Saint Valentine in 5 Can’t-Miss Collectible Design Shows Around the World in June
From trippy furnishings by Chris Wolston in New York to artful lighting designs by Frederik Molenschot in Paris
By Geoffrey Montes
2. “Saint Valentine” at Nina Johnson Gallery | Miami
A bewitching ode to the aggressively romantic nature of a Saint Valentine, this must-see group show at Miami’s Nina Johnson Gallery brings together a quartet of some of today’s leading talents who are blurring art and design: Francesca DiMattio, Elsa Hansen Oldham, Anna Betbeze, and Katie Stout. “I am thrilled to see these artists overlap in one space outside of my own mind,” says gallery owner Nina Johnson. “I was originally thinking about this group of artists and while connecting the threads, I felt there was a grittiness, a strangeness, something almost punk rock about all of their aesthetics that ties them together.” On view through July 29, the exhibition allows each to take their signature aesthetics to new heights. DiMattio, for instance, is presenting Greek and Meissen–style porcelain vessels along with furnishings that embody her penchant for manipulating existing imagery while honoring the ancient art of terra cotta.