The house's 21st-century evening auction brought in $162.7 million on May 20, a 69 percent increase from the same auction last year. It was the house's highest New York evening sale total in the category since 2021.
“All my work is activated by human experience,” she told me when I interviewed her back in the 1990s. “My paintings are figurative objects.”
The layout reads immediately through its centerpiece. A large counter traces a curved path across the room, guiding both movement and attention. Formed from a reclaimed millstone, the surface has been cut into three segments and reassembled into a continuous, fan-like sequence.
The Type Sigma hides every seam, every panel gap, every hint of how it might actually be built. The body looks like a single piece of fabric pulled taut over a frame, finished in matte gray that emphasizes form over finish.
Ardeshir displays a confident command of the keys, building an insistent right-hand motif on the opening track that creates a foundation for saxophonist Rhys Sebastian's drawn-out notes.
From a functional standpoint, I needed a bed that could be easily assembled, had considerable storage capability, and was built with durability top of mind. I liked the idea of Japanese joinery because it meant a tool-free experience.
Here's the sad truth about sports score apps: Most of them aren't all that interested in actually telling you the score. After all, where's the money in providing straightforward information like that? The modern sports score app has to do more. It must bombard you with banner ads and betting odds, implore you to create an account and opt into notifications, sell you some tickets, and show some videos to keep engagement up. The scores themselves are an afterthought.