Latest articles by Emma O'Kelly
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Celebrating Calder: a timely homage to the patron saint of art jewellery -
The Invisible Collection opens discreet London showroom -
How Donald Wexler and William Krisel turned Palm Springs into a Hollywood retreatIn 2012 (W* 152), we met architects Donald Wexler (1926-2015) and William Krisel (1924-2017), in their natural habitat, Palm Springs, a place that they, along with Albert Frey, E Stewart Williams and William Cody, turned from dust to diamonds. Wexler earned his reputation as an innovator with his steel-framed prefabs, going on to design the second home for actress Dinah Shore, while Krisel, architect of the Twin Palms Estates an elegant tract of holiday homes, was renowned for designing a slew of housing from LA to the San Fernando Valley. Both architects had Palm Springs in common, and lived to watch their legacies unfold.
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The Blue Mountain School brings new multidisciplinary space to Shoreditch -
Paulo Mendes da Rocha’s São Paulo house for art dealer Eduardo LemePaulo Mendes da Rocha has a fan in art dealer Eduardo Leme, who commissioned the Brazilian architect to design both his house and art gallery in São Paulo. Wallpaper* visited Casa Millán in 2006 (W*88), to find out how the brutal concrete residence, originally built by da Rocha in 1969 for another art dealer, was adapted for its new owner
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SeARCH and Christian Müller’s buried hillside Hole House is a holiday home with altitude -
Art Basel Hong Kong recalibrates with a digital-only editionFollowing the cancellation of its Hong Kong fair, Art Basel has bounced back with Online Viewing Rooms, where Asian art takes centre stage
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Inside architect Peter Zumthor’s wooden holiday home in the Swiss Alps -
Testing the water at Copenhagen's 1960s modernist swimming bathsHere, we revist our feature from the July 2012 issue of Wallpaper* (W*159), when we explored a refreshingly-designed Copenhagen public bathing complex
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Frieze Art Fair 2011, London -
Frieze Art Fair London 2012 report -
Frieze Art Fair 2010, London -
Yrjö Kukkapuro’s studio near Helsinki is a temple to the art of sitting downThis visit to Yrjö Kukkapuro's home and studio, first featured in Wallpaper’s April 2020 issue, highlights the evolution of the Finnish designer's experimental approach to furniture
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Dealer’s choice: architect Tom Croft on layering character into London’s Skarstedt gallery -
Silicone and silk: Ron Arad Rocks Louisa Guinness’ Mayfair gallery -
Dream haus: a new gallery in Connecticut showcases the visionary work of Josef and Anni AlbersA new gallery in Connecticut showcases the visionary work of Josef and Anni Albers
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North London star: a peek into the world of architect Charles Tashima -
Spirit-raising: Arik Levy designs spiral-shaped bottle for Hennessy 8 -
Brutal beauty: Mexico’s leading creative couple cement their passion for concrete -
Art patron and TBA21 gallery founder Francesca von Habsburg opens the doors to her Vienna residenceThe April 2007 issue of Wallpaper* (W*98) saw us visit the Vienna residence of Austrian art patron and aristocrat Francesca von Habsburg. She regularly swaps pieces between her home and the gallery space she founded in 2002, TBA21, which hosts over 250 works by artists including Freud, Pollock and Mapplethorpe
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Gisele Gass Q&A -
As Frieze fever takes over London, we preview the best satellite exhibitions around town -
Assab One’s latest show is equal to the sum of all its parts -
Venice Architecture Biennale 2010
