No. 07: Yours Truly
Los Alamos, espresso cups, C.O. Bigelow, Casa Lawa, Flore Flore
Good morning from a slightly chilly new york that I love very much.
I. a book
Last Sunday, Dev and I sat outside on a brisk sunny morning having coffee & olive oil cake (very good) at Abraço. On our way home we stopped at Dashwood. I really enjoyed flipping through William Eggleston’s book Los Alamos.. the photographs were taken in Memphis and during Eggleston’s road trips across the south in the 60s and 70s. I particularly love this image (very into hair accessories at the moment) —
II. a set to admire
I don’t even drink coffee much anymore, but these LaGardo Tackett Schmid vintage porcelain espresso cups and saucers are perfect.
III. a new york institution
C.O. Bigelow Chemists was my pharmacy when I lived in new york — it was right around the corner from my apartment. Not to make my tiny pharmacy in LA feel bad, but nothing compares to this pharmacy. It’s been around since 1838.. it’s charming and has everything I need.
IV. a guesthouse in sicily
Casa Lawa is a guesthouse & kitchen built from lava in the mountains of sicily. I’m so inspired by the chef residencies they host.. the beautifully set tables for a group on the black lava beaches closeby.. the local produce... the fireplaces & exposed ovens.. it all looks very cozy. I’m excited to cook for friends at home this fall.
V. a perfect tee
Carmen told me to try on Flore Flore’s black long sleeve along with a slew of her vintage finds when I was at her boutique in amsterdam last fall and I wore it every day for the rest of the trip. Elevated crops & fabrics and beautiful colorways (I just got a nice mauvy brown tank at Outline). Flore Flore has the best basics.
~ bulletin ~
los angeles
Open: Rose Wylie’s CLOSE, not too close at David Zwirner is closing in a few days!! Highly rec going. Michael Berryhill’s Scenic Route at Night Gallery. James Goss’ Gates of Paradise at The Pit. Dike Blair and Maja Ruznic at Karma. Brittany Fanning’s Getting Away With Murder at The Lodge. Soumya Netrabile’s Between Past and Present/Between Appearance and Memory at Anat Ebgi. Shara Hughes’ Light the Dark at David Kordansky. Ellsworth Kelly’s An Exploration of Color at Gemini. Rose Marcus’ Repro at Night Gallery. Manuel Lopez’s Stepping Into the Night at Charlie James.
Tonight: Fall lecture series at The Schindler House with Todd Cronan. He’ll be talking about his new book Nothing Permanent: Modern Architecture in California and the history of architectural innovation in California between 1920 and 1970.
Until October 15: Baserange at Maimoun. I’ve been living in these pants.
new york
Open: Henry B Taylor’s B Side at The Whitney. A Glorious Bewilderment: Marie Menken’s ‘Visual Variations on Noguchi’ at the Noguchi Museum. Emme McIntyre’s an echo, a stain at David Zwirner (69th st). Wolfgang Tillmans’ Fold Me at David Zwirner (19th st). Dana Arbib’s show Vetro Orto at Tiwa Gallery. Ed Ruscha’s NOW THEN at MoMA featuring over 200 works. Ruth Asawa’s Through Line at the Whitney. Jules de Balincourt’s Midnight Movers at Pace. Kelly Beeman’s Summer at Perrotin Gallery. Artist Joe Henry Baker’s NEW WORKS at IRL. Ed Clark’s The Big Sweep at Hauser & Wirth (22nd st). Group show Clairvoyance at SHRINE featuring Adrianne Rubenstein, Hayley Barker, Aglae Bassens and Gwen O’Neil. A special exhibition juxtaposing pioneering early 20th-century Swiss modernist Sophie Taeuber-Arp with works by three contemporary artists – Leonor Antunes, Ellen Lesperance and Nicolas Party – at Hauser & Wirth (69th st). Merrick Adams’s Soft Stars Hard Thunder at Turn.
October 23 - 25: Faye Webster at Brooklyn Steel.