The flying saucers have landed: Qatar’s thrilling new supersized museum

It took 18 years to build, has nearly a mile of galleries and is inspired by a desert rose. But is Jean Nouvel’s eye-popping creation for the world’s wealthiest nation too extravagant to fill?

Galeries Lafayette moves to 60 Avenue des Champs-Elysées with a new retail model and 300 Personal Stylists

  High-end French department store Galeries Lafayette moves to 60 Avenue des Champs-Elysées in Paris. With 6,500 sq.m. – the largest retail space on the avenue – this new address aims to offer local and international visitors a one-of-a-kind, more intimate and responsive department store model. Galeries Lafayette also launches a conversational app called Personal … Read more

The best places to buy luxury property abroad in 2019

  Although it is technically spring, the weather in the UK has been variable to put it mildly. If torrential downpours, late snow and brutal winds have set you thinking that 2019 would be a good time to buy a luxury property abroad, then here is our guide to the best places in which to do … Read more

The world’s most famous celebration of chocolate and pastry is coming to the United States

    Salon du Chocolat, the world’s most prestigious chocolate festival is making its way to New York City. The World’s Premier Chocolate Show Expands to New York City. Salon du Chocolat NY will mark the global event’s arrival to a 34th city since the first show in 1995. The celebration is an opportunity for … Read more

‘We never thought it would happen’: Thomas Heatherwick’s $200m gamble

The British designer has landed in New York with the Vessel, an extravagant 150ft-tall structure, the most talked about element of Hudson Yards

Beyoncé effect fills galleries with a new generation of art devotees

Fame