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Artists

What inspires French perfume nose Celiné Ellena? "Just looking at people and how they live, hearing what they are talking about, seeing what kind of clothes they are wearing," she says.

FOR HIRE: Perfume Nose

A third-generation fragrance expert tells us how to smell a winner

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The Artist’s Lifestyle

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The Celebrated Dabbler

From Vienna to Vegas

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Painted Birds

Industrial Arts

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Gondry’s Magic

Contemporary Art is OK

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Perfect Circles

Gentile Bellini

Between East and West

Foucan and Belle called their efforts "parkour," from the French "parcours," meaning "route."

Extreme Running

Made popular by a recent James Bond film, a new urban art form called free running hits the streets

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Doodle Dandy

With a few deft strokes, Saul Steinberg turned institutional letterhead into signature works of whimsy

Francis Bacon’s Studio, photograph, c. 1975

Bringing Home the Bacon

Tempered chaos is key for painter Maggie Michael (in her Washington, D.C. studio). "In control or out of control; loved or loving; sexual or violent; my work relates to different aspects of our humanness," she says.

Artist on the Rise

Contemporary artist Maggie Michael shakes up abstract painting by giving control a chance

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