François Meyer’s Portraits D’Artistes

A photography book intimately documenting over 120 artists and their work over the last 40 years

When admiring art, many of us dream of the lives behind the pieces: glamorous, tortured, a life of creation. Even before this current age of voyeurism, not only did artists’ work draw the public eye, so did their lives. At the crossroads of this stands photographer François Meyer—a longtime collector, enthusiast and documentarian of those making it. Meyer himself is a curious, meticulous artist, and …

The Deitch Projects: Live the Art

From large-scale installations to wild birthday parties, a peep inside the SoHo gallery's colorful history

In 2010, when the enigmatic curator Jeffrey Deitch closed his SoHo gallery, the Deitch Projects, to become the director of the Museum of Contemporary Art in LA, he left a vacuum in New York’s own contemporary art community. Once the unofficial clubhouse and lab for creatives like Terence Koh, Kenny Scharf, Dan Colen and Kehinde Wiley, the Deitch Projects served as an important platform for …

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Reimagined

Illustrated by Olimpia Zagnoli, a new and bold interpretation of the classic story

One of the world’s best-known stories, “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” was published way back in 1900 by L. Frank Baum (who went on to write 13 more Oz books) and it’s remained a favorite for both children and adults—thanks in large part to the 1939 musical-style film starring Judy Garland—ever since. While the original books were beautifully illustrated (by William Wallace Denslow and then …