05/26/2026
Some news that feels pretty unreal to say out loud: Isabel Sullivan Gallery, along with multiple works from our exhibitions, was featured in Interior Design Magazine’s ✨The Ones to Watch✨ issue, celebrating bold ideas and the creatives shaping what comes next!!
For nearly 90 years, Interior Design Magazine has been one of the places professionals turn to for inspiration, so seeing Liu Shuishi’s exhibition “Existential, Being” featured alongside Sophie Collé’s clock “Just for Fun” from our ONNI exhibition felt pretty surreal. Especially surrounded by such outstanding global projects and ideas.
I want to tell you: this mentioning made our whole team feel so seen.
Because we spend a lot of time thinking about what kind of gallery we want to be — not only what we show, but how we show up in people’s lives. We want art and design to feel welcoming, exciting, transformative. The kind of work that makes someone stop for a second and think: oh, WOW. That’s why we launched ONNI in December together with Lyle Gallery, as a labor of love celebrating true craftsmanship, thoughtful design, and the beauty of handmade objects.
Right now we’re all seeing visually unbelievable things online every day, increasingly things made by AI in seconds. So that visual ”wow” doesn’t always hit the same way.
But what still moves people, and what we believe always will, is human creativity.
That moment of seeing something and thinking:
Someone actually made this.
Someone sat with an idea for months, or years. Obsessed over tiny details. Made mistakes, changed direction, tried again.
Whether it’s art, design, or architecture, that human creativity is what drives us to do what we do. Because it reminds us what we’re actually capable of, and what being human is all about.
We’re incredibly grateful to journalist Lisa Di Venuta for including these works in an article celebrating creativity that thinks outside the box.
And if you’re curious, Sophie Collé’s clock is currently on view at our Chelsea gallery, while a few of the last available works from Liu Shuishi’s exhibition can still be viewed by appointment ✨