Adore August 2021

FROM THE EDITOR

I love working on the kid's issue. It's so much fun to look at the world through their wide eyes filled with wonder and endless imagination. To follow are pages of fantastic books, creative art supplies, and magical toys that are sure to encourage budding artists, talented tykes, and future great thinkers. As students head back to school, they'll be outfitted with lunch bags, backpacks, and all of the gear that makes the first day all the more exciting. With the last weeks of summer fading away, I can't wait for the change of season, although for me, it is more back to work than back to play. I hope you enjoy the four bedrooms that are highlighted this month. I'm one of those peeps who collects beautiful paint colors like some people collect stamps, and I'm definitely adding the illuminating hues found in Iris and Jay Lapeyre's rooms to my stash. Most of all, I was so happy to see the focus on furniture and art in children's rooms that are meant to last. The joke in my family is that if we'd tagged the things we pass down and around, much like whales or birds, we could tell quite an amazing story. For me, this is what truly makes a home a home.

photo by joshu a br a st e d

by k at y danos

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RECENT ACQUISITIONS IN CONTEMPORARY ART

ON VIEW THROUGH JUNE 26, 2022

NEW at NOMA spotlights contemporary art recently purchased or gifted to the museum, focusing on works by BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, and female-identifying artists.

Keith Duncan (American, b. 1967), Grambling State University Drum Major 2, 2020, Acrylic on wallpaper mounted to canvas, Museum purchase, P. Roussel Norman Fund, E-2021-14.1, Courtesy of the artist and Fort Gansevoort © Keith Duncan

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