8/29/2023 0 Comments Night scenery drawingOr Canadian, New York-based artist Anna Weyant, whose soft, muted paintings filter Dutch Golden Age portraits and still lifes through a contemporary feminist lens. Then there is Scottish artist Callum Innes, who creates his ethereal paintings, recently on view at Frith Street Gallery in London, by building up layers of paint onto the canvas and then washing them off with turpentine. Take, for example, the work of American sculptor Ro ni Horn, the subject of a current exhibition at Hauser & Wirth in Zurich. The artist's solid cast glass volumes invite literal and figurative reflection, and her drawings suggest the kind of daily meditation practice often championed by high achievers. The appeal is less about what the art says to others than how you feel looking at it. In the quiet luxury paradigm, they are more interested in projecting sophistication and confidence in their own tastes by acquiring work by emerging and mid-career artists. “Showing off has become contrary to the cultural conversation,” says Noa Santos, founder of NAINOA, an international architecture and interior design firm based in New York and Los Angeles.Ĭollectors used to project wealth and power by snapping up immediately recognizable work by brand-name artists (think: Andy Warhol, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Jeff Koons, Christopher Wool). The principles of quiet luxury-restraint, sustainability, rarity, and the kind of subtlety that suggests intimate knowledge of a subject-translate across the entire zeitgeist. Quiet luxury (which is less austere than minimalism but more polished than, say, normcore) has trickled into all aspects of culture, including cuisine, travel, interior design, and, now, art. The phenomenon isn’t just isolated to fashion. At its core, quiet luxury-also known as “stealth wealth”-is a movement that emphasizes investment in high-quality materials, comfort, and craftsmanship over flash, bling, and logos. You’ve heard about it driving the wardrobe choices on Succession, characterizing the looks of designers like the Row and Phoebe Philo, and even as the aesthetic driver of Sofia Richie’s viral summer wedding. Image courtesy of Warner Bros.įor a trend that is about being hushed, there has been a lot of noise surrounding quiet luxury.
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