How to display art? These homes show the best ways…
As with the multitude of artworks in existence, there are also many inspiring ways to display your art collection. Whether it’s to create a soothing atmosphere or stamp your artistic signature, we take a look at how artworks can be used to engage and complement your interior. These homes by leading interior designers all demonstrate a unique approach to the art of curation and display – enjoy the gallery!
Creative space for local talent in a Sydney home
Art is at the heart of this Sydney apartment designed by Studio Noakes for a conceptual artist. Unsurprisingly, the walls are filled with pieces created by friends and emerging local talents. A major part of the studio’s brief was to find ways to make the characterful features in this converted shoe factory work in harmony with their clients’ dynamic collection.
A space for art to ‘breathe’
When tasked with designing a home for his art-collector client, designer Edo Mapelli Mozzi of design studio Banda was cognisant of not creating a standard gallery-cum-home. Rather, he wanted to allow each piece room to breathe. He had an enviable portfolio to work from that reads like a who’s who of modern art, from Andy Warhol and Damien Hirst to Antony Gormley and Yayoi Kusama.
The home designed for an ever-shifting art collection
It was the concrete walls rather than the artworks in this Zurich home that influenced designer Victoria-Maria Geyer to create a home for her art collector client. Knowing that this was a space where the art will be ever-changing, she chose her palette of white and beige to soften the industrial feel in this three-storey house originally designed by Swiss brutalist architect Ernst Gisel.
The former artist studio where sculpture draws the eye
Art on the walls wasn’t the only focus for designer Rachel Chudley when sourcing pieces for this London pied-a-terre that was once an artist’s studio. The ‘wonky’ column papier-maché prototype by artist Joe Sweeney acts as a conversation piece as well as drawing the eye towards the high ceilings.
Art was commissioned especially for this apartment
Art is a key component in all of interior designer Kelly Behun’s projects. However, designing a show apartment in the converted Whiteley’s shopping mall in London meant she wasn’t responding directly to a client’s collection, but building the art into the design. She did this by commissioning specific pieces and collaborating with experts to source British, European and US artworks.
The house that’s shaped around a focal piece
In this Berlin penthouse designed by Studio Bosko, the portrait of musician Frank Zappa by Coco Davez was a key influence on the design of the bespoke shelving unit. The unit, spanning the dining and living spaces, was designed specifically to have a large artwork as it’s central focus, to act as a point of division between the two areas.
A home that shows the artistic power of negative space
Interior designer Anita Fraser plays with asymmetric groupings of artworks in her canalside house in the chic Oud-Zuid district in Amsterdam. It aligns with her idea’s on ‘negative space’ which she believes allows for stillness and, in turn, creativity. Her modernist home’s restrained palette and pared back aesthetic is an essential element of the home’s feeling of calm.
An interior with statement art that challenges
For designer Francis Sultana, art should be controversial and invite discussion. The refurbishment of his Maltese retreat gave him the opportunity to invite his favourite artists to create dynamic pieces throughout; from the 8-metre-high ceiling beams painted by French conceptual artist Daniel Buren to the Jason Rhoades neon installation hanging in the stairwell.
The pocket-sized gallery masquerading as a home
‘The House’, a gallery space and concept store conceived by stylist and founder of M.A.H Gallery Laura Fulmine, was created to showcase the bespoke pieces by artists and designers she loves to champion. This latest incarnation of the space is a sumptuous bedroom and study, with a rich palette of art. The home-like setting allows the viewer to imagine the artworks within their own space.
One ‘tropical’ artwork defined the palette of this London home
A discussion with clients who had recently moved to London from the warmth of Mumbai was the inspiration behind the colour palette for this London home. The clients explained to architect George Bradley how they viewed colour as a way to get them through the British winter and how their ‘tropical’-themed art collection also warded off the chill.
