The Choreography of Scent: Atelier de Geste Debuts at Elements
This coming August, Atelier de Geste, a New York based art and design studio, will début a line of three perfumes at …
The Art of the Minimalist Perfume
Minimalist Art emerged as a powerful force in America in the 1960’s as a response to the heroic, gestural painting of Abstract …
Serge Lutens: Visionary Tastemaker
To create a perfume you have to be the servant of the unconscious. – Serge Lutens Few would dispute the genius of …
Wolfgang Laib Beeswax Room at the Phillips Collection
Some of you might have been lucky enough to catch Wolfgang Laib’s installation “Pollen from Hazelnut” at the Museum of Modern Art …
Maria Loboda Recreates Smoking Room as Scented Garden
“Smoking Room in a Private Palais in Brussels as Seen From the Entrance, 1905” is the title of an installation …
Doug Wada’s Perfume Bottle Prints
Doug Wada is a New York based artist who makes detailed and realistic drawings of humble objects. Subway seats, garbage bags, and …
Francesco Vezzoli’s Decadent Perfume Faux-Mercial
I always love a good perfume commercial, like Chanel’s Egoiste ad from the early 1990’s and David Lynch’s work for Calvin Klein’s …
Feet of the Gods by Jay Batlle
I’ve written on the work of Jay Batlle previously, and here is a new work from the studio. It’s inspired by the …
Perfume on the Beach: Nyehaus Presents Rebels in Paradise during ABMB
It’s not a gurney… but you very well may need one. When I began this blog a short while ago, there was …
The Dark Wonder of Kiki Smith
Every successful work of art produces a sense of wonderment. It allows you to see the things from a different perspective, opens …
Making Up and Selling Out: Kenny Scharf and Jean-Michel Othoniel Collaborate with Kiehl’s and Dior
In the NY Times today, Bee-Shyuan Chang reports on the collaboration between the artist Kenny Scharf and the cosmetics company, Kiehl’s. Following Andy …
Service Industry: An Interview with Jay Batlle
Jay Batlle, Parties of Six or More, Nyehaus May 2012 In “Life Lessons,” a short film directed by Martin Scorsese, Nick Nolte …
Belle Haleine: Marcel Duchamp’s Readymade Perfume Bottle
The creative act is not performed by the artist alone; the spectator brings the work in contact with the external world by …
An Empty Bottle of Shalimar: The Art of Louise Bourgeois
Louise Bourgeois is undoubtedly one of the 20th Century’s most important artists. She passed away in 2010 at the age of 98, …
John Singer Sargent’s “Fumée d’ambre gris” (1880)
I will never tire of the lush paintings of John Singer Sargent, an American painter who is most famous for his “Portrait …
Painting and Scent: Pierre Bonnard’s Perfumed Impressionism
Pierre Bonnard was part of a group of French artists called Les Nabis, post-Impressionist painters who came together in the late 19th …