Ulum Moab, a new resort about an hour’s drive from the Arches and Canyonlands national parks, opens next week, promising visitors a chance to maximize their time in southern Utah’s red rock country. Fifty safari-inspired tents — each with a king-size bed and queen-size pullout sofa — are scattered across 200 acres, just paces from Looking Glass Rock, south of Moab. Inside, adornments and amenities include woven rugs, Pendleton blankets, Aesop bath products and West Elm furnishings, as well as a cooling fan and a wood stove. But the idea is not to spend too much time inside, particularly when there’s complimentary yoga, stargazing, on-site hiking and evening s’mores by shared fire pits, not to mention canyon-side cocktails incorporating local flora such as sage, juniper and prickly pear. For those wanting to go farther afield, the resort can arrange mountain biking, white-water rafting, rock climbing and guided national park tours. Ulum Moab’s season runs from March 30 through Oct. 23, tents from $549, ulumresorts.com.
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Weyes Blood Makes a Moonstone Necklace Inspired by Her Latest Album
The jewelry designer Jess Hannah Révész met the singer Natalie Mering, better known as Weyes Blood, backstage at Barcelona’s Primavera Sound festival in 2022. “I’ve been a fan of Natalie’s music for years and had even bought tickets to her L.A. show before this project started,” says Révész, who creates sculptural hoop earrings and nail polish in delightfully off-kilter colors (a brown-green called Compost, a creamy beige called Miso) under the name J. Hannah. “She mentioned an interest in making a necklace to coincide with the theme of her album, and I of course jumped at the opportunity,” says Révész. Mering’s latest album, “And in the Darkness, Hearts Aglow,” was released in November and she wanted to create merchandise with more staying power than a T-shirt. The duo settled on a heart-shaped moonstone pendant set in 100 percent recycled gold or silver. “My album was definitely written in a time of tumult,” says Mering, who worked on it during the pandemic, when she was also going through a breakup. To her, the opalescence of the necklace represents “how hope and levity can shine through the most trying times.” From $398, jhannahjewelry.com.
This summer’s visitors to the South of France should take a break from the beaches and wineries to see an exhibition dedicated to the designer Andrée Putman, a French female pioneer of the Modernist movement. The show marks the first collaboration between Fondation CAB, an art space located within a mid-century complex in Saint-Paul-de-Vence, and Villa Noailles, a cross-disciplinary art center in Hyères — the exhibition will take place at CAB, but its curator, Eléa Le Gangneux, is the historian at Villa Noailles. Putman, known as “La Reine du Damier” (Queen of the Checkerboard) because of her penchant for black and white tiles, sparked collaborations between artists, architects and fashion designers long before it was en vogue. She also played a role in protecting Villa Noailles, built in the 1920s, from destruction, lobbying for it to be listed as a historical monument. This exhibition might not be the first to celebrate Putman’s legacy, but it is the most personal, says Putman’s daughter, Olivia, who continues to run her mother’s studio. Putman lent many of her mother’s private objects to the exhibition, from her signature bangles to letters from her friends, among them Karl Lagerfeld and Leonard Cohen, which will be shown on a ceramic tile table of Putman’s design. The display also includes a reconstruction of one of Putman’s most iconic interiors: the checkered bathroom of the Morgans Hotel in Manhattan. “Andrée Putman and the Creators of the Modern Movement” is on view from March 22 to Oct. 29, fondationcab.com.
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Stanley Whitney Brings His Vibrant Grids to London
For decades, the Philadelphia-born painter Stanley Whitney has been pursuing his own version of the modernist grid. He tackles his saturated canvases intuitively, letting each hue lead him to the next. The resulting freehand grids evoke quilts whose threads have been gently tugged at on all sides, their once-even panels ballooning, their dividing lines suddenly wonky and free. Whitney’s latest solo exhibition, “There Will Be Song,” opens this month at Gagosian’s Grosvenor Hill gallery in London. It comprises 14 new oil-on-linen works made in 2022 and 2023. In “By the Waters of Manhattan” (2022), Whitney stacks colors like misshapen bricks: a sunny yellow sits on a block of bubble-gum pink; beneath that is a pockmarked green. You won’t be surprised to learn that Whitney listens to jazz while he paints. This show is polyrhythmic. What’s most pleasurable for the viewer is getting as close as possible to his canvases, where his brushwork announces itself plainly, dripping and zigzagging back and forth, songs revealing their making. “There Will Be Song” is on view from March 30 to May 14, gagosian.com.
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Bulgari Combines Italian and Japanese Craftsmanship in Its Tokyo Skyscraper Hotel
On April 4, the Italian fashion house Bulgari will debut its eighth hotel, this one in Tokyo. Occupying the 40th to 45th floors of the Tokyo Midtown Yaesu skyscraper (also home to a slew of recently opened restaurants and shops) across from Tokyo Station, the 98-room property offers expansive views of Mount Fuji to the west and Tokyo Bay to the east. Much of the furniture was designed by the Italian architect Antonio Citterio, who focused on materials like local hinoki wood and Italian travertine. Traditional Japanese bamboo baskets hold the fresh flowers that are placed in every room’s vestibule, while ceramic teapots and handmade vases inspired by Japanese kimono patterns add local touches elsewhere. The hotel’s eight-seat sushi counter, helmed by the three Michelin-starred chef Kenji Gyoten, overlooks a Japanese rock garden. At the Italian restaurant, led by Niko Romito (whose restaurant, Reale, in Abruzzo, also has three Michelin stars), Milanese-style risotto with saffron and linguine with lobster are the stars of the menu. On the 40th floor, the Bulgari Dolci pastry shop serves up profiteroles and almond-and-chocolate caprese cake. For guests in search of total relaxation, there is a 10,765-square-foot spa and indoor pool. Rooms from about $1,951, bulgarihotels.com.
The Antwerp-based architect and interior designer Vincent Van Duysen has collaborated with Gregg Cohenca, the American founder of the performance wear line Jacques, on a set of functional objects for movement and meditation. Van Duysen and Cohenca both have daily meditation practices; during the pandemic they were inspired to create design-focused, practical accessories to assist them. The six-piece collection features a meditation chair, a bo stick, a side table, a blanket, a block and a sand bag, all designed to blend with their user’s daily life. The chair — a wooden stool that’s low to the ground with an inclined seat, promoting strong posture — can also serve as an end table. A blanket made of an Italian wool silk blend acts as a support for the body when folded, but looks just as lovely as a throw. Cohenca has been using the solid oak blocks in his pranayama yoga practice — but when they’re not supporting his savasana, a haphazard stack of them could be mistaken for a totemic sculpture. Jacques Vincent Van Duysen Mindful Movement Objects are available beginning March 23, from $110, jacquesnyc.com.
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