Art Matters | The Thing About Noah and the Ark
By DARREN ARONOFSKY
Darren Aronofsky explains why he decided to take on the fantastical Bible story in his new film and curate an art show about it.
This spring, T Magazine is all over the map. Our travel issue visits the sun-soaked Greek island of Hydra, a place of unspoiled and beauty and automobile-free cobblestone streets that seduced Henry Miller and Leonard Cohen, and that remains a refuge for artists and intellectuals. We head to the sleepy Uruguayan fishing village of José Ignacio, where a small group of locals and expats are preserving the area’s small-town vibe despite its growing reputation as a beach-lover’s paradise. Out of the sun, we share the charms of one-room hotels in four different cities and the Turkish novelist Orhan Pamuk extols the virtues of small museums, like his own Museum of Innocence, that offer an inventiveness and personality not found in mega-institutions. Plus, a writer visits barbershops from Beijing to Beirut searching for both the perfect shave and an unforgettable experience; a 18th-century French salon gets resurrected in San Francisco; and one extreme traveler shares pages from his ink-stained passports. See all stories from the issue >>
Darren Aronofsky explains why he decided to take on the fantastical Bible story in his new film and curate an art show about it.
With a bit of patchwork, some lace and a pair of exceptionally matronly shoes, the quirky charm of the noble eccentric is only a stop away.
When it comes to providing the experience of a home away from home, very little can go a very long way.
The restoration of a storied French neo-Classical salon reveals as much about polite society as it does about high design.
Judy Blume and Danny McBride get hopped up on hefeweizen while contemplating pillowcases and backpacks.
The abstract painter Julie Mehretu captures the maelstrom of emotion inside the American poet Jean Valentine as she recollects a recent voyage to Greenland.
The sun-soaked island of Hydra has long inspired artists and intellectuals from Henry Miller to Leonard Cohen, and even today with the influx of art stars and yachting billionaires, its unspoiled charm remains intact.
In the age of mega-institutions and competitive building, the Turkish novelist Orhan Pamuk pays homage to the more personal places, like his own Museum of Innocence, whose character and content evoke a deeper experience.
In Florence, the English entrepreneur Sue Townsend merges the warmth of great English decorating with the spare patina of Renaissance architecture for an interior that is the best of both worlds.
The fantastical drama of Victoriana comes down to earth with a simple pair of weathered men’s blue jeans.
A trip to the local barbershop, from Beijing to Beirut, gives one man an entree into the customs and people of each country he visits — as well as a smooth shave.
Despite the international jet-set crowd that swarms José Ignacio each winter, this quiet village on the Uruguayan coast is determined to preserve its small-town roots.