Alison Levasseur
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Beautiful White Houses That Suit Any Style
As these stunning homes from the AD archive prove, a crisp and classic white exterior is anything but boring → Read More
Beautiful White Houses That Suit Any Style
The recent trend toward simplicity in decor can be summed up in a single color: white. In fact, Simply White was Benjamin Moore’s 2016 Color of the Year. The versatile hue has the power to highlight certain features of your home without competing with others. Plus, it lends a pristine yet calming effect to every room, from the kitchen to the bath—and not just indoors. These homes from the AD… → Read More
Jean Prouvé House to Be Auctioned December 15 at Phillips Design Masters
Because so few of the transportable buildings are known to exist, this one could fetch up to $1.5 million → Read More
Watch the Hammer Come Down at $38 million for Modigliani’s *Portrait de Paulette Jourdain*
Writer Christopher Mason takes AD inside the Sotheby’s salesroom for the bidding on this remarkable lot → Read More
How a Painting of One Woman’s 42 Cats Earned More than $820,000 at Auction
Sotheby’s sold the eccentric work of art commissioned by a San Francisco millionairess for nearly three times its estimated value → Read More
Do You Recognize These Iconic Works by Sir Christopher Wren? Photos
Click through a few of the renowned British architect’s London buildings → Read More
Sara Story Shows Us How to Design with Top-Notch Antiques
For the first time Sotheby's partners with an interior designer to showcase the lots in its biannual decorative arts sale in New York City → Read More
Tour the Best in Art Nouveau and Art Deco Architecture in Brussels
Artist, decorator, and architect Paul Cauchie built his private residence in 1905. Today it is considered one of the finest examples of Art Nouveau in Brussels. Inside, there is a gallery of paintings and furnishings designed by Cauchie and his wife, Caroline Voet. → Read More
Beautiful White Houses
Bennett and Judie Weinstock have a long-established design practice—based in Philadelphia, with clients in New York and elsewhere—so when their daughter, Nancy Yecies, and her husband, Michael, who have two children, bought a rambling 1940s clapboard, fieldstone, and stucco house in a Philadelphia suburb, there was no question about who would decorate it. → Read More
Paul G. Allen’s Private Art Collection Is on View
More than 30 landscape paintings owned by the Microsoft cofounder—including works by Cézanne, Monet, and Turner—will be part of a traveling exhibition → Read More
Paul G. Allen’s Private Art Collection Is on View
More than 30 landscape paintings owned by the Microsoft cofounder—including works by Cézanne, Monet, and Turner—will be part of a traveling exhibition → Read More
This Is What a $7 Million Gray Pearl Necklace Looks Like
A rare gray pearl necklace is on the auction block at Sotheby’s Hong Kong → Read More
This Is What a $7 Million Gray Pearl Necklace Looks Like
A rare gray pearl necklace is on the auction block at Sotheby's Hong Kong → Read More
Shop the Art Collection of Maya Angelou
Swann Auction Galleries and eBay will hold an auction of 44 works of art from Maya Angelou’s private collection on September 15 → Read More
A New Book Examines the Work of Designer Gwenael Nicolas
The new monograph Curiosity Essence (Loft, $50) explores the work of French-born, Japan-based interior designer Gwenael Nicolas, who established the design firm Curiosity Agency in 1998 with producer Reiko Miyamoto. Among the company’s clients are Issey Miyake, Fendi, Louis Vuitton, and Uniqlo. → Read More
The First Yves Saint Laurent Exhibition in the U.K.
The Bowes Museum is hosting the U.K's first retrospective of Yves Saint Laurent’s work → Read More
You Could Own a Centuries-Old Copy of the Magna Carta
Christie’s is offering a 700-year-old copy of the Magna Carta, the most famous English legal text in the world → Read More
Look Inside 13 Beautiful State Capitol Buildings
AD surveys the remarkable interiors of 13 state capitol buildings → Read More
Look Inside 15 Beautiful State Capitol Buildings
AD surveys the remarkable interiors of 15 state capitol buildings → Read More
Sotheby’s Sells $282.1 Million in Impressionist and Modern Art
Sotheby’s London’s “Impressionist & Modern Art” sale—which offered works by Gustav Klimt and Edgar Degas—brings in $282.1 million → Read More