Virginia & Vanessa

The relationship between Virginia Woolf and her sister Vanessa Bell was intense, excessive, and built on the foundations of an artistic rivalry which galvanized them throughout their lives. While Virginia became the great modernist writer than we know of, Vanessa took to painting, producing works admired for their novelty. She also were one of the first english artists to experiment with abstract painting.

Pools by Kelly Klein

Pools was first published in 1992, and has been considered one of the quintessentials coffee table books since then. Long before the age of online content curation, Klein chose to publish a book showcasing a collection of nothing but photographs of swimming pools.

Isaac Nichols

I first stumbled upon Isaac Nichols's work in a picture sent by painter Kristin Texeira of her cool Brooklyn home. We are doing a flat exchange this summer and traded pictures of our places by email. I noticed a glorious torso-shaped planter sitting on top of a shelf, wearing a top with "New York City" written on it. It immediately became my mission to find out more about this object, and how to get one for myself. What better souvenir from NYC than a handmade boob-planter by a local brooklyn artist ?

Natalie Weiss

I recently came across Natalie Weiss' photographic work and was really impressed. I love the simplicity of her images and her attention to detail. She is, to me, the perfect example of a talented young photographer in the midst of the "pinterest generation", who uses trends to her advantage and develops an arty and colorful style without losing her sensible touch.

On the Road Illustrated

I've recently finished reading Big Sur by Jack Kerouac, a 1962 novel part of Kerouac's Duluoz Legend series, and I think I've liked it even more than I liked his cult classic On the road, that I read a few years ago. Being reunited with Jack Duluoz and his crew, particularly with the great Dean "Cody" Moriarty was exhilarating. It got me thinking about this incredible illustrated version of On the road by artist Paul Rogers that I stumbled upon back then.