Issue
No. 10
September 21, 2019
The Stuff of Dreams
Nineteen-year-old Ossip Zadkine, from a family of Smolensk boat builders, arrived in Paris in 1909 with a pipe, a Webster’s dictionary, a copy of The Lives of Great Men, and a suitcase filled with vivid memories of his native Russian forests. “I entered into a lifelong marriage with the vertical column of a pine tree trunk,” he would later say about his quest to tease movement, poetry, and philosophy from the beloved wood that had surrounded him as a boy. READ ON
Ossip Zadkine’s Les Vendanges, in elm. “The Dreamer of the Forest” opens at the Musée Zadkine, in Paris, on September 27.
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Open Book
Betye Saar, the ever photogenic high priestess of politically potent assemblage sculpture, is still at work in her Hollywood Hills studio. At 93, after almost 50 years of exhibiting her art, Saar is finally ready to reveal the scaffolding that underlies her creative process—her sketchbooks. These small spiral-bound records of her trips and inspirations also chronicle the multi-year evolution of her ideas for particular pieces. READ ON
Betye Saar’s The Edge of Ethics, 2010. “Betye Saar: Call and Response” opens at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) on September 22.
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Change of Scene
Marius Petipa’s ballet of 1877, La Bayadère, was unknown in the West before the 1960s. But once it got out of the Soviet Union, this exotic extravaganza set in ancient India—where the good girl gets eternity and the bad girl gets fouettés—joined the canon, anchored by the iridescent “Kingdom of the Shades,” a passage of pristine geometry in which the hero, stoked by opium, sees the image of his dead beloved multiplying ad infinitum. READ ON
Principal artists Yanela Piñera and soloist Joel Woellner of the Queensland Ballet perform La Bayadère. In a Canadian premiere, the Royal Winnipeg Ballet will present a new, reimagined version by choreographer Greg Horsman.
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Dior Bag
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The Mackintosh Raincoat
When it comes to outerwear that will stand up to the cold winds and rains…
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Carbon38 Leggings
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Strut
Ralph Lauren Bootie
If seeing last season’s salt-crusted boots lurking in your closet inspires you to pop a Xanax, well, join the club…
Button Up
A.P.C. Dress
We love the idea of a shirtdress, but all too often they’re made of shirting fabric—a boxy, wrinkly proposition…
Sling It
Dior Bag
In the early aughts, one couldn’t walk down a street in certain Manhattan neighborhoods…
Wear
The Mackintosh Raincoat
When it comes to outerwear that will stand up to the cold winds and rains…
Slip On
Carbon38 Leggings
Meghan Markle isn’t the only one who relies on the West Village sweat fest known as Modo Yoga…
Strut
Ralph Lauren Bootie
If seeing last season’s salt-crusted boots lurking in your closet inspires you to pop a Xanax, well, join the club…
Ann Patchett Recommends three of this year’s best books
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1983 Mercedes-Benz Wagon
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Sticks & Stones
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Symbol Audio Record Stand
For musicheads, vinyl is still the peak of audio formats. It’s also an obsession that leaves you shelling out…
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Kyani & Co.
Akhtar Nawab, the man behind Alta Calidad in Brooklyn and Otra Vez in New Orleans, traveled to Mumbai…
Listen
American Scandal
Long before Jeffrey Epstein was exposed as a highfalutin pedophile, there were other crimes that staggered belief.…
Drive
1983 Mercedes-Benz Wagon
If ever there were a vehicle that could make you feel like it is possible to transform all the pleasure of a day at…
Watch
Sticks & Stones
On October 27, Dave Chappelle will receive the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. The award’s namesake…
Organize
Symbol Audio Record Stand
For musicheads, vinyl is still the peak of audio formats. It’s also an obsession that leaves you shelling out…
Eat
Kyani & Co.
Akhtar Nawab, the man behind Alta Calidad in Brooklyn and Otra Vez in New Orleans, traveled to Mumbai…
Listen
American Scandal
Long before Jeffrey Epstein was exposed as a highfalutin pedophile, there were other crimes that staggered belief.…
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