The Corner After Hours presents:
The Art of Living with Art
Develop Your Eye. Discover What You Love. Make Art Part of the Way You Live.
Wednesday, October 28, 2026 · 6:00–8:30 PM
Falling for a painting is the easy part. It’s what comes next that gets complicated.
The Art of Living with Art is about what happens next.
Will it work over the sofa? Is it too big, too bold, too unlike everything else in the room? Do I really love it—or do I need to know more before I trust that feeling?
That hesitation keeps a lot of great art on the gallery wall.
Maybe you’re considering your first original piece. Maybe you’ve collected for years, and a few favorites are still leaning against a wall, waiting to find their place.
Addison/Ripley Fine Art
The Art of Choosing
Begin at Addison/Ripley Fine Art by slowing down, looking closely, and noticing what draws you in.
Why does one work stop you while another doesn’t? Explore first through instinct, then through context: Does knowing more change what you see—or how you feel about it?
Then ask the questions that can make acquiring art feel intimidating—from price and process to knowing when a piece is right for you.
No right answers. No worrying about what you should like. Look closely, ask freely, and trust your own eye.
At StudioLab RD, artist Robin Davisson, interior designer Nicole Lanteri, and Annette Rachlin of Furniture from Scandinavia will create interior vignettes in real time—then change the equation.
A different painting. A different piece of furniture. A shift in color, scale, or styling. Watch how each choice changes everything around it as Robin, Nicole, and Annette talk through the thinking behind their decisions.
studiolab rd
The Art of Living With It
Choose with Confidence. Collect with Curiosity.
Make it Personal.
You'll leave knowing a little more about why certain work stops you. You'll also have new ideas for the pieces already in your life, including the ones still waiting for a wall.
No art-world credentials required.
The Corner After Hours: The Art of Living with Art
Wednesday, October 28, 2026 · 6:00–8:30 PM
Begins at Addison/Ripley Fine Art, then continues to StudioLab RD and Furniture from Scandinavia.