The crates arrived before the architect did. At 8:30 on the morning of the photo shoot, American Women Artists (AWA) staff were unpacking paintings in a house made almost entirely of concrete and glass. The photographer, Luca Prodi, arrived shortly after. The homeowner, San Diego...
If Cara Romero is not photographing with fire, she certainly is trying to ignite one. Romero is an artist-provocateur upending a tradition that has seen Native Americans and their images pushed into the pages of history. Her mission as a member of the Chemehuevi Indian...
There’s a lot of history in this land,” says interior designer William Peace about his clients’ home set between Livingston, Montana, and the north entrance of Yellowstone National Park. Surrounded by almost 60 acres of land that run alongside Mill Creek, the 25-year-old house and...
Byron and Keely Lewis had outgrown their 1930s Craftsman home, where they’d lived happily for 30 years. More precisely, their art collection had outgrown the house, Byron’s office, and the guest house next door — they had even lent art to museum shows. Once they...
Wandering is the word occupying much of David Griffin’s mind on this warm September morning. “It always appeared to imply that you were wasting time,” he says. “You didn’t have a purpose or some intent, but as I discovered my particular way of finding images,...
Lichtenstein. Need I say more? You know I will. In fact, you can always count on me to use more words than necessary. Roy Lichtenstein climbed to fame in the 1960s at a time when a national and critical love affair with Abstract Expressionism was losing intensity....
Ted Rowland didn’t grow up with art. What he had was a neighbor who paid him to house-sit. That neighbor happened to own one of the best Western art collections in the state of Montana. “Before he’d pay me,” Rowland recalls, “he’d pull out a...
Wine collecting has always been about knowing what is worth seeking out, but right now, the stakes are changing. There has never been a better time to collect wine. To understand why, let’s look at what is happening in the world’s greatest vineyards and the current...
Two weeks before Thanksgiving, interior designer Jeremiah Young is perched on a ladder in the ballroom-sized showroom of the Kibler & Kirch headquarters in Billings, Montana. At this time each year, the designer and his staff undertake one of their favorite rituals: decorating for the...
With the holidays ahead, we’re bringing you a bunch of stories to make the winter days a little brighter. For those of you who are often stumped over what to bring to holiday dinners and parties, check out the Collector’s Notebook for a fascinating look...