“You only regret the things you leave behind. So many people tell me stories of things they wish they had bought.”
ARTIST TO WATCH: My favorite art objects are two
pieces I own by Pieke Bergmans, a glass artist whom I found at a graduate show in Eindhoven. She has become very successful and I’m proud that we had her things in the gallery at the Rockefeller Center store early on. COLLECTIONS: I collect things that have a variety
of forms but the same function—like vintage espresso machines. I also love collecting plates. My latest are from Ruan Hoffmann, a South African artist. ARTFUL ATTRACTION: I love sculpture, usually
made from found objects. The Urs Fischer wax candle sculpture at the Venice Biennale—a full-scale replica of The Rape of the Sabine Women by Giambologna—was the most beautiful thing I’ve seen in years. It filled a cathedral-like space in the Arsenale and was incredibly
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