Luxury art and collectables
Lang Lang, David Lynch, Alexandre Desplat, Bob Wilson: over the years, Dom Pérignon has inspired some of the greatest Creators. On June 27, Dom Pérignon revealed its collaboration with a new Creator. Champagne luxury house has tapped contemporary American artist Jeff Koons to launch a limited-edition gift set of the 2003 rosé bubbly. Koons … Read more
Europe is the leader when it comes to MUSEUM culture, according to the 2012 Theme Index – The Global Attractions Attendance Report prepared by analysts at Themed Entertainment Association (TEA) and AECOM. Nine of the top 20 most visited MUSEUMs in the world split between London and Paris. The National Palace MUSEUM in Taipei (No. … Read more
Helio de Sousa, the winner of the 2013 Brazilian International Press Award for Visual Arts, is a New York based artist originally from Brazil. Inspired by Andy Warhol‘s iconic 1956 painting “Boot,” Hélio got his flash of insight that shoes have soul and started painting them in 2008. Shoes express our identity and feelings when … Read more
For metalheads from around the world, the anual French Hellfest Open Air Festival in Clisson (western France) is one of the most eclectic festivals of extreme metal, a must visit place of pilgrimage for rock fanatics. From 2006, Hellfest offers a plethora of bands and genres, hosting troops of every subgenre of metal, hosting new … Read more
Sakahàn: International Indigenous Art Sakahàn, meaning “to light a fire” in the language of the Algonquin, is the National Gallery of Canada’s largest survey of recent Indigenous art. It highlights over 150 works by more than 75 artists from around the world, including impressive installations like an Iceberg. The monumental art work was created by … Read more
45 years after Octopus’s Garden was first written, Ringo Starr will publish a children’s picture book with Simon & Schuster. Ben Cort, the illustrator of Aliens Love Underpants and a life-long Beatles fan, has been signed up to illustrate the book. Cort made his name with the hugely successful Underpants series written by Claire … Read more