This week, defining "public," the Mona Lisa of digital art, the most modern curator, Baffler online, white flags over Brooklyn, the Chinese role in WWI, Americans eligible for Man Booker prize for the first time, and more.
Required Reading – Summer Reading
A year ago our family adopted a diet invented in the 1920s that bans refined sugar, all grains, and starchy vegetables whose carbs are deemed too complex.
I don't care what anyone else thinks. Lord of The Flies, is an awesome book! -Will
I picked up Bitter after spotting its dark, eerie cover. I scanned the subhead–"A taste of the world's most dangerous flavor"–and knew I couldn't ignore a
Happy Anniversary, Leaf Magazine. A year ago, our friends Susan Cohan and Rochelle Greayer launched a quarterly garden publication that looks just like a t
In her frugality (borne out immigrant pragmatism), my mother unwittingly inspired my spare design sensibilities. Ever since she picked up an unloved Alvar
With whimsical illustrations and an almanac's worth of miscellany, Farm Anatomy: The Curious Parts and Pieces of Country Life is the result of designer Jul
Since a child, I have believed that trees hold stories in them, that their bark and leaves and branches have seen history go by, heard rumors and lies and
Drawing on a wealth of solutions gathered on the job, London interiors stylist and writer, Sara Emslie produced Beautifully Small: Clever Ideas for Co
As a landscape designer constantly surrounded by flora and fauna, petals and patterns, I perennially pick through gardens, arranging my finds in vases arou
I always wonder if the reason palms are so admired is because they evoke dreamy tropical locations: It's the idea that if you plant them, warm breezes will
Virginia Woolf was too busy being a genius writer to devote much time to gardening. She had garden-y friends, being a frequent guest at Charleston Farmhous
Even if there were a lot of Irish garden books about, and there aren't, the reading of this one would be required. The photographs in The Irish Garden are
When it comes to gardening, I admit to being a bit of a snob. Gardening, to me, is done outdoors while wearing sturdy garden boots and wielding things like
Astro-physicist turned garden designer Rochelle Greayer takes a scientific approach in her new book, Cultivating Garden Style. Greayer, the founder of gard
An insider's guide around the different garden quarters of Marrakesh, (including the city's ancient heart—the Medina) Gardens of Marrakesh by Angelica Gray
Christina Strutt, co-founder of the English housewares and fashion line Cabbages and Roses, is an advocate for beauty, simplicity, timelessness,
OK, so this past Friday my two-man show with Tom Whalen , Modern Vintage opened at Gallery 1988 East . Had a great time, thanks for everyo...
In the biographical notes about Emma Reuss in her new book, Gardens in Detail, her achievements are listed: diploma from the Royal Horticulture Society, Be
