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6 Picks from Art Basel Paris 2026
Art Basel Paris returns to the Grand Palais this October for its fifth edition, bringing 211 galleries from 41 territories together under the building’s soaring vaulted roof. With 183 galleries in the main Galeries sector, 16 solo presentations in Emergence and 12 historically focused projects in Premise, there is plenty to navigate. These are six…
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A Distillery for the select?
At a risk of sounding cliché, there are times in life you receive an invitation you simply can’t refuse. I had one such invitation in August, when The Dalmore invited me to visit their reinvigorated home in the Scottish Highlands. While I had been on many distillery tours – including one at The Dalmore pre-renovation…
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6 Art Exhibitions to visit this Autumn in London
Summer has come to a close, and with the shorter days comes a rich prospectus of London exhibitions. Major figures in European painting, contemporary sculpture, fashion, design and photography will ring in the new season. These are six exhibitions worth knowing about. Van Eyck: The Portraits 21st November 2026 to 11th April 2027 Van Eyck…
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Inside Thierry Dehaeck’s Extraordinary Car Collection
There is nothing quite so effortlessly cool as a classic car. The marriage of antique artistry and the engineering of another era makes them intoxicating time capsules. Collectors willing to put the same care into maintaining their mechanical integrity are rare, but keeping a classic car in working order is essential to its magic. These…
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The Abstract Expressionism of Jasper Johns
Few artists have changed the course of modern art as profoundly as Jasper Johns. He is one of the most celebrated artists of 20th century, whilst also being among its most elusive. The Guggenheim Bilbao’s Jasper Johns: Night Driver, bringing together 134 works spanning more than seventy years, reveals an artist who, in deconstructing the…
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NIGO — The Exhibition of a lifetime
It’s an odd thing, the concept of eras. You never feel like within one until it’s over. Its parameters and iconography are defined by our creatives. Music, fashion and art all provide the nostalgic pangs that cordon off one era before the next. The 2000s is the most recent timeframe to be era-fied. That chromatic…
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The Technology behind luxury Wellness Interiors
Technogym is what taking care of yourself looks like when nothing is left to chance. The spaces they have built feel like private lounges arranged with the logic of art galleries; the light lands exactly as it should and gives each station an Olympian quality. Your fitness metrics are collated and laid out in delicious,…
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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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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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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
