Ethan Cook Relocated from Brooklyn and Ended Up with More Space

This SoHo Artist’s Loft Shows Off Color-Blocked Floors and an Incredible Collection Oct 24th 2022 AD The CLEVER section By Gay Gassmann, photography by Seth Caplan

- In the living room 1, the bright orange Bellini sofa pops against the painted floor Paintings by Stanley Whitney and Andre Butzer

Over the past few years, changes have been made afoot for artist Ethan Cook. While he still has a studio in Greenpoint and commutes there every day, Ethan traded his Clinton Hill perch for a Soho Loft. I really wanted something different when I moved back to Manhattan, and this was the first place I saw when I started Looking,” says Ethan, who had previously lived in Chinatown for over a decade. “I was happy to move and get a change of pace:

The new apartment is a 5th floor walk-up in a six -story building. It’s a pre-skyscraper building with cast iron columns, adds Ethan. It was first a factory and then became an artist’s building. In the living room 3 books swirl along the wall on a Kartell Bookworm

In between living room 1 & 2 the artists sit on a Gaetano Pesce Up7 chair. Ethan deliberately kept the apartment white and lofty, which he says feels “very New York”

In the dining room a plush knife by Al Freeman and an artwork by Knoebel Anima Mundi hang on the wall

Picture 7 In the bedroom Kyle Staver’s painting, Fall, hangs over the bed. A Mario Botta Shogun lamp sits to the left of the bed and a Garry Knox Bennett lamp can be seen to the right

Continuing the whimsy in the bedroom, a Pesce Up5 chair from B&B Italia makes a statement among a design within reach dresser and color block rug by Ethan for Hay.