67+ Art Ideas For A Modern Home

“[W]e didn’t need a huge space for our clients to live in harmony, it just needed to be a well thought out space,” says the architects. A V Leg Bed by George Nelson is a classic addition to the bedroom, along with Tolomeo wall mounted luminaires from Artermide. The artwork is from David Band.

Lisa La Pointe artwork “Magi” brings life to the restful dark “Half Masala” Resene paint. The Grasshopper light by CULT and the MUUTO Scandinavian “Around” coffee table.

O’Sullivan’s blown-glass pendant lights make another appearance in the living area, where a kauri-plywood wall showcases a piece by artist Martin Poppelwell. An Ipsilon side table by Rodrigo Torres for Poliform rests beneath the artwork and a Jiff side table by Flexform sits next to the sofa. The patterned pillow is made from fabric from Jim Thompson’s Illusion range, while the solid one is from Rubelli’s James Dean range, both from Auckland’s Atelier Textiles. “Any colors that I brought into the house reflected the colors of the natural materials the architect had used,” says Jay. “No hot pinks!”

The bedroom is tucked in the back of the residence and doesn’t receive a lot of natural light. The couple emphasized the coziness of the space by painting the walls in Space Black from Benjamin Moore and selecting an oversize artwork, Flotar, 2011, by Christian Curiel. The bed is a Louis XV–style reproduction, approximately from the 1950s, that Gil and DeSimio found on eBay.

“There’s no right answer except to play and experiment,” Adler says about furnishing the interior. He reupholstered vintage Warren Platner chairs with velvet from Kravet. Drawings by Eva Hesse inspired the custom ceramic wall tile. Adler also created the coffee table, rug, planters, and gold stool. The pendant lamp is from Rewire in Los Angeles and the artwork is by Jean-Pierre Clément.

Reproduced in a serigraph, Homage to Tennessee will make a striking statement in your home. Serigraphy is a process in which multiple layers of ink are manually pressed through fine screens which replicates the unique qualities of the original artwork. #art #madeinamerica

Another view of the master bedroom shows more original artwork by the New Design Project. Photo by Alan Gastelum.

In the main living area, Olsen’s own artwork picks up on the graphic diversity of the magazines housed in Boox shelving by Jesper Holm.

While Aumas designed the gilded table, Warren Platner gets credit for the vintage lounge chair for Knoll.

In the stairwell hangs a series of 1999 Vik Muniz works that resemble Andy Warhol’s iconic portraits of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, but are actually photographs of pooled ketchup.

Bakelite Robot (2002) is a robotic sculpture made of stacked, vintage Bakelite radios inlaid with television screens.

In the dining room, artworks by Alan Davie (at left) and Martin Bradley join a Norman Foster dining table.

The owner of this home fills down time with creative projects, such as the “List Art” canvas featuring his favorite bands. Read more about the Manhattan Transformation here.

In the library, Douglas Coupland’s Spectra sculpture sits next to a century-old helmet mask from Burkina Faso.

The loft is full of pieces by Dine’s father, pop and neo-expressionist artist Jim Dine. Skulls are a recurring motif in his artworks.

The house features several courtyards, conveying an ever-present sense of indoor-outdoor living. Concrete walls are lined with yellow jasmine, and the wall sculpture is taken from Manuel Felguérez’s fence for the National Anthropology Museum.

"The big pieces are a result of metal knowledge and physical forces; they can be any size, on up and up...They too are a part of me, of course; however I am following certain laws of metal and its reaction to bending, falling, cutting, etc. Thus when these objects are played on by the wind and sun they will move, change shape, but always obey the law by which they were created."—Harry Bertoia, as quoted in Wright's "The Standard Oil Commission" catalog.

Andrew Weinstein stands in the living room of his Long Island abode designed by Bates Masi + Architects. The architects toggled wall panels and panes of custom-cut window glass on the front of the house that let in light while leaving room for large-format artwork like Adam Parker Smith’s American Totem.

A white lacquer Ligne Roset dining table is joined by a wood bench from Room & Board and bent-plywood Cherner chairs. Baconcube 4 by Cindy Wright hangs on the wall.