This is the second cover we have produced with Lenny Kravitz, a superstar who is both a rock legend and an AD100 designerâa rare combo indeed. AD photographed Kravitz for our May 2019 cover story on his bucolic Brazilian farm, and the atmospheric Open Door video of that vast property is widely considered one of our best ever. (I agree and will never forget the Portuguese word for farmâ fazendaâwhich viewers learned from Kravitz himself in the video.)
This time we visit his grand 1920s mansion in Paris, which he bought some 20 years ago and first shared with our sister publication AD France in 2010. Kravitz has since extensively reimagined the interiors in the way only a pro canâand also shares a secret subterranean party space that has never before been published. The ravishing retreat is a tour de force mix of art, furniture, and objects, alongside artworks and photographs that lovingly document his own family history. On these pages and in the epic accompanying Open Door video on YouTube and archdigest.comâdonât miss it!âKravitz is definitively revealed as a connoisseur, a collector, a curator, and a multihyphenate creative visionary. The things he surrounds himself withâWarhol masterpieces, African artifacts, major music memorabilia, and rare furnishings by Paul Evans, Karl Springer, Afra and Tobia Scarpa, Joe Colombo, and othersâoffer an astounding feast of the dreamily recherché.
Describing his aesthetic as âsoulful eleganceââ a fitting description of the man himselfâKravitz says, âItâs designed, curated, balanced, not too minimal, not too maximalist.â Adding: âItâs comfortable, clearly. But also chic.â Welcome to his world!
