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John Waters Senior, C-R-A-Z-Y, 1991. Collection of John Waters.

In 1994, filmmaker John Waters unwrapped an unusual Christmas gift from his father: a drawing hastily made after discovering how much his son had spent on a Cy Twombly piece. Shocked by the price tag, the elder Waters responded with his own artwork, presented that holiday as a tongue-in-cheek reaction.

“When my father saw one of the Twombly pieces I had [Five Greek Poets and a Philosopher, 1978], he was just appalled—you know, “You bought this..?” I would never brag to anybody about how much things are worth—except to my father, because that was the only thing he understood. But he was even more stupefied when I told him. So for Christmas one year, he did this little drawing for me that just said, “C-R-A-Z-Y”.

An extract from an interview with Waters in 2022, courtesy of Harper’s Bazaar.

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Adrianne Rubenstein, Floating Fruit, 2026.

New York-based, Canadian-born painter and curator Adrianne Rubenstein’s Floating Fruit (2026) depicts a bowl and its contents suspended in midair, as strawberries, grapes, an apple... Read More

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Radio Shoestring was a short-lived pirate station calling itself “Eastside Community Radio,” broadcasting from Walthamstow in East London beginning in March 1984. The 12 May... Read More

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Mary Fedden, 1968

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Designers Sacha Oré and Irina Borovikova shaped this Moscow apartment around calm, nature, and softly expressive objects. Rounded forms, botanical references, and warm organic materials... Read More

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Two Women Reclining, Gustav Klimt. ca. 1905–06

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A modern reconstruction of the lion-headed helmet worn by Alexander the Great on the so-called Alexander Sarcophagus, a late-fourth-century BC marble tomb found in the... Read More

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Chair by Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Scottish architect and designer

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Gustav Klimt, The Park, 1910–1911. Oil on canvas. Museum of Modern Art, New York.

Gustav Klimt’s The Park, painted between 1910 and 1911, belongs to the quieter side of his late work: not the gold, bodies, and theatrical eroticism... Read More

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Diana Boier

Acne Studios FW26.

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