April 2026 City Notes

CITY NOTES

CURATED BY PATRICIA GREENE ISEN

APRIL

Happy April!

This month's Citynotes is a bit different. I've decided to highlight 3 artists who I know.

The first artist is Carly Home. Carly worked with me for years at Anthropologie. She moved out to Ojai and started an incredible textile business focused on her beautiful artwork which feels fresh and unique. Im so proud of her journey and excited to introduce you to her work.

Second is Zachary Zimmerman. I have known Zac since before he was born. His mother was actually in our wedding! Zac is an incredible ceramicist with exquisite taste. He creates refined porcelain with historical references which he sells at Liz O'Brien in New York. He has also mastered the organic by creating bark urns with gorgeous mushrooms coming off the vessel which he sells through Casa Gusto

Lastly, Charlie's friend Jonathan Renker has started an extremely chic and luxurious accessories line of cashmere throw scarves and shawls. These are definitely the perfect gift as well a special purchase for yourself! Me & K is a joy to behold! Enjoy!

In addition, I have included a couple of new home stores which are treasures as well as two art shows I didn't include last month. I have also added a sad note....the incredible visionary Tyler Hayes has decided to close his store BDDW on Crosby Street. Tyler completely changed the home world with his out of the box craftsmanship in furniture, lighting ,rugs and ceramics , all of which I Absolutely adore! I have a collection in my kitchen that I started buying 18 years ago.

Lastly, there are so many wonderful shows on Broadway this season. Robert and I went to see Cats: The Jellicle Ball last week and had the best time! SO much fun! April 15th we are going to see Rocky Horror Picture Show...Robert's absolute favorite from college! when my friend Lori & I went to visit Robert in college when we were in 11th grade..... Robert insisted we go to a midnight showing of Rocky Horror and sing along to everything. I can't wait to see it in a couple of weeks live.

Ok...so now I've gone on long enough!

Next month I'll include Mother's Day gifts.

Have a wonderful Easter or Passover holiday

I hope you enjoyed this months guide!

Have fun!

Cherish your family!

Be Kind! Be safe!

Much Love to all of you & your families,

xoxoxoxox

Patty

CARLY HOME

Monkey Garden Wallpaper

Carly Home

A vibrant study of flora and fauna, this conversational garden is home to monkeys, kingfishers, and imaginary floral species. Carly drew inspiration from her many travels, interpreting all she had seen and felt into this wallpaper.

Lady Bug Highway

Carly Home

A playful print inspired by the lively energy of ladybugs in the garden, Ladybug Highway is hand-painted by Carly and traces winding ivy stems that double as tiny thoroughfares for its charming inhabitants. Bringing a sense of story, movement, and joy to your walls. A modern classic with a wink of wildness, ladybugs have long been thought to bring good luck, protection, and a little bit of magic wherever they land.

Casia Flowers

Carly Home

Inspired by all that blooms during Long Island summers, hydrangeas combine with fig leaves creating a hybrid flower species. Carly originally painted this flower with Gouache, an opaque watercolor technique.

Winona Flowers

Carly Home

Named after Carly’s old street in Los Angeles, Winona Boulevard, this all over-ditsy floral print was inspired by the many wildflowers she would see on daily walks with her dog, Teddy. This beautiful, lush pattern plays well with other prints that are geometric, and floral.

Elephant Ears

Carly Home

Born from the sculptural drama of the Colocasia plant, this pattern is my study in movement, shadow, and scale. Layered, painterly and richly dimensional.

ZAC ZIMMERMAN

Zachary Zimmerman

Liz O'Brian

Tabletop centerpiece in 15 pieces.

6 planters with 6 topiaries in planters

3 shallow reflecting pools

American, 2023

Zachary Zimmerman

Liz O'Brian

Pair of square topiaries in Versailles planters.

White English porcelain.

American, c. 2024

10”H x 4”W x 4”D

Zachary Zimmerman

Liz O'Brian

Fine English porcelain pieces inspired by nature as well and in particular topiaries and garden elements.

Zachary Zimmerman

Casa Gusto

Epic Faux-Scaled Bark Ceramic Urn with Turkey Tail Funghi

Zachary Zimmerman

Casa Gusto

Medium Faux Bark Urns

Zachary Zimmerman

Casa Gusto

Large Faux Faux-Stump Ceramic Two-Piece Tulipiere with Enokitake Mushrooms

Zachary Zimmerman

Casa Gusto

Tall Pyramidal Faux-Bark Ceramic Three Piece Tulipiere

Me & K

Stripe - Balanced Throw

Me & K

A striped cashmere blanket combines timeless tradition and luxurious softness.

Combines 10% cashmere and 90% ultra-fine merino wool , creating softness, lightness, and durability. The cashmere comes from the Chagthan region of the Kashmir Valley in India, renowned for its exceptional fineness , also known as "baby cashmere." Hand-spun and woven, it perpetuates a craft heritage preserved for nearly 800 years.

