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George Stubbs — Portrait of a Horse
“The history of mankind is carried on the back of a horse.” – Anonymous. Whether it’s a duty entrusted to us by a higher power or an organic hierarchy hashed out over billions of years, we’ve made something of a habit of shirking our responsibility to the natural world. With each industrial bound we take,…
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Carpenters Workshop Gallery — Spring ’26 exhibitions
In West London’s Ladbroke Hall, the spring light arrives slowly, filtering through tall windows and settling across marble floors and plaster walls. It feels like the perfect setting for reflection; for design that asks us to pause. This season, Carpenters Workshop Gallery opens its spring–summer programme with three exhibitions (Komorebi, Caos Calmo and Persistence of…
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Bugatti’s Tourbillon — A Masterpiece Within a Masterpiece
There was a time when the heart of a machine was measured in microns rather than megapixels. Quality was tangible and painstakingly crafted, with blood and sweat correlating to a physical manifestation of the designer’s vision. These days, it’s all programmed in. The artistry of the analogue is falling by the wayside; curved glass and…
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Bertrand Lavier — Morceaux Choisis
Bertrand Lavier has long made a career out of framing both the extraordinary and the mundane with equal artistic reverence. His knack for manipulating reality, sometimes without intervening at all, is astounding, bewildering, ingenious and hilarious – all dependant on where you’re standing. What Lavier calls his “demonstrations” are less acts of making than acts…
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Exhibition: Headstrong – Basquiat on Paper
Jean Michael Basquiat is one of those artists whose mythology has somehow outgrown its medium. In the same way Bob Marley is bigger than reggae or Elvis is bigger than rock ‘n roll, Basquiat is bigger than art. A common thread between artists of this ilk is that they didn’t set out to achieve this…
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1-54 Contemporary African Art — 7th Edition
Diaspora. There’s that word again. It’s one of those overused terms whose meaning has diluted in impact. Words like ‘genius’ and ‘iconic’ – we all ascribe them to people or things we want to spotlight. A diaspora refers to a population scattered from their ancestral homeland, maintaining cultural ties to their origin while living elsewhere. Zoom…
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Scabal revisit Dalí’s tailored Vision
It’s fascinating to look back on past generations’ ideas of what the future will bring. How accurate they are. How we exceed their wildest imaginations. How the context of their present informs their ideals. Now, take someone with an extraordinary mind, whose art seemingly has no reference point other than a privileged look into a…
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The Message by KAWS at Palazzo Strozzi
From 29 October 2025 to 25 January 2026, Fondazione Palazzo Strozzi and Fondazione Hillary Merkus Recordati present THE MESSAGE by KAWS – the world-renowned contemporary artist whose unmistakable works aim to challenge the categories and hierarchies that exist within fine art. In THE MESSAGE, we see a layered contrast between the Renaissance setting of Palazzo…
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Roman Ondak — The Day After Yesterday
It’s been over 20 years since Roman Ondak brought his inter-disciplinary, interactive works to Prague. The Slovak artist has garnered global critical acclaim since his project his LOOP at the Czech and Slovak Pavilion of the 2009 Venice Biennale. Since then, he has developed a distinctive body of work rooted in the legacy of 1960s…
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The Other House – The Pied-a-Terre with Flair
London’s hotel scene has a bold new addition rewriting the rules of how we stay, live, and connect in the capital. The Other House South Kensington introduces a trailblazing concept known as the “Residents Club.” Blending the comfort of apartment-style living with the service of a luxury hotel and the exclusivity of a private members…
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The Carpenters Workshop Gallery visits Ladbroke Hall
Ladbroke Hall is hosting three powerhouses of the arts presented by The Carpenters Workshop between October ’25 and February ’26. Rick Owens, Joep Van Lieshout and Thibault Hazelzet have decked the historic West London Hall with their primal aesthetic delicacies. Rick Owens — Rust Never Sleeps Rick Owens and his wife/business partner/gypsy gothic muse Michele…
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Altos — The Spirit of the Maker
Despite being a relatively new country, Mexico feels far more ancient than its 200 or so years. You can feel the rumblings of civilisations centuries past underfoot. Ancestral traditions that are shaped by the land and pre-Hispanic cultures are proudly upheld. The lakebed Mexico City is built upon warps the streets as a seismic reminder…
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Lock & Co — The Oldest Hatters in the world
Walking down London’s prestigious St. James Street you can’t help but sense the permanence of the place. I think it’s a sign of quality; permanence. Things and places that remain unwaveringly resolute in their resistance to change often seem ancient, yet still at the forefront of what is considered “great”. Let us call it tradition.…
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Vista Ostuni – A Brand New Classic
There’s a new jewel amongst the sun-bleached stone of southern Italy. Vista Ostuni, the flagship of a bold new hospitality concept, has opened its doors in Puglia’s famed White City. Riling against the rustic charm of a traditional masseria, Vista Ostuni is a next-generation grand hotel set within five-storey 14th-century palazzo. Presiding over Ostuni’s old…
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