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The art hiding in plain sight.

An egg carrier becomes an evening bag. Twine used to bundle fish inspires sewn hair. A painted floral couch finds its way onto a dress. And a rediscovered masterpiece becomes the inspiration for finding the extraordina

When I first started working with this client, they told me they didn’t know what art they liked. A year later, they were buying art while traveling, at fairs, and on a whim.

There wasn’t one moment where it clicked. We looked at a lot o

The South Asian art market is having a moment. At the top, the records for Indian art
keep falling. And at @christiesinc South Asian Modern + Contemporary Art sale this week,
all 112 lots sold for $17.6 million at hammer against a low estimate of $7.

Before starting LOTA, I worked at Tala, a lending startup where part of the job was intentionally adding friction to the customer experience.

At the time, I hated the idea. Product teams are usually trained to remove friction - make things faster, e

Art can extend the material language of a room onto the walls.

In the dining room, Monica Delgado’s 10 Days Miami brings movement and physicality to a space already rich with color and material. Delgado works with acrylic almost sculpturally,

I first saw Moti Tavassoli’s (@motimakes) work at The Other Art Fair (@theotherartfair) a year ago and was completely mesmerized. From a distance, the paintings felt almost like landscapes. Up close, they read more scientific/topographical, and

A friend asked me recently whether you can buy real art with a fewer zeroes.

You can. You may just need to be more creative with framing, scale, and placement.

For this edition of What I’d Buy, I chose five works under $500 and created room

I get asked a lot where to start with art collecting - what to spend, what size to look for, where to even begin. The most common question though is can I just start with one wall?

This client started with one room and one wall above her dining room

Every year, I take stock of another year building LOTA. It’s a ritual I love and a milestone I choose to celebrate on this wild journey.

This year, I’m reflecting on ambition, becoming a creative, and the art, places, and people that hav

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