Design

If you’ve ever stepped inside the home or studio of a legendary artist– you’ll quickly discover how their dwelling place informs their work and vice versa. Just below, Komos explores a handful of intimate abodes from urban New York to remote Spain and beyond.

The city of New Orleans – fabled home to artful revelry, sultry Bayou charm and famed Southern hospitality – requires no formal introduction. Just in time for Tales of the Cocktail, the Big Easy’s week-long July celebration honoring cocktails and mixology, we’re sharing our Crescent City favorites alongside a handful of outposts to enjoy Komos.

Lake Como, the wishbone-shaped, 10,000-plus-year-old lake nestled in Northern Italy’s Lombardi region once hosted several early visitors – the Romans, the Hungs, the French and the Spanish. Of course much later, it became a sparkling playground for Hollywood royalty and jetsetters. These days, travelers come to savor the splendor of the district's indigenous citrus gardens, grand Renaissance architecture and picturesque Italian Alps. Just below our favorite spots to get lost for a few hours or enjoy a meal and a drink. Because with summer’s arrival, we’ll most likely be sipping sunset cocktails on a boat – a breezy, hassle-free way to travel in style while taking in Lake Como’s glistening surroundings.

Bardot. Birkin. Picasso. We’re traveling back to the French Riviera’s early days — a fashionable stretch when wardrobe was just as synonymous with the impossibly scenic Côte d'Azur itself. Naturally Cannes deserves its own nod, thanks in part to the International Film Festival, when each May for two weeks a cinematic community descends into town. In honor of the season, some highlights from the Mediterranean’s golden era.

About two hours south of Miami, you’ll find the Dominican Republic, known for its world-class beaches, lush mountains, rain forests and waterfalls. You won’t want to miss Santo Domingo, the famed cobblestone-lined capital city; and then there’s Puerto Plata, an easygoing port town whose colonial-Victorian architecture melds with palm-lined beaches. Below, Komos explores some of the island’s best offerings.

There’s no mistaking Switzerland’s artful ambitions. You can trace its roots back to the early 20th century when Dadaism – the philosophical and artistic movement – was born in Zurich. Today, with Engadine Valley’s splashy contemporary scene alongside the famed Art Basel, whose annual festival brings modern collectors and cutting-edge artists to one meeting place, you’ll find no shortage of visual delights. You’ll also discover several emerging Swiss artists – living, working, and creating in a constantly evolving landscape. Just below, Komos shares a welcoming crop of up-and-coming Swiss artists.

London is no stranger to the art scene, especially if you recall the edgy late 1990s into early aughts era that produced names like Damien Hirst, Sarah Lucas, and Tracey Emin; the sexually-provocative artist whose work was shaped by her family experiences. These days, as gallerists revisit the visual landscape, just below, an emerging foursome of up-and-coming artists working in mediums from photography, painting, film and beyond.

In the summer of 1971, and worlds away from his legendary Manhattan-based Factory, Pop Art’s native son Andy Warhol planted his roots on a sprawling clifftop ocean estate in Montauk; the once-sleepy fishing village situated along Long Island’s easternmost edge. Known as Eothen (French translation: “from the east”), the rustic 5.7-acre camp-like compound, designed by American architect Stanford White (which Warhol and his partner Paul Morrissey bought for $255,000) hosted a revolving door of famous visitors.

With summer happenings fanning out on the road, we’re checking out the latest gallery shows, art exhibitions and pop-ups coming to Long Island’s East End.

In 1916, the artist Georgia O’Keeffe was only 28-years-old when she met Alfred Stieglitz at his influential Gallery 291 in New York. It was pretty much love at first sight. At the time, the much older and then married Stieglitz, who at the age of 52 was also a renowned photographer, took a liking to the younger O’Keeffe. Thus marked the beginning of the couple’s 30-year relationship – including a lengthy letter writing correspondence that helped ignite their passionate affair; and ultimately led to their 1924 marriage.

The metropolis of Lagos, Nigeria is known as a bustling fishing port with twisting cobblestone streets, crowded markets and picturesque beaches. But that’s not all. Thanks to a unique renaissance bent on exploring traditional culture, identity and gender norms, the scene is also bursting with creative ambitions. Below, an emerging crop of three young artists who’ve tapped into the motion of the African cultural experience–and what it means to be a Black woman.