photo: Courtesy of Marc Phillips
The Artful Life: 5 Things Galerie Editors Love This Week
From Jean-Michel Othoniel’s latest public art installation to a new collection of artist-designed rugs by Marc Phillips
The new Molteni&C flagship store in Boston. Photo: courtesy of molteni&c
1. Molteni&C Opens New Flagship in Boston
Boston’s artsy SoWa neighborhood—short for South of Washington—has a chic new design destination: The pristine 3,200-square-foot Molteni&C flagship. Opened in conjunction with local design firm Casa Design Group, the store showcases a mix of brand highlights and recent releases, including furnishings by Gio Ponti, Ignazio Gardella, Jean Nouvel, Foster+Partners, and of course, the brand’s current creative director, Vincent Van Duysen. (His Gliss Master walk-in wardrobe is a particular highlight.) Stop by the welcoming store for a dose of high-octane inspiration. —Geoffrey Montes
Jayson Home Loft at Bergdorf Goodman. Photo: Ethan Herrington
Jayson Home Loft at Bergdorf Goodman. Photo: Ethan Herrington
2. Jayson Home Debuts Installation at Bergdorf Goodman
A one-stop-shop when it comes to the finest of furnishings, accessories, lighting, and more, Jayson Home has returned to New York City for a four-month pop-up on the seventh floor of Bergdorf Goodman. Upon arrival at the Jayson Home Loft, as it’s called, guests will wade through a veritable wonderland featuring a bountiful array of antiquities ranging from African stools to French Napoleon III chairs. The immersive shopping experience is open daily through August 19. —Shelby Black
Cheval Blanc Paris Façade Photo: Vincent Leroux
3. Artist Jean-Michel Othoniel Unveils Commission at Cheval Blanc Paris
Art abounds at the Cheval Blanc Paris, the luxury hotel owned by mega-collector and CEO of LVMH Bernard Arnault that opened in 2021. This week, guests and passerby will spot an exciting new addition, a dazzling artwork by Jean-Michel Othoniel, who was commissioned to create a new piece for the building’s historic facade. With total carte blanche, the artist drew inspiration from the Art Deco and Art Nouveau movements of the Samaritaine architectural complex. Titled Les Fleurs de la Passion, the final work is a 56-foot-long bas-relief meticulously crafted with Murano glass beads, gold-leafed cast aluminum flowers, and intricate ironwork. “It’s like a window that opened onto the facade,” said Othoniel, whose works are also on display in Cheval Blanc Courchevel and Cheval Blanc St-Barth. “What really appealed to me was how this floral motif, very present on the department store’s 1900 facades, had evolved on the 1930 buildings, becoming more abstract. I wanted to keep this idea of the passion flower by stylizing it, turning it into a series of sunny eyes. These flowers echo the hustle and bustle of the building’s life, both at the time of its construction and today.” —Lucy Rees
Sofia Coppola's Marie Antoinette. Photo: © Sony Pictures/Everett Collection
Work by Volker Hermes. Photo: © Volker Hermes
4. Assouline’s Newest Book Spotlights 18th-Century Style
A visual feast of châteaux and Rococo, Assouline’s latest book, 18th Century Style, is filled with historical artifacts and ornate fashion all incapsulating the extravagant spirit of the time period. With text by art historian Emmanuel Sarméo and Sophie Motsch, curator of 17th and 18th centuries at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris, this new tome is a neoclassical fever dream. Spanning three centuries of images, the mix-in-match of old and new brings a refreshing survey of the opulent style. —Stefanie Li
Marc Phillips Artist Series West Coast Edition rugs include designs by Maurice Harris, a Galerie Creative Mind, and Abel Macias. Photo: Courtesy of Marc Phillips
5. Marc Phillips Releases Capsule Collection of Artist-Designed Rugs
Contemporary rugs are often pushing the boundaries of their design, appearing more like woven artworks than basic floor coverings. Recently Marc Phillips has joined forces with a number of exceptional talents to create powerful and painterly options, like the recent geometrics by interior designer Josh Greene, or the nature-inspired patterns by Irish talent and sustainability advocate Clodagh. At Legends, Marc Phillips opened a pop-up space for a gallery-style installation of their new Artist Series West Coast Edition, which features rugs by five Los Angeles-based talents such as Abel Macias and Ranee Henderson. Azadeh Shladovsky, whose multifaceted practice explores the concept of “seeing” as a response to her daughter’s loss of her eyesight, crafted Rooted in Vision, which reimagines the topographical map of the artist’s native Iran, while brass adornments render the design’s title in Braille. Also displayed was Psychedahlia, a masonry-inspired high-pile rug by Rachel Shillander, which is presented alongside the artist’s groovy Disco chair, and Digital Drangea Dream by Maurice Harris that translate one of the Galerie Creative Mind’s visionary floral arrangements into an abstract smattering of pixelated hues. —Jill Sieracki
Cover: Artist Rachel Shillander’s Psychedahlia rug for Marc Phillips installed with her Disco chair in Los Angeles.
Photo: Courtesy of Marc Phillips
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