What if you could actually see what was going on inside someone’s head? Erwin Wurm offers his own wonderfully strange answer with It’s Not Me, It’s Not You (Mind Bubbles), a 2025 sculpture that was part of the artist’s Double Dream exhibit at Lehmann Maupin.
To me, the sculpture looks like a character from some surreal cartoon: A cloud head / body perched atop pair of extremely long, skinny legs that bend awkwardly beneath the enormous, amorphous form. The entire figure is rendered in a soft, dreamy pale blue right down to its little lace-up boots. Continue reading Modern Art Monday Presents: Erwin Wurm, It’s Not Me, It’s Not You (Mind Bubbles)→
Something I love most about visiting New York’s galleries is discovering artists whose work challenges my expectations of what furniture can be. Is it something to sit on, or is it a sculpture? Sometimes the most interesting pieces refuse to choose. Such is the case with Balancing II(2023), a striking sculptural bench by Lebanese artist and designer Nayla Kai Saroufim, which appears to have a permanent home at Emanuel Fremin Gallery in Chelsea.
Balancing II presents as glossy turquoise bench supported by only two points: a solid curved leg at one end and an oversized red donut-shaped form at the other. The visual tension makes you pause. Surely that colorful ring can’t be doing much of the work—but somehow it is. The title Balancing II suddenly feels perfectly appropriate. Continue reading Eye On Design: Balancing II By Nayla Kai Saroufim→
There’s something undeniably arresting about encountering a giant, disembodied eye in the middle of the city —e specially one that seems to be watching from all directions at once. Installed near the iconic Flatiron Building in the Flatiron District, Charlotte Colbert’s Dreamland Sirens (2025) transforms a familiar urban crossroads into something far more surreal. Continue reading Charlotte Colbert’s Dreamland Sirens in the Flatiron District→
Getting a good night’s sleep isn’t just about what you eat before bed or how luxurious your sheets feel — your bedroom’s color palette can play a surprisingly powerful role in overall sleep quality. Color has a well-documented psychological impact on mood and relaxation, and the hues surrounding you at night can either soothe your senses or subtly keep your mind alert. In this post, we’ll explore seven bedroom colors and explain how each one can help create a calmer, more sleep-friendly space. Continue reading The Best Bedroom Colors To Boost Your Sleep Quality→
If this exquisite float glass table looks familiar, you maybe recalling our feature on an equally mind-blowing Glass Block Chair from 2019’sSalon Art + Design by the same manufacturers, WonderGlass. A definite “Oh, Wow” statement piece of the 2023 show this past November, the translucent, blue/green/amber-hued Minosse C Table by Studiopluzstood out among the most innovative and breathtaking pieces on the floor. Continue reading Eye On Design: Minosse C Glass Block Bench By Studiopluz For WonderGlass→
