Exploring deep into the world of Mademoiselle Chanel. Sam Taylor-Johnson’s Second Floor

Sam Taylor-Johnson makes the private apartment of Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel available for all to view. Sam Taylor-Johnson takes us back in time and opens the door to the second floor apartment of 31, rue Cambon in Paris, Chanel’s historic apartment. The famous Parisian private apartments of Coco Chanel were photographed by the British photographer and … Read more

Lumières d’eau by Chaumet. Twelve High Jewellery sets created for the Biennale in Paris.

Take a look behind the scenes of “Lumières d’eau”, the collection to be presented by Chaumet house at the Biennale des Antiquaires, the most important event in the High Jewelry world, set to return to Paris this September. The Biennial event brings together the most reputed jewelry-making houses. For this very important exhibition, Chaumet is … Read more

The blooming art business. Top ten lots for Christie’s in a record half year of art sales

It is a new era of excitement and engagement about art and for art. Art business globally shows no signs of slowing down. Christie’s auction house reported record half year in the art sales, with 51 works of art being sold for over $10 million, and record breaking six months in Post-War & Contemporary Art. The … Read more

Subversive design, radical Germans, and cultured holidays – the week in art

The V&A celebrates design as a form of protest, Isa Genzken brings her radical vision to Edinburgh, and we showcase the best exhibitions to catch on your summer travels – all in your weekly art newsletter

Halfway through 512 hours of Marina Abramović: no one to hear you scream

Our critic revisits Abramović’s residency at the Serpentine and finds its stifling silence and exam-style tasks evoke more production-line misery than mindfulness

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“Mondrian and his Studios” immersive exhibition. One of modern art’s greatest influencers celebrated at Tate Liverpool

Tate Liverpool museum marks the 70th anniversary of Piet Mondrian’s death with “Mondrian and his Studios” spectacular exhibition, with a life-size reconstruction of his Paris studio being a highlight. Taking visitors through Paris, London and eventually New York, the exhibition tracks Mondrian’s personal and aesthetic journey, and finds threads between the two: a major highlight is … Read more