This week’s Long Read is a collection of thoughts on…well, collecting, grounded by fashion’s favorite collector, Kim Jones. It got me thinking about ownership vs. stewardship, originally as it pertains to art and objets d’art with significant cultural gravitas. To own a Chagall painting or a Chanel gown or a Cartier watch or a Le Corbusier chair is to take in hand the care and stewardship of a historical element of culture.
Issue 42: On Stewardship
Issue 42: On Stewardship
Issue 42: On Stewardship
This week’s Long Read is a collection of thoughts on…well, collecting, grounded by fashion’s favorite collector, Kim Jones. It got me thinking about ownership vs. stewardship, originally as it pertains to art and objets d’art with significant cultural gravitas. To own a Chagall painting or a Chanel gown or a Cartier watch or a Le Corbusier chair is to take in hand the care and stewardship of a historical element of culture.