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created by fashionable palette

1. gone with the wind 2. kurt cobain 3. radiohead 4. oscar wilde 

5. moi 6. mark rothko 7. the darjeeling limited

art for art's sake

images: 1. annika chistensen interior design 2. photo by michael paul 3. caldwell-beebe interior design, mark rothko painting 4. amelia handegan interior design, art by todd murphy i believe 5. photo by per mangus persson 6. unfortunately i cannot recall what this space is, though i believe it's a retail space, via so haute 7. beautiful herringbone fireplace by francois and co, art by todd murphy i believe 8. thad hayes interior design, mark rothko painting 9. art by nicole cohen of sketch 42 8. jan showers interior design

art comes in every form, but probably its most tradition form, at least in western culture, is painting.

above are some of my absolute favorite examples of art (a few are photographs, not paintings) being used with purpose and beauty in a space.

so i ask, which of the above images do you love?

the color lavender

images clockwise from top left: caldwell beebe interiors, limewood hotel by david collins, unknown via this is glamorous, john galliano spring '09 rtw, unknown via the paris apartment, jacaranda tree

 “We are well advised to keep on nodding terms with the people we used to be, whether we find them attractive company or not. Otherwise they turn up unannounced and surprise us, come hammering on the mind's door at 4am of a bad night and demand to know who deserted them, who betrayed them, who is going to make amends. We forget all too soon the things we thought we could never forget.”
– Joan Didion