The Best Place to Put Art Is the Bathroom
Architect Peter Marino has one of the world’s premier collections of Baroque bronzes. They occupy pride of place.
A bathroom in the Getty building in New York. The Getty, designed by Peter Marino, is an 11 story building with five residential units, along with the Lehmann Maupin Gallery on the ground floor and the Hill Art Foundation above.
Photographer: Evan JosephWhere does one of the world’s leading collectors of French and Italian bronze sculptures display his most prized pieces? The bathroom, of course.
Architect Peter Marino discussed his unusual method for displaying his collection during a conversation with Dominique Lévy of Lévy Gorvy gallery and Bloomberg arts columnist James Tarmy at Bloomberg’s The Year Ahead: Luxury summit on Thursday. Hosted at Bloomberg’s headquarters in Manhattan, the conference was a first for the lifestyle group Bloomberg Pursuits. Speakers included hotelier Ian Schrager, Hermès U.S. President and Chief Executive Officer Robert Chavez, Equinox CEO Harvey Spevak, as well as executives from Cartier, Shinola, and Goop.