Immersive: Inspiration
Cheekwood Estate & Gardens has named Shawn Huckins, an American painter best known for his fusion of technical skill and satirical wit, as the 2025 Interventions artist,and an exhibition featuring his work will be on view until Oct. 26, 2025. Interventions launched in 2021 as an arts initiative to activate the historic period rooms and […]
Landmark Status
An exclusive artistic partnership with award-winning photographer Timothy White and The Hermitage Hotel has turned the grand entrance, bar and signature restaurant into a living gallery that honors both Nashville’s cultural legacy and The Hermitage Hotel’s place within that legacy. Since opening in 1910, The Hermitage Hotel has served as a backdrop to the […]
A Collected Life
From a young age Bebe Buell noticed that when her mother decorated, she would keep things grouped together in their like category. All the birds would be in one place. All the glass eggs in another. Little by little, her mother started small collections for her too, like a little shoe collection, and her Desert […]
A Dazzling Display
Famed floral designer Laura Dowling returns to Cheekwood for the second year in a row to create elaborate custom decorations inside the historic mansion as part of the estate’s annual Holiday Lights display, this time with a look inspired by visions of sugarplums, candy-colored hues and chestnuts roasting over an open fire. “I’m thrilled to […]
Artist Spotlight: Shane Miller
Everything from Shane Miller’s dreamy landscapes to his proficiency in the nuances of oil glazing techniques is imbued with his passion for painting. “I had a watercolor teacher in high school who taught me things like composition and techniques — like how to mix blue in the foliage for distance and yellow for the foreground, […]
Ignacia’s Impeccable Renovation
Consistently ranked among the world’s top places to visit, Mexico City is a global capital that welcomes more than 12.5 million visitors each year for its renowned cuisine, vibrant culture, rich history and unique neighborhoods, like the Roma and Condesa neighborhoods popular with Mexico City’s trendy creative class. The area overflows with diverse dining options […]
Art-Driven Design
Self-professed Navy tumbleweed Ann Zumwalt and her husband, Michael Coppola, are both busy retirees. Most recently from Massachusetts, they were visiting their daughter in Boca Raton when they decided to move to Nashville. They’d been thinking about where to move next, and Music City checked all the boxes: diverse, walkable, cultural and artistic, with great […]
Rock & Roll Refinement
After Lauren Medwed went through a divorce a few years ago, she moved into the luxury high-rise Icon in the Gulch. She knew right away who she wanted to hire to make the space a joy to come home to—one of her patients, designer Evan Millárd. “So she’s my dentist,” he laughs. “She really wanted […]
At Glasshaüs
“There’s a lot to take in when you walk in here,” Juliana Maxwell says, looking from the delicate blue teardrops hanging from the ceiling to the Paul Bunyan-sized blown glass pint and french fries perching on the high shelves. “Here” is Glasshaüs, the combination glassmaking studio/fine art gallery/event space/cafe founded by Juliana’s eldest son, Wyatt […]