Graffiti artists took over Luxury London hotel

Luxury London hotel hands over marble walls to graffiti artists. Thierry Noir, BRK, RUN, Christiaan Nagel and Zomby, five strong artist line up from the worlds of graffiti and street art, took over luxury hotel ME London on the Strand. Organized by Street Art London, the five internationally renowned Italian, British, South African and Spanish … Read more

We sit starving amidst our gold

In the British Pavilion at the 55th Venice Biennale, the world’s most prestigious art festival, UK artist Jeremy Deller has provoked controversy and ignited social debate by presenting an installation of the Wende Museum‘s significant collection of early post-Soviet stock vouchers, privatization certificates, and Ponzi scheme coupons that dominated alternative currencies of the early 1990s … Read more

Steinway Musical Instruments acquired by Kohlberg

The bright future for Steinway? Steinway Musical Instruments, the creator of the world’s finest musical instruments, was acquired by Kohlberg Company, a global private equity investment firm, in a transaction valued at approximately $438 million. Steinway will accelerate its global expansion, while ensuring the artisanal manufacturing processes that make the Company’s products unique are preserved, … Read more

Dom Pérignon Balloon Venus

  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

World’s most-visited museums

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

Shoe has soul

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