Left: Harry Winston’s Marvelous Creations high-jewelry collection celebrates the wonders of nature by re-creating magnificent species with exquisite gems. The luminous Hummingbird brooch fashions the diminutive bird’s colorful plumage in emeralds, rubies, and white and yellow diamonds. Right: Painter Martin Johnson Heade marries the worlds of art and science in Hooded Visorbearer (circa 1863–64), one of 15 works the naturalist produced featuring various types of hummingbirds in their native Brazil.
Photo: LEFT: COURTESY OF HARRY WINSTON. RIGHT: DWIGHT PRIMIANO4 Magnificent Examples of Life Imitating Art
4 Magnificent Examples of Life Imitating Art
4 Magnificent Examples of Life Imitating Art
Left: The view of Mount Tamalpais from Etel Adnan’s home in Sausalito, California, inspired many of the Lebanese American artist and poet’s abstract works, including Untitled (2014), which renders the peak in organic forms of solid pigment. Right: Introduced as part of Chloé’s spring/summer 2022 ready-to-wear collection, Chloé Craft incorporates handiwork by independent artisans using sustainable practices, resulting in exquisite eco-conscious styles, such as this multicolor nappa leather patchwork dress.
Photo: LEFT: © THE ESTATE OF ETEL ADNAN, COURTESY OF GALERIE LELONG & CO. RIGHT: COURTESY OF CHLOÉ4 Magnificent Examples of Life Imitating Art
Left: Fendi transforms its classic Baguette with marbleized swirls of vibrant colors realized in velvet. Right: Employing a squeegee to produce streaks of richly colored oil paints, Gerhard Richter manipulated layers of pigment to create Abstraktes Bild, which pulsates with energy; this 1989 iteration sold for $4.6 million during Sotheby’s Contemporary Art Evening Auction in October 2020.
Photo: LEFT: COURTESY OF FENDI. RIGHT: COURTESY OF SOTHEBY’S4 Magnificent Examples of Life Imitating Art
Left: The geometric upholstered channeling of the Calypso Lounge One Seater by Royal Botania brings a distinctive architectural edge to outdoor furniture. Right: Frosted quilts of translucent polymer sheeting form the telescoping outer shell of Hudson Yard’s cultural hub, The Shed, designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro in collaboration with Rockwell Group. Notably, the soaring structure will once again host the Frieze New York art fair—following last year’s sold-out edition— from May 18 to 22.
Photo: LEFT: COURTESY OF ROYAL BOTANIA. RIGHT: IWAN BAAN1 / 10