For W’s Art Issue, a couple of art world insiders invited the artist Alex Da Corte to have his way with their Jacques Grange–designed apartment.
In the master bedroom, Richard Prince’s Untitled, 2001, hangs above the fireplace; the fireplace screen is by Commune Design.
Thom Browne. New York coat; Valentino Garavani pumps.
Andy Warhol’s Gun, 1981–1982, hangs above the living room mantel; the dining chairs are Vladimir Kagan, circa 1960; the patinated-bronze and petrified-wood side table is circa 1880.
Bodysuit from Amazon.
The apartment’s central corridor is lined in dark travertine from Italy; it is watched over by a 10th-century sandstone dancing Ganesha, a Hindu deity thought to be a mover of obstacles.
From bottom: Altuzarra dress. Burberry Tuxedo; Boss shirt and bow tie; Church’s shoes. Rosie Assoulin coat; Eres briefs; Manolo Blahnik sandals. Marie Antoinette costume from Beyond Costumes, Yonkers, New York. Dior Homme tuxedo; Boss shirt; Brooks Brothers bow tie.
Richard Prince’s Good Painting (Head Turningly Handsome), 2014, above the couple’s bed—their flat-screen TV is hidden underneath it; Jacques Grange designed the bronze bedside tables; the Marc du Plantier lamps are from the 1970s. On the left side, Matthew Barney’s River Rouge: Coming Forth the Seed of Horus, 2011, sits behind a ninth-century sandstone Khmer sculpture of the head of a divinity.
Calvin Klein Underwear briefs.
In the living room, one of a pair of Warhol’s Male Torso (Buttocks), 1977, hangs above one of a pair of 18th-century Regency ormolu–mounted and brass-inlaid ebony Chinese armoires; the bronze carved- log stool is by the artist Alma Allen; the chaise longue was designed by Grange.
Prabal Gurung blouse and skirt.
The master bathroom is also lined in travertine.
Escada jacket and pants; 3.1 Phillip Lim top.
In the bedroom, the 1956 Frank Lloyd Wright cast-aluminum armchair was commissioned for the Price Tower, in Oklahoma; the André Charles Boulle Regency ormolu–mounted and brass-inlaid amaranth and ebony desk was commissioned by Charles-Henri II de Malon de Bercy for the Chateâu de Bercy, in Paris. A 10th-century red sandstone sculpture of Hanuman sits atop it.
