What’s Happening: With pieces by James Turrell, Damien Hirst, Sarah Sze, and Anish Kapoor, there’s so much art packed inside the heritage brand’s ten-floor palace in Midtown Manhattan that jewelry almost takes a back seat.

The Download: In 1958, Mark Rothko famously rejected a $35,000 ($327,000 in today’s money) offer to paint a 600-square-foot mural inside The Four Seasons, one of New York City’s swankiest restaurants. A Latvian-born immigrant noted for his frugality, Rothko thoroughly hated his experience dining there, promptly returning the money and grumbling that “anyone who will eat that kind of food for those prices will never look at a painting of mine.” But times and attitudes change. Where haughty art-world figures once bristled at the idea of consumerism, others are embracing it.

Case in point: Tiffany’s new flagship. Following its acquisition by LVMH three years ago, the French conglomerate has been diligently modernizing the jeweler’s image to attract a more youthful clientele, including a series of collaborations to bolster sales and inject the brand with some buzz. The effort extends to its ten-floor “Landmark” on Billionaire’s Row, which recently unveiled a tip-to-toe redesign by architect Peter Marino and OMA’s Shohei Shigematsu featuring an extensive collection of fine art ranging from arched window frames glowing with Oyoram Visual Composer’s animation of a bird-friendly Manhattan skyline to Daniel Arsham’s faux-deteriorated Venus of Arles replica mimicking his riff on the Blue Box.

The standout is Jean-Michel Basquiat’s painting Equals Pi, which Tiffany executive and LVMH scion Alexandre Arnault deployed in a viral ad campaign starring Beyoncé and Jay-Z. Given the work’s uncanny shade of Tiffany blue, Arnault suggested the anticapitalist Basquiat intended the work as an “homage” to the jeweler; the artist’s confidantes reject that. Most of the pieces, which were purchased, commissioned, or borrowed by the brand, are also blue, though the top floor’s Tiffany Gallery is displaying key works from the Peter Marino Art Foundation for the next two months. They deviate from the Tiffany formula—bronze Lalanne sheep grazing on astroturf are a clear highlight—except for a Julian Schnabel portrait of Marino painted on broken dishes. Whether you’re planning to shop or take in the scenery, make sure to stop by Daniel Boulud’s Blue Box Café for the special “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” menu.

In Their Own Words: “Just about everything in this 10-story palace is bright, polished, antiseptic, and exactly where it should be,” the critic Andrew Russeth writes for the New York Times. “There are stunning flower arrangements, stacks of art books, and capacious public restrooms. The atmosphere is subtly disorienting, a bit unnerving, as in a casino or an elite art fair during its early hours. There is money at stake here.”

Surface Says: Instead of forking over $30 for admission to MoMA or the Guggenheim, a trip to Tiffany’s is free.

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For the past 100 years, villa hotel Vår Gård has beckoned travelers to get outside Stockholm’s urban center to Saltsjöbaden, a lower-key coastal getaway on the Baltic coast. Built in 1897 as a private villa, the hotel has evolved into a nature-rich destination with a formidable art collection featuring talents ranging from the megawatt to the homegrown, among them Marc Chagall, Isaac Grünewald, and Carl Milles. With the opening of the property’s new fine dining restaurant Villa Skärtofta, haute cuisine and high art are equally on offer.

Interior design by Elin Lervik tempers the historic space’s more imposing characteristics with plants and contemporary accent lighting and furniture. This balance allows the restaurant’s series of rotating art installations, led by Evelina Dovsten’s glass assemblages that evoke deep-sea life, to shine in their own right. On the menu, head chef John Bråsth combines Italian influences with Nordic ingredients on a rotating tasting menu.

Nadine Snijders has always believed that objects contain stories waiting to be uncovered and shared—and spent the past two years crafting her design gallery Metamorphoses’ latest virtual show, called “Observations,” around that concept. The Amsterdam-based art historian gathered 50 meticulously hand-crafted objects that pay homage to the act of creation and the art of observation. Each embodies an unexpected sense of beauty, from Maria Tyakina’s stylish side table embracing the aging process of centuries-old wood and Tessa Silva’s chubby oddities made with discarded milk byproducts to misshapen vases that Bloc Studios formed from industrial off-cuts cast aside during marble extraction.

Snijders staged “Observations” at an empty industrial space overlooking a canal—a move that enhances each object’s presence and brings out forms, materials, and ideas embedded within that may otherwise be overlooked. (A real-world outing will follow this year.) For now, she hopes the show will slow down our process of seeing: “In a world inundated with mass-produced goods, collectible design offers a respite—a chance to slow down and to engage in a deeper, more meaningful relationship with the objects that surround us,” she says. “Through observation, we uncover the hidden treasures that lie beneath the surface.”

When: Until May 30

Where: JO-HS, Mexico City

What: For his Latin American debut, Cohen began the series of paintings on view at his home studio in New York, and finished them as an artist in residence at JO-HS Mexico City. “Elysium” combines wide-ranging influences, from the ultra-saturated color palettes of Paul Cézanne, Henri Matisse, and Ogata Kōrin to the Mexican landscape as well as history and spirituality to walk a careful line between paradise and apocalypse, each of them captivating nonetheless.

Some of our favorite Hay launches seem to appear out of thin air in the wake of founder Mette Hay getting together with her fellow creative friends. The latest? HAY Dogs, a DWR-exclusive line of pet accessories that includes bedding, ceramic bowls, and walking accessories like collars and leashes. The story has it that the collection was born from a shared idea Mette and Holly Golightly studio owner Barbara Maj Husted Werner had while walking their dogs in Copenhagen. The rest is history. From $29.

Tend is the first dentist you’ll look forward to. Launched in October 2019, Tend was created to set a new standard for oral health by providing dentistry the way it should be—hassle-free, personalized, and straightforward, with a focus on patient happiness—all in a calm, inviting, and thoughtfully designed space.

Surface Says: By prioritizing hospitality and design in equal measure, Tend has made dental care downright chic.

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