The talk show host, actor and comedian Ellen DeGeneres—who also has her own brand of home décor objects—can now add another job title to her CV: curator. DeGeneres has chosen 50 items from the 210,000-strong collection of the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum in New York for the latest instalment in the museum’s ongoing exhibition series Selects. DeGeneres has serious design and decorative art chops, not to mention timeless taste: Ellen DeGeneres: Selects (until 21 May 2017) includes Arne Jacobsen’s iconic Egg chair and ottoman (1958), plates by Pablo Picasso and a pinewood stool designed by Charlotte Perriand (1965). Fans can even see pieces from DeGeneres’s own collection, such as lamps from a flea market in Paris. “This exhibition represents all the qualities I love and cultivate in my own home, and I hope it sparks visitors’ own creativity,” she says.
