• Exhibition: Headstrong – Basquiat on Paper

    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…

  • 1-54 Contemporary African Art — 7th Edition

    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…

  • Inside the Original Vertu Factory

    Inside the Original Vertu Factory

    For considerable time now the mobile phone company Vertu has been known solely for its production of expensive, yet technically limited handsets, generally desired by an affluent client more interested in acquiring a new status item then a satisfactory mobile phone. A short train ride outside of London in the picturesque Hampshire countryside lies the…

  • Scabal revisit Dalí’s tailored Vision

    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…

  • The Message by KAWS at Palazzo Strozzi

    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…

  • Roman Ondak — The Day After Yesterday

    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…

  • Christmas 2025 — 12 Eclectic Luxury Tech Gifts

    Christmas 2025 — 12 Eclectic Luxury Tech Gifts

    The holidays can inspire collaboration between old traditions and new lines of inquiry. The search for the perfect gift often requires similar depth to that uncovered by the very craftsman’s hands. This 2025 Christmas luxury-tech gift guide urges you to seek out indulgence in both analogue and digital items—a selection that will inspire a new…

  • Holland & Holland x Overfinch— Ballistic Beauty

    Holland & Holland x Overfinch— Ballistic Beauty

    It’s a wonderful feeling when things that can’t be taken for granted, are realised exactly as you imagine — or even better perhaps. Those symphonic moments where everything comes together in a way that even the most ardent optimist wouldn’t have envisioned. That’s how I imagine the teams of esteemed gun maker Holland & Holland…

  • The Other House – The Pied-a-Terre with Flair

    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…

  • The Carpenters Workshop Gallery visits Ladbroke Hall

    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…

  • Norton Motorcycles — Reincarnation

    Norton Motorcycles — Reincarnation

    As we landed in Bengaluru, I had in mind what to expect but I was still surprised — a sign of things to come. What greeted us was an airport hall of grandiose proportions, imbued with tropical plants emerging from almost every surface; fresh, vibrant and alive. Its ambitious scale was beautifully executed, balanced with…

  • The Speedback GT — Coachbuilt Nostalgia

    The Speedback GT — Coachbuilt Nostalgia

    Imagine your parents had named you ‘James Bond’. Neither name in isolation is particularly memorable, but together there’s an inescapable link with Ian Fleming’s most famous creation. No matter what career path you chose, everyday you would run the gauntlet of “Bond, James Bond” being funnelled into your ears as though it was the very…

  • Convenience — A trait in modern luxury

    Convenience — A trait in modern luxury

    Luxury is in the eyes of one, but the general definition has evolved beyond prestige and desirability to incorporate convenience and innovative living. Many would say luxury is something with a price tag that few can contend with, but this is far from the modern, contemporary definition. The true nature of a luxury is something…

  • Thinkpiece — Orchestral Intelligence

    Thinkpiece — Orchestral Intelligence

    I enjoy my writing like I do my food, succulent and dripping with intrigue; a non-perfect experimentation of the chef’s beliefs in what good food should be. Precise, perfect writing bores me, for the most part because it tells me absolutely nothing about the person that wrote it. An inconsistent ordering of words, a slightly…