Christie’s, King Street, London
Picasso’s bolshy flower girl is just one of the rare gems to be glimpsed in London before this vast private collection goes under the hammer
This historic acquisition will bring King François I’s Book of Hours, an outstanding artwork, back to France. Last year, this unique masterpiece, listed as a French National Treasure, has been put up for sale by its London owner. In order to add it to the French national collections, the Louvre initiated a campaign to … Read more
Instagram is the biggest single source for conversations around luxury brands, and for some over half of the conversation around their brand is on the platform, according to the 2018 Luxury Brands Report released by NetBase, a leader in social media analytics. Instagram dominance was especially prevalent in the beauty, fashion, and high-end retail … Read more
A veritable sculpture incorporating a blend of art and craftsmanship and limited to just 99 examples, Strom‘s “In Memoriam HR Giger watch” appears to have several lives, revealing different faces depending on the light and angle from which it is viewed. Deeply saddened by HR Giger’s death in 2014, luxury watchmaker Daniel Strom waited … Read more
Fendi, the Italian luxury fashion house whose specialties include fur, ready-to-wear, leather goods, shoes, fragrances, eyewear, timepieces and accessories, has a new Chairman and CEO, but has it a new direction? Permutations at high level. The LVMH Group, currently the biggest and most powerful luxury group, announced the appointment of Serge Brunschwig as Chairman … Read more
The designer tells 500 guests at his Milan show that clothes affect behaviours and attitudes