Leslie Travers’ set design for Francesca da Rimini at Teatro alla Scala, winner of the 2019 Franco Abbiati Award for Best Set Design.

Award-winning stage designer Leslie Travers on instinct, cultural exchange, letting go of ideas, and why design is ultimately “emotional architecture.” Read More

James Duffield Harding, Ponte Santa Trinità, Florence, before 1832. Watercolor. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Public domain.

A guide to Florence through Casa G. Hotel Firenze, local artisans, old institutions, and the city’s quieter forms of belonging. Read More

Paul Signac, La Salute (Venise), 1906. Sold at Koller in Zurich on 26 June 2026 for about $4.4 million.

Koller’s Karl Green discusses how taste, timing, and desire shape the auction world. Read More

Bourdelle's Studio. Musée Bourdelle, Paris Musées. Photos by Pierre Antoine

A conversation with Ophélie Ferlier Bouat on intimacy, monumental sculpture, and the lasting spirit of Bourdelle in Paris. Read More

Mennour Archives at 47 Rue Saint-André-des-Arts

Paris gallery founder Kamel Mennour on artists, archives, and the work of building a contemporary program across generations. Read More

Silver cave, 2023, travertine silver. Edition 1/1. Photo by Nicola Gnesi.

An interview with Massimiliano Pelletti on geology, imperfection, and sculpture as dialogue. Read More