Reversable Check Throw

Me & K

Entirely handmade by their artisans in India, this reversible blanket in 90% ultra-fine merino wool and 10% cashmere is a unique piece.

Its handcrafted weave, crafted using ancestral techniques, uses interwoven threads to create subtle, textured areas of color.

Tartan Throw

Me & K

This plaid features a classic tartan pattern, with crossed threads forming bold squares and stripes. The dominant colors of gold, beige, brown, gray, yellow and a touch of blue create a rich and elegant harmony. Cashmere brings softness and warmth, adding a touch of luxury to this timeless design.

Paisley Bandana

Me & K

I feel like this is the hot pattern right now! This exceptional cashmere scarf is made using the Handpaint technique, it reveals a paisley pattern inspired by the bandana , hand-painted with remarkable precision.

Each piece is unique , the result of meticulous work carried out by their artisans in India, perpetuating a precious textile tradition.

ASSORTED OPENINGS
&
A SAD CLOSING

BDDW Closing

BDDW

As all good things do, this lease eventually had to come to an end. April will be their last month on Crosby Street.

The end of this era is, for BDDW, an exciting beginning—trading square footage for headspace. More time to lean back into the interesting, artistic, and experimental stuff they started with in the first place.

25 years ago this institution opened. If you haven't been, make sure to experience the beauty and excitement of BDDW and M Crow before they close.

Antiga Galleria

Antiga Galeria

Founded by AD100 interior designer Neal Beckstedt and Paulo Braga, Antiga Galeria is a reflection of their shared love for timeless design, soulful materials, and lived-in beauty. Neal’s celebrated eye for quiet elegance and thoughtful restraint shapes every corner of the gallery — from the vintage and antique pieces we source from around the world to his exclusive line of custom furniture.

Each object they select, or design which carries a story—rooted in craftsmanship, age, and emotion.

It’s a place for nostalgia, curiosity, and the comfort of something beautifully made.

You MUST GO!

Robert Stilin Shop

Robert Stilin is known for effortlessly combining crisp, clean architecture with custom upholstery, antique and vintage furniture and modern and contemporary art to create casually elegant homes that are warm, comfortable and very livable. With over 25 years of experience running his own design firm, the New York and Hamptons based designer has built a reputation as a highly versatile interior designer whose classically modern work is custom tailored to the needs of each client and project.

Robert's eye is fantastic!

I ran into him at the Marche in Paris and enjoyed seeing what he was attracted to.

Helen Frankenthaler:

The Moment and the Distance

Gagosian
April 30–July 2, 2026

522 West 21st Street
Helen Frankenthaler

Surveying four decades of paintings from 1960 to 1992, this exhibition features more than twenty of Frankenthaler’s largest, most ambitious works. Arranged by decade, these canvases—with their monumental scale, sensuous color, and innovative compositions—offer new perspectives on the artist’s continual reinvention of her practice.

The exhibition’s title is derived from an incisive 1975 essay by Barbara Guest, a poet and friend of the artist, who wrote: “She has rewarded us with the astonishing combination of freedom with restraint, extravagance with discipline, suggestion and definition. The moment becomes the distance.”

I can't wait to see this!

Theaster Gates: Dave: All My Relations

Gagosian
821 Park Avenue
March 26–May 2, 2026
Theaster Gates

Gagosian presents Dave: All My Relations, an exhibition organized by Theaster Gates that celebrates David Drake (c. 1801–1874), an enslaved ceramicist from Edgefield, South Carolina, known as Dave the Potter. The exhibition traces Dave’s impact on Gates’s own practice and serves to commemorate the gift of a historic work by Dave from Gates’s personal collection to the artist’s descendants. That vessel will be shown together with another recently returned to Dave’s family and alongside two new works by Gates.

Now recognized as a significant figure in the history of American ceramics, Dave was a skilled potter who made some of the finest examples of the alkali-glazed stoneware for which the Edgefield area is known. Yet, beyond his mastery of craft and scale, Dave left a mark that set him apart for its daring and beauty: he not only signed his work; in some cases, he incised them with verse. This act was illegal in the antebellum South, where laws prohibited enslaved individuals from being taught to read or write.

This opens today as I'm writing this.......cant wait to see it!

THEATER

Death of a Salesman

Winter Garden Theater
1634 Broadway
Limited Engagement

Opens April 9

Extended Through August 9

Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman returns to Broadway, directed by Joe Mantello. Mantello's production uncovers new layers in Miller's masterpiece, revealing unexpected dimensions in a play that continues to resonate with ever more power.

Nathan Lane and Laurie Metcalf star in “the greatest American play”

HAMLET

BAM
30 Lafayette Ave, Brooklyn

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