For three decades, the sprawling ranch-style mansion at 700 Nimes Road was the home of Dame Elizabeth Taylor, the legendary movie star, perfume maker, lover, and activist. It’s a home that Tim Mendelson, Taylor’s long-time personal assistant and friend, knew well. “Elizabeth liked homes that made people feel comfortable,” Tim explains. “It was pretty big, […]
Donna Huanca’s Color-Saturated “Skin Paintings” Are Set to Disrupt the Marciano
Donna Huanca is a disruptor. The Chicago-born, Berlin-based, Bolivian American artist uses saturated pigments and “skin-like” materials (not to mention live human bodies) to deconstruct gender and provide an alternative to the male gaze, and for her first-ever large-scale U.S. solo show, she’s “challenging” the nature of a historically male space. Granted, a lot of […]