WORLDWIDE READING, COLLECTING, TRAVELING LISTING THE BEST OUTPUT FROM THE EDITORIAL SEARCH
«Garage’s unit of measure is humanity». From the ruins of the former ‘Seasons of the year’ restaurant, the private museum in Gorky Park is a reference for the cultural status of the city
Founded in 1975, – Forty-five years of supporting, displaying, and preserving Berlin-made art – Berlinische Galerie. In conversation with Curator and Director, Dr. Thomas Köhler
Llandudno, a seaside town on the Northern Wales coastline, Lady Augusta Mostyn, gave the first donation – in 2010, the gallery reopened its doors after a £5 million refurbishment
Frederick Stibbert was an illegitimate son and a millionaire who amassed a collection that was a forerunner of D’Annunzio. From Egypt to the Alhambra: Monica Becattini talks about his home-museum
On the hills of Parma, Galileo Chini’s Art Nouveau enriched with Eastern-inspired accents permeate this temple of health and wellness
More and more time spent in the office: sustainable design can improve life and work. Materials and functions in a complex in Parma – a green view from every workstation
The brand’s tanneries reclaim hides from the food industry, making the leather a bi-product that will decompose without the need of chemicals
In conversation with director Renée Price on the promotion and preservation of a foreign culture in the United States through art and crafts
A revived space encouraging a dialogue between the contemporary and the medieval, from the growing art collection to the hosting exhibition spaces
A distillery in the Yucatan Peninsula recreates ancient fragrances meant for everyone –a child, a grandfather, a Parisian or a Mayan
On view at the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao until January 10, 2021, is Lee Krasner: Living Color, a solo retrospective of the American pioneer of Abstract Expressionism. Introduced to the press via a virtual tour on YouTube
Taif Rose oil costs up to 50,000 euros per kilo. Nobody can buy it because the entire production – 16 kg per year – belongs to the Saudi Arabian royal family
The journey across the boutique’s fifty-five fragrances awakens the sense of smell and appeal to ancestral olfactory memories
A spiral-shaped glass pavillion in Le Brassus hosts a collection of timepieces spanning over two centuries of watchmaking history
The evolution of niche perfumery that goes beyond mere marketing hype. Olfattorio Florence makes the case for successful brick-and-mortar retailing
A space between old and new Amsterdam, showcasing the new perspectives of visual arts and allowing artists to ripen
«Maybe it started with the iconoclastic act of throwing tea off the boat in Boston harbor». The United States versus the charms of minimalism
In conversation with gallerist Patrick Seguin, who in 1989, founded his Jean-Nouvel-designed gallery — 300 square meters of Jean Prouvé, Pierre Jeanneret, Le Corbusier, Charlotte Perriand, and Jean Royère
A conceptual space to illustrate a journey through the language of shape and matter; a way to discover and to advance, on the edge between the past, present, and possible futures
Aiming to bridge the gap between folk and modern, Craft Contemporary symbolizes the dynamism of craft. «We wanted to communicate to the public that craft can be a conveyor of progress»
Sustainable production as a vehicle for social impact: for Sana Jardin, Berber and Amazigh women learn to upcycle floral waste. In conversation with Amy Christiansen
In conversation with Wellness Director of Rocco Forte Hotels and Sir Rocco Forte’s daughter Irene Forte. «In an over-saturated market, niche brands are emerging»
A curated program of exhibitions and events has turned the archaeological complex of Italian industry that is OGR Turin into a reference hub for culture and technological research
«The exhibitions are not isolated episodes but chapters of a single story we hope will lead to unprecedented perspectives». In conversation with La Fondazione Curator Pier Paolo Pancotto
Catherine de Medici and her personal perfumer, Renato Bianco, brought the tradition of using aromatic blends to the French court in the early Renaissance
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Whether or not he belongs in a museum, it’s due time Olafur Eliasson made it to Bilbao, one would say. If only his stay could be as permanent as his fellow stars
«We tend to not buy into ‘trends’», says Inform Interiors employee Meriah Schultz Olson – «and try to stay true to a larger aesthetic arc»
Walead Beshty’s monographic exhibition ‘Industrial Portraits’ represents people in their function and professional role in the art world
Plots of perfumes – Joanna of Castile sighed as she found scents of neroli in the bed sheets of Philip the Handsome
Sienna brown, rabbit skin glue, gold leaf for the gold background, cloaks of saints and of the Madonna – the tools, techniques, and love of art in the works of Daniele Rossi
The Vanilla from Madagascar supplier hires harvesters for a minimum of three years, giving people a chance to develop a business of their own
World Off, we are in – is the future experience ‘all inclusive’? Silencio in Paris, Kafe Mockba in Helsinki, Soho House all over the world. Inclusivity and a feeling of past
Former slaughterhouse of the city the building exemplifies the industrial architecture of the 19th-century
The last stop on Rei Kawakubo’s entrepreneurial journey; a genesis of the Parisian adaptation of Dover Street Market, between architecture and idealistic reasoning
A house with thirty thousand books: a Montale from the Florence flood, a first edition of Les Misérables – ‘one bookseller thought it was counterfeit.’ The quirks of a collector: Andrea Kerbaker
An invitation extended to an artist to brand or monogram a seasonal purse is not an equivalent gesture as an invitation to exhibit, uninterrupted, in a stellar downtown space on Sloane Street.
Fragrances for Napoleon, and a pomade made with bear grease – a place like a theatrical stage: how to stay modern and international without breaking with English tradition
How to ride the market without Instagram and without multinationals behind it? A too sweet perfume that becomes a bestseller is a contradiction in the laws of industry
A display of Antonio Marras dresses in Thailand made in the local silk – meanwhile, at the Royal Palace, an exhibition focuses on the life of the Queen
We’re perfumer and designer-owned, says D.S. & Durga co-founder David Seth Moltz. He is the nose, while Kavi, his business and life partner, is the designer, as she is an architect by trade
Three guys cannot sell their drawings, so they open a two-windows shop in Boulevard Saint Germain: Dyptique
A luxury perfume, made for the few, doesn’t need to cater to everyone. Operating on this belief, Le Labo has won over the New York market: the success story created by a complete absence of communication
In Milan’s Bollate suburb, electronic festival Terraforma and its network of participatory stakeholders protect the 16th lombard-baroque Villa Arconati in an accidental series of poetic efforts in heritage management
France claims supremacy in the perfume arts – but once again, Italy shows it has the creative resources and the production ability to compete. Perfume culture: the Martone family
A space of 1300 square meters, natural light penetrates inside from large windows illuminating the rooms and objects, arranged without a predefined order
A Spanish artisan brought the flowers of the Mediterranean to the court of King George II and opened Floris Jermyn Street
In a bid to restore luster to the worn and vandalized steps, in 2010 The Fruitmarket Gallery Edinburgh commissioned British artist Martin Creed, winner of the 2001 Turner Prize, with its restoration
The story of an Italian perfume for a city in Germany – rekindling the culture that fires desire, if an Eau de Cologne can touch the memory of people and places
At the White Cube in London, the largest of the bronze statues is 9 meters tall. The Mother is a series dedicated to Emin’s mom
Error leads to perfection; the quality of an artisan piece is based on experience, on case analysis, on manual skills handed down without theory, through hands-on learning
How much do we owe our fathers? The easy answer is ‘everything’. Exhibiting it well is a matter of art. Michelangelo Pistoletto on display in Biella
Packaging and branding influence buying trends, especially when it comes to fashion. A blind test allows customers at Nose to find a fragrance that reflects them
How much history is hidden in a perfume? A perfume distributor takes us back to the beginning of the 1900s, when Paris was in Milan’s shadow. Might history repeat itself today?
Collecting stories. Behind the clock mechanisms, two stories are linked to Milan: the education of Gian Giacomo Poldi Pezzoli and the commitment of the Pisa family
