Specially commissioned abstract panels by Kim MacConnel wrap around the dining room of architect William T. Georgis’s La Jolla, California, residence; Gregorius | Pineo chandeliers are installed over a midcentury Edward Wormley table with figurines by Josefina Aguilar and vintage Dorothy Schindele chairs.
Photo: Roger DaviesThe Most Artful Dining Rooms from the Galerie Archives
The Most Artful Dining Rooms from the Galerie Archives
The Most Artful Dining Rooms from the Galerie Archives
Korean artist Chun Kwang Young created the three-dimensional work in the dining area of a Palm Springs home designed by architecture firm Marmol Radziner in collaboration with architect and designer Sophie Harvey. The chandelier is by David Weeks Studio, and the dining chairs are vintage Milo Baughman designs; a 1950s Italian mirror from Wyeth hangs above a custom-made credenza by Hudson Furniture.
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Edward Yedid of Grade Architecture and Interior Design and his partner, architect Thomas Hickey, were the forces behind this New York pied-à-terre for a Brazilian family. The dining room evokes the feeling of a waterfall with a custom petal canopy by Grade supporting a WonderGlass chandelier. Below, Warren Platner armchairs encircle a custom glass-and-bronze table situated on a Scott Group Studio rug. The George Condo painting is surrounded by a Rogan Gregory wall installation.
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Amy Lau designed this vibrant Hamptons retreat for collector Clarissa Bronfman and her family. Her husband, Edgar Bronfman Jr., pushed for the pink wall color (Benjamin Moore’s Blushing Bride), which serves as a jubilant backdrop for Hsiao-Chi Tsai and Kimiya Yoshikawa’s Blooming Spark I hanging light in the dining room. Works by Hiroshi Sugimoto flank a piece by Julio Le Parc.
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Architect Adam Charlap Hyman, principal of the firm Charlap Hyman & Herrero, helped seamlessly blend gallerist Tina Kim’s collection of vintage furniture and blue-chip art in her Upper West Side townhouse. In the main dining area, a wall-size aluminum installation by Jean Prouvé counterbalances a high-contrast acrylic work by abstract painter Wook-Kyung Choi.
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Steven Gambrel designed this palatial Greenwich Village home with frequent collaborator Henry Jessup, who was the project architect. Vintage Belgian lights descend from a verre églomisé ceiling by Miriam Ellner in the dining room, where Gambrel designed the rosewood tables with gold-lacquered tops, the chairs, and the long console with a Belgian Black top by Lido Stone; a Sam Francis painting on paper (left) and a series of Cy Twombly lithographs are mounted on leather wall panels by Michele Costello.
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Architect Steve Giannetti and Anna Busta of Busta Studio designed this modern home in La Quinta, near Palm Springs. The main living and dining area opens up dramatically to the outdoors, where a spiraling Bruce Beasley sculpture stands next to the swimming pool. Busta installed an Alison Berger lighting fixture over the red-lacquered Liaigre table and chairs opposite a seating area where a Holly Hunt sofa and chairs surround a Liaigre cocktail table.
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A Brice Marden painting anchors the dining room of a Palm Beach home designed by Aman & Meeks; the table was custom made with mother-of-pearl inlay, the chairs are a Frances Elkins design, the ceiling is clad in Gracie silver tea-leaf paper, and a pair of 1930s Serge Roche plaster torchères stand at the door.
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Isamu Noguchi designed the white beechwood table in this Maine residence to resemble a ship’s hull. Burned in a fire in the late 1990s, the piece was re-created by sculptor and woodworker Mark Loftus. The vintage 1940s chairs are by Charles and Ray Eames.
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The dining area of artist Vik Muniz’s Paris apartment, designed by BW Architects, features a trio of Louis Poulsen pendants, which are playfully paired with Eames chairs by Herman Miller; the collage is by Muniz.
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Artist Adam Pendleton created an immersive wall work, titled Black Lives Matter, for the dining room of his friend Andrea Glimcher’s apartment, designed by architect Alan Wanzenberg. “It’s extraordinarily moving, prompting significant and forward-moving conversations during dinner,” the art advisor says. Already the work has been lent to museums in New Orleans, Cleveland, and Detroit; an exhibition copy is made and installed for the duration of a show.
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Manhattan art dealer Marianne Boesky tapped architect Deborah Berke to revamp her Chelsea apartment. In the dining room, Italian chairs from the 1960s surround the vintage table. The vintage mercury-glass canister pendants are by Rogan Gregory, the sculpture is by William J. O’Brien, and a butterfly painting by Damien Hirst hangs above a Kevin Walz daybed from Ralph Pucci.
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Francis Sultana designed this San Francisco loft for collector Shaari Ergas. A Serge Mouille light fixture branches out above the dining area’s Zaha Hadid table and Franz West chairs; the work between the windows is by Allora & Calzadilla, the figurative painting is by Chantal Joffe, and a Milena Muzquiz vessel perches on the table.
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Architect Gil Schafer paired his clients’ Regency dining table and chairs in this Fifth Avenue apartment with an Austrian chandelier from Niall Smith Antiques and a canvas by Graham Gillmore; the decorative wall treatment is by John Weidl Associates.
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Designer Charlie Ferrer modernized his parents’ Connecticut home using a compelling mix of periods and styles. In the dining room, a gray-blue-lacquered credenza and Persian Tabriz rug play off the panels of Gracie wall covering that turn the space into an Arcadian reverie. These elements provide a lovely backdrop for the imposing corner armchair and the graphic French 1950s dining chairs that dance around the Directoire table.
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Paintings by Israel Lund encircle the dining room of a Hamptons home designed by Dara Stern and Robert A.M. Stern Architects. A Fortuny light fixture also hangs in the space above a custom-made table by Classic Cabinets and chairs by Luther Quintana; the suede chair fabric and cowhide rug are by Dualoy.
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