Joe Nahem designed the villa for a family of gallery owners in the Hamptons. And shared professional secrets with INTERIOR + DESIGN.
By topic: Art in the interior: 17 rooms in Manhattan
A native of New York, Joe Naham began his career as a decorator when he was in his early twenties: he founded Fox-Nahem Design with Tom Fox. For three decades, Naham has achieved impressive success. Creates only high-end projects, in almost all - first-class art. “When you make a home for a collector, you need to decide two main questions: how many owners want to place the work in the interior and how often they plan to change them,” Joe Naem told us. - As a rule, customers plan frequent exposure updates.
The dining room housed the works of George Condo and Cindy Sherman, as well as Paul Evans console, 1969. The table is unique for Mira Nakashima, chairs The Future Perfect. The wall further from the window was painted with blue car paint reflecting the light. Therefore, it is important to ensure the mobility of the system. So that the wall, which is the background for one big work, could equally well accept many small ones. I rarely enter into discussions with customers about what kind of art and how to place in the house. Because art is a very personal matter. What matters to me is the size and weight of the work.
The work of George Kondo is placed on a sofa created by Joe Naem. Armchair of the Dane Philip Arctander, Italian Gino Sarfatti chandelier. One of my customers had a very large Damien Hirst. On the seventh floor, we lifted the picture with a crane through the window, and then reinforced the fasteners with steel structures - so that valuable work did not fall to the floor. ”
The office is decorated with recycled granary. Cindy Sherman's little work dominates the room thanks to color and composition. On the sides of the fireplace racks created by Vittorio Introini in 1969 
At the table on the wall - photographs by Sindi Sherman. The family of gallerists invited Naham to design the modernist villa of the 1960s in the Hamptons. Previously it was reconstructed for them by Annabelle Selldorf - there are a lot of museums and galleries in the portfolio of this architect, including Neue Galerie New York.
Architect Annabelle Selldorf arranged the public spaces in such a way that they form an enfilade nearly 30 meters long. Rebecca Warren sculpture. 
Sliding glass doors lead to the terrace and further to the ocean. Naham added a layer of thoughtful decor. He knew that his clients, staunch supporters of modernism, did not like redundancy, but also understood that they needed an attractive home. By including colors and textures, the designer created a dynamic living environment.
In the living room one of the walls is painted with brownish-yellow paint. But the work of Albert Olen was placed on white. Mies van der Rohe’s classic couch was designed in blue leather. 
The color in the interior was used, but carefully dosed out so that he would not argue with the art collection. 
Above the fireplace is the painting of George Baselitz. Chairs of Czech Yindrich Galabaly, sofa, Vladimir Kagan, table of Frenchman Michel Manzhmatin, Jacques Adne's rare dresser, 1950 In the living room he painted one of the walls in a brown-yellow color, in the dining room he applied a car paint with a reflective effect, and in the study he trimmed the walls with a granary board. So Nam went beyond the stereotype and denied the idea of the house gallerist as a white box - white cube. “We recently released our first book. It is called Fox-Nahem. The Design Vision of Joe Nahem, ”Joe proudly reports.
The bedroom is so spacious that it has a place for a desk, unique in 1972 by George Nakashima. George Kondo’s work on the built-in chest of drawers by Selldorf Architects 
On the top floor dominates the silver-gray palette. The sofa is custom-made by Joe Naema, and the work of George Kondo is on the wall. 
The table is made of Corian according to the sketches of Naem. 
Color designer "let" in the kitchen. Lamps from Studio Van den Akker. 
Fragment of the living room. Fritz Henningssen's chair, 1935, Traccia table, Mirit Oppenheim, 1972. Sculpted by Rebecca Warren. 
A bed with a soft headboard and a bedside table are made according to Naham sketches. 
“We recently released our first book. It is called Fox-Nahem. The Design Vision of Joe Nahem ", Joe proudly reports 
A massive Murano chandelier hangs over a rare, lacrized table, designed by Nanna Dietzel, 1969, Swedish carpet 1950. Left on the wall is the work of Richard Prince.
