Latest articles by Stephen Kent Johnson - Photography
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Achille Salvagni imbues Upper East Side townhouse with understated glamour
Designer Achille Salvagni’s latest project is a Manhattan townhouse whose understated design is led by function and inspired by 1920s and 1930s architecture
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Irene Neuwirth and Studio Shamshiri bring magical realism to New York
Fall down the whimsical rabbit hole of Irene Neuwirth’s new jewellery boutique on Madison Avenue
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Remembering artist Ashley Bickerton (1959 – 2022)
Ashley Bickerton, known for his subversive, conceptual takes on consumerism, has died aged 63. We explore his life, work, and extraordinary studio, photographed in 2017 when Wallpaper* US director Michael Reynolds and Stephen Kent Johnson visited the artist
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Sandra Nunnerley launches sculptural Corian tables that nod to the stars
Made exclusively for New York’s Maison Gerard, Sandra Nunnerley’s sleek new Corian tables feature bronze inlay
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Artist Karin Schaefer blends divine order and queer joy with hard-edged geometry
We explore the life, work and Massachusetts studio of American artist Karin Schaefer, ahead of her solo show ‘Continuum’ at Sears Peyton Gallery, New York
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We visit Malin + Goetz founders’ balanced Upper West Side apartment
Matthew Malin and Andrew Goetz, the founding partners of beauty brand Malin + Goetz, are the owners of this New York apartment crafted by architecture firm Messana O’Rorke (MO’R), and featured in the studio's latest monograph, Building Blocks
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ARO-designed Bucks County home brings together art and landscape
A new-build ‘forever' home for two collectors balances internal art and design displays with views of the green, agrarian landscape of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, in a modest architectural composition by ARO
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Art and light rule in this Pacific Palisades house
A couple’s Pacific Palisades house, by Johnston Marklee and Studio Shamshiri, puts their art collection in the best light
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Studio Seitz brings Swiss craftsmanship to New York
Studio Seitz’s Kevin Seitz and Rob van Wyen are preparing to open their first showroom – in a former babka factory in Williamsburg, which doubles as their home
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Artist Emily Hass confronts displacement through the poetry of architecture
Through the language of architecture, New York-based artist Emily Hass examines cross-generational forced migration and the psychological power of home
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Outer space: Rogan Gregory thinks big in his new LA studio
The artist’s new Santa Monica studio, a former garbage truck depot, is a blank canvas for big dreams
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Cape Cod exhibition explores legacy of artist David Wojnarowicz
In Cape Cod, exhibition ‘Tidal Motion’ explores the legacy of artist David Wojnarowicz. Though the artist’s life was cut short by HIV/AIDs in 1992, his work continues to inspire a generation of contemporary artists
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Kazem Naderi designs Tribeca salon specialising in curly hair
Kazem Naderi has created an oasis of calm showcasing a minimal mix of materials inside a historic cast-iron Tribeca building
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Tension, freedom, restraint: Elliott Puckette crosses the line at Kasmin New York
Artist Elliott Puckette talks doubt, contradictions, and venturing into sculpture at Kasmin New York
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Sculptor Leilah Babirye turns found objects into triumphant celebrations of queer identity
Since fleeing Uganda for the US, Leilah Babiyre is now taking the New York art scene by storm. Ahead of her second solo exhibition at Gordon Robichaux, the artist discusses her new, regal sculptures, which transform found objects into visions of a liberated queer and trans community
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Studio Shamshiri gets a midcentury Hollywood Hills home ready for its close-up
French-Tunisian entrepreneur Franck Nataf enlisted designer Pamela Shamshiri to oversee a refresh of his jewel box Hollywood Hills house
