Daniella Ohad

Kyoto-based Sokyo Gallery, which is dedicated to exhibiting and promoting contemporary Japanese clay art, has opened a solo exhibition of Harumi Nakashima (b. 1950), one of Japan’s most celebrated and ambitious ceramicists. Known for his hand-built twisted and fluid sculptures in white porcelain decorated in blue dots, Nakashima lives and works in Ena, Gifu; his vocabulary […]

The dream of every art dealer and collector, and one that happens once in a lifetime, when discovering the rarest of the rare. It happened this season when a suite by Danish master Finn Juhl, considered completely lost for nearly 80 years, was found. Peter Kjelgaard, Head of the Department for Design and Decorative Art at

“Marc Benda is a trailblazer in the design world. Beyond his discerning eye for raw talent, he supports [his designers] financially. Even more consequentially, Marc pushes the designers that he works with to go beyond their comfort zones.”                                  

If you admire Louis Kahn the way I do, you may find a new project, the publication of his notebooks and drawings interesting. It will be published next year by Designers & Books as the third edition (it was first published in 1962 (by Falcon Press), with second edition of 1973 by MIT Press, and

Powerful, Expressive, Sensual, Moving, are the words that come to mind when describing the work of American sculptor JB Blunk (1926-2002). The pieces included in the new solo exhibition at Kasmin, furniture, sculptures, plates, embody all of these qualities. Until a monograph on JB Blunk was recently published, he had remained a mystery. Creating masterpieces

Let’s remember Milanese architect/designer Cini Boeri (1924-2020), the legend who passed away last month at 96. She was a key member of the circles of the Italian creativity in the mid-century years, and should be credited for opening up the profession for women in Italy. Boeri was the talent behind the ‘Serpentone Sofa,’ which she

“Rossella Colombari is the true pioneer of the market for Italian modern design. She has been the agent for the earliest rediscoveries of Carlo Mollino’s brilliance. I consider her to be my mentor, a leading light, a real dealer, who has made a difference through her leadership, confidence, and bravery.”           

Continued filming the new video series ‘The Collector’ this week. This online education platform comes to host world’s experts who share their experience, expertise, passion, and stories. The program seeks to inspire the viewers to live as collectors, to shape their ‘eye’ and proficiency, while bringing their knowledge to new levels. It comes to teach

For his concluding event as Christie’s’ chief International Design Senior Specialist, Simon Andrews, the man who has helped to guide the design department for over two decades, and who has been considered the ultimate expert on historical modern design, has co-curated an extraordinary sale entitled ‘Thinking Italian Art & Design.’ (October 22). This sale, which

The notion of the ‘home’ has been of a great interest to me as a design historian, educator, collector, and as a person who perceives the home as the most substantial form of our identities and family life. With COVID-19, we have all become more intimate with our homes, more interested, more connecting to the