Danielle Haim prefers her partner Ariel Rechtshaid’s home studio over a professional one. Why? Windows. “The way the light comes in and changes throughout the day is the perfect backdrop,” she says.

These days, the view from artist Danielle De Jesus’s window is a rare Alexander Calder mural and the clean lines of Marcel Breuer’s architecture. It’s an idyllic, if temporary, setup for the artist, ...