The World of Interiors

3 days ago | worldofinteriors.com | Alastair Sooke

A soulful little girl in a blue striped dress appears at the start of this tender, spellbinding new exhibition in Paris, as depicted in a seemingly unfinished (yet signed) painting by Henri Matisse. This arresting, dark-eyed child, with skin as pale as the moon, is the artist’s daughter, Marguerite, whom he portrayed more than any other model or sitter – including his wife, and her stepmother, Amélie Parayre.

5 days ago | worldofinteriors.com | Serena Fokschaner |James McDonald |James Mcdonald

On a midsummer afternoon, sunshine pours through the high, glazed roof of the winter garden at Sennowe Park in Norfolk. The air is hothouse heady with exotic plants trailing from pots; a fountain plays in the marble gazebo. All that is missing from this quintessentially Edwardian scene are the house-party guests – men in panama hats and stiff collars; the women, elegantly pearl-strung and satin-sash-waisted.

1 week ago | worldofinteriors.com | Martin Gayford

In 1529 the painter Lorenzo Lotto complained that his mind was ‘much assailed by various and strange disturbances’. This was an unusual declaration to make in a business letter, but then Lotto (c1480–1556/7) was far from being a prosaically conventional individual. He was neurotic, driven, obsessive and possessed the imagination of a 16th-century René Magritte. His letter concerned the 68 intarsia, or marquetry, panels he designed to adorn the choir stalls of Santa Maria Maggiore in Bergamo.

1 week ago | worldofinteriors.com | Gianluca Longo

I have been going to Salone del Mobile in Milan for many years. In 2025, I loved the Buccellati installation of their Naturalia collection where they presented ‘furry’ animals (in brushed silver) of different sizes. Some, life size, were placed in natural habitats built for the occasion with real moss, ferns and shells. It showed the Italian craftsmanship of jewellery-making at its best.

1 week ago | worldofinteriors.com | Donna Salek

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