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Architecture

Force of nature

Italy's leading landscape designer Pietro Porcinai brought modernism to traditional gardens, passionate about ensuring greenery was part of any built environment. His legacy is more pertinent than ever.

  • Issue #155
  • 9 min read
Hand-drawn architectural plans and drawings by Pietro Porcinai for a villa garden in Florence showing detailed landscape design
Culture

Artistic intake

From a sculpture park to record shops, these are the cultural hotspots to hit this summer.

  • Issue #155
  • 13 min read
Arik Levy stands in his bright studio space surrounded by metallic sculptures and art pieces
Art

Follow your art

Away from the French capital, creatives head to the Med for a slower, more affordable way of life.

  • Issue #155
  • 11 min read
Follow your art
Affairs

Pursuits of happiness

Whether it’s walking, drawing or playing tennis (badly), six writers and artists share their thoughts on the things that bring them joy.

  • Issue #155
  • 28 min read
Illustration of businesswoman with umbrella walking on stylized map with location markers and winding path
Art

State of the arts

Singapore's art museum transforms a cargo warehouse into an unconventional gallery space, challenging traditional exhibition formats while its main building undergoes renovation.

  • Issue #154
  • 1 min read
Person walking past large colorful mural in industrial warehouse space with barriers and equipment visible
Hospitality

Small wonder

Roka, an intimate ryokan, is now welcoming art lovers on the island of Naoshima. It offers exquisite interiors, fine food and soothing open-air baths in each of its 11 rooms.

  • Issue #154
  • 6 min read
Roka owner Shintaro Sasaki performing tea ceremony in traditional Japanese interior with wood beams and tatami
Music

Hitting peaks

From a soundtrack to sisterhood to the secret history of Brazilian dance movements, we survey the essential cultural high points of the coming month.

  • Issue #153
  • 10 min read
Two people sitting close together on a red leather couch in an intimate scene from Standing Up
Culture

League of its own

An art school just a few blocks from Moma is sculpting the next generation of Rothkos and Pollocks.

  • Issue #152
  • 12 min read
Student in James Little's non-objective painting class wearing blue gloves, gesturing toward a canvas in a studio.
Art

Sight and sound

From an artist’s interrogation of identity to an auteur’s latest work of high melodrama, we survey forthcoming cultural highlights.

  • Issue #150
  • 9 min read
Gallery wall displaying various framed artworks including landscapes, abstract pieces and photographs in white frames
Art

Culture

The people who keep art moving around the world and a new pan-European magazine.

  • Issue #150
  • 5 min read
Two Queen's art logistics workers standing in the back of their delivery truck with art handling equipment

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