INTERIOR DESIGNER RUSSELL PICCIONE has a scavenger’s eye. Six years ago, he spied a massive concave mirror in the window of the Chloé boutique on Madison Avenue—an Olafur Eliasson–esque prop, then facing the end of its shopper-beguiling life. Now it’s the unavoidable glittery thing in the sitting room of the Murray Hill brownstone he rents with his partner, Antonio Haslauer. The 14-foot ceilings of his parlor floor dwarfed even his painting from the studio of Veronese, but this would surely pack a punch when juxtaposed with the settee upholstered in sapphire-blue mohair velvet, which he’d bought at auction because it was, he thought, “such a strong example of the period and the idea of furniture as ‘fantasy architecture.’ ”
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Trapped in Time
A woman relives the same day in a stunning Danish novel.
Polyphonic City
A SOFT, SHIMMERING beauty permeates the images of Mumbai that open Payal Kapadia's All We Imagine As Light. For all the nighttime bustle on display-the heave of people, the constant activity and chaos-Kapadia shoots with a flair for the illusory.
Lear at the Fountain of Youth
Kenneth Branagh's production is nipped, tucked, and facile.
A Belfast Lad Goes Home
After playing some iconic Americans, Anthony Boyle is a beloved IRA commander in a riveting new series about the Troubles.
The Pluck of the Irish
Artists from the Indiana-size island continue to dominate popular culture. Online, they've gained a rep as the \"good Europeans.\"
Houston's on Houston
The Corner Store is like an upscale chain for downtown scene-chasers.
A Brownstone That's Pink Inside
Artist Vivian Reiss's Murray Hill house of whimsy.
These Jeans Made Me Gay
The Citizens of Humanity Horseshoe pants complete my queer style.
Manic, STONED, Throttle, No Brakes
Less than six months after her Gagosian sölu show, the artist JAMIAN JULIANO-VILLAND lost her gallery and all her money and was preparing for an exhibition with two the biggest living American artists.
WHO EVER THOUGHT THAT BRIGHT PINK MEAT THAT LASTS FOR WEEKS WAS A GOOD IDEA?
Deli Meat Is Rotten
