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74 CULTURED 9 10 11 8 DESIGN BIDS Fans of designer Rafael de Cárdenas' work with his company Architecture at Large, will have a chance to take home a piece of the playful sensibility that imbues his projects—without having to hire the man himself. Online auction house Paddle8 has tapped de Cárdenas to curate a sale that begins during the Frieze New York/Collective Design fair week. Rafael de Cárdenas: Through Thick and Thin, May 12-26, features pieces from de Cárdenas' own collection, including Christian Germanaz's Comedia chair and Philippe Starck's Joe Ship table. paddle8.com LOVE, LOVE LALANNE While the exhibition "Les Lalanne" at Paul Kasmin Gallery closes on May 2, you can still get your hands on whimsical works by Claude Lalanne in a new series of editions available at the gallery's PK SHOP. paulkasmingallery.com/shop Through August 16, New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art examines an important but little-known part of artist Piotr Uklanski's oeuvre in his first photo survey. The exhibition includes works from The Joy of Photography, a decade-long body of work based on a 1979 Kodak how-to guide, as well as appropriated images of actors playing Nazis and the monumental fiber sculpture Untitled (Story of the Eye). metmuseum.org Paris Photo Los Angeles returns for a third year from May 1-3 at Paramount Pictures Studios. The fair's 2015 edition features 80 international galleries and book publishers representing cities from Tehran to Tucson—plus a program of unseen archival images of California. parisphoto.com Claude and François-Xavier Lalanne Chris Engman's Paper II, 2014 Piotr Uklanski's Untitled (Joannes Paulus PP. II Karol Wojtyla), 2004 COURTESY OF BANGAROO SOUTH; PHOTO BY CHRIS ENGMAN, LUIS DE JESUS, LOS ANGELES; PORTRAIT COURTESY OF PAUL KASMIN GALLERY (LES LALANNES); © PIOTR UKLA SKI