All in STYLE

Andrew Gn: From Singapore to Salem

If all the world’s a stage, then it follows that one must dress for it. As Shakespeare’s character Jaques explains in As You Like It, we play many roles in life and make many entrances and exits. The Peabody Essex Museum’s stunning exhibition Andrew Gn: Fashioning the World has me thinking about life’s theatricality and the way we dress ourselves for our most public and consequential performances.

Andrew Gn: Fashioning the World makes its North American debut at PEM now through February 16, 2026.

Sam Fields, Weaver Goddess

Sam Fields uses commonplace, feminine and domestic-coded materials to make art which arbitrary hierarchies of taste. Aesthetic distinctions impact class distinctions, gender identity and social power dynamics. Her art begs the question, “Who gets to decide what is good taste and bad?”

Sneha Shrestha, a.k.a. IMAGINE's Visual Meditations

Sneha Shrestha, who goes by the artist name Imagine, blends graffiti, geometric abstraction and traditional Himalayan design to create work that examines the sacrifice, longing and hope of the Nepali diaspora. In her paintings and soaring public murals, her audacious colors and balletic lettering speak to the resiliency and power of the human spirit.

Jennifer Rochlin, "Painting on Clay"

Jennifer Rochlin’s show “Paintings on Clay” at Hauser + Wirth brings materiality, color and frank storytelling to sculptural pottery. A show full of impulse, humor and poignancy, “Paintings on Clay” catapults the artist to new heights of significance at a time when writings on the body, about the body and empowering the body are of the most urgent significance to women.

Artists You Should Know: Tau Lewis

From up-cycled and repurposed textiles, artifacts, and salvaged treasures, Brooklyn based sculptor and mixed media artist Tau Lewis creates otherworldy figures who populate a mystical imaginary realm. Using labor-intesive, time-consuming practices including hand-sewing, dyeing, carving, quilting and weaving, Lewis evokes ancient mythologies from the African diaspora to create a bold and hopeful future out of carefully collected remnants of the past.

The 2023 Misstropolis Holiday Gift Guide

A wise diva once said, “If shopping doesn’t make you happy then you’re in the wrong shop.” That’s the spirit we’re channeling in this year’s gift guide. Once you’re in the right shop, you’re bound to find something to make you happy! Not only will you get your holiday shopping done, you’ll support independent, socially conscious businesses, meet cool people and have a lot of fun along the way.

Game. Set. Mask.

More than one of the world’s best tennis players, more than the world’s highest paid female athlete, Naomi Osaka is a force for social justice and a quiet style icon on the rise.

Quarantine Queen

A little style inspiration for Mother’s Day 2020 (possibly the weirdest Mother’s Day yet). Alisa Neely shows us how to dress for the day like the Queen you are.

The #Neckmess

The daughter of two creative legends in very different fields, jewelry and accessories designer Jessica Kagan Cushman comes by her artistic talent naturally. Friend and author Lenore Shannon poses four questions from a safe distance of at least six to find out what the artist has been up to during lockdown. Just in time for Mother’s Day.

Toss, Take, Toss

Boston’s top stylist Alisa Neely of Style Scout shares a ninja closet cleaning strategy to make the most of your home time. Turn off Tiger King for a few hours and assess if you really need all that animal print in your life.