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DESIGN
A Remembrance: Wendell Castle, 1932–2018

Our design editor looks back at her time with the pioneering furniture designer and the experience...

BEHIND THE SCENES
A Striking Installation Interprets Hermès’s Approach to Time

Artist Levi van Veluw explains the ideas behind a work he created for the fashion house that debuts

ART
Meet the Heavy Hitters of Contemporary Jewelry Design

An exhibition at the Cooper Hewitt explores the evolution and explosive creativity of an...

ART
Solange Knowles Is Not a Pop Star

As she charts the next course of her career, the Grammy-winning singer-songwriter of "A Seat at the

Hotel
Why Are Art Aficionados Flocking to This Tuscan Farmhouse?

Owner Riccardo Barsottelli's Locanda al Colle is a treasure trove of rare works from his private...

ART
Hauser & Wirth’s Somerset Gallery Recasts the Pastoral as Political

In this new show, more than 150 works call into question our relationship with the land.

INSIDER
The L.A. Store Where Sex Toys Meet Doorknobs

Gallerist Benjamin Trigano's newest venture is an art space that doubles as a shop for eccentric...

ART
David Zwirner Expands His Empire to the East

The New York gallerist opens his first venture in Asia with a new space designed by architect...

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Announcing Surface‘s Jan./Feb. 2018 Cover: Solange Knowles

A side of the Grammy-winning singer-songwriter you haven't seen before.

Art
The Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami, Gets a New Home

ICA director Ellen Salpeter offers a peek inside the museum’s new building and groundbreaking...

Design
How the Sausage Is Made, Literally

In her new book "The Sausage of the Future," Carolien Niebling dissects the tubular meat—and it's

Wordplay
Why Many Artists Need Galleries Now More Than Ever

Surface Media’s CEO on the vital role of representation—even in the age of Instagram.

Art
Rirkrit Tiravanija and the Politics of Cooking

The artist explains why he took up ceramics and how slowness can be radical.

PARTNERSHIP
Art Basel Through the Eyes of Zoë Buckman

The New York–based artist and activist took the new Leica CL—a compact, lightweight camera...

ART
Is Food Art? Chefs, Artists, and Curators Debate

Welcome to the intersection of inspiration and ingestion, where the art and food worlds'...