The artist Julie Polidoro deconstructs notions of identity and place in the wide variety of works she creates from vast, unstretched canvases to collages, drawings, textiles, and sculpture. But no matter the medium, each of her pieces has a throughline: a reverberating sense of space. "In art, as in life, emptiness is powerfully evocative," she says.
Her home, an airy apartment perched like an eagle's nest at the top of Rome's Janiculum hill, bears testimony to her interest in positive and negative space. The furnishings here are as ethereal as the luminescent daylight, and every room is defined by the artist's experimental use of color.
A child of the 1970s, Polidoro was born in France but for the most part grew up in Rome, her family's home. As a young adult, she hopped from continent to continent-first for her studies, which took her to New York and Paris, then to Hong Kong, where she received a UNESCO scholarship to teach painting. Nine years ago, she and her teenage daughter, Nina, moved from Paris to Rome to be closer to family.
This story is from the March 2024 edition of Elle Decor US.
Start your 7-day Magzter GOLD free trial to access thousands of curated premium stories, and 8,500+ magazines and newspapers.
Already a subscriber ? Sign In
This story is from the March 2024 edition of Elle Decor US.
Start your 7-day Magzter GOLD free trial to access thousands of curated premium stories, and 8,500+ magazines and newspapers.
Already a subscriber? Sign In
WHAT MAKES AN 'ICON'?
The word gets used a lot these days-especially in the world of design. It's time to consider its true meaning.
ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED?
As the television and movie landscape changes, our media rooms are becoming newly multipurpose-and wonderfully stylish.
THIS IS NEWPORT?
Amid the Gilded Age mansions of this historic Rhode Island enclave, a modernist gem with interiors by Poonam Khanna charts a stunning new path.
Petit Palais
However tiny, a pied-à-terre in Paris represents L.A. designer Peter Dunham's grand return to the city of his youth.
Leave It to Peter
As his new book shows, architect Peter Marino will happily build you a house-if you give him the keys.
IT'S A FAMILY AFFAIR
Nate Berkus and Jeremiah Brent bring an eclectic point of view to a power couple's new home.
Elsa Eternal
Fifty years after her trailblazing first collection with Tiffany, Elsa Peretti's iconic designs continue to influence how we wear fine jewelry.
Brazil Brut
Andre Mellone adds artful sophistication to the concrete architecture of his sister's São Paulo house.
A-LIST 2024
IT'S HERE OUR ANNUAL LOOK AT THE MOST IMPRESSIVE DESIGNERS ACROSS RESIDENTIAL INTERIORS, ARCHITECTURE, AND LANDSCAPE.
GRAND ALLUSION
Hannes Peer channels his passion for Milan’s design legacy into an apartment renovation that packs in the references with brio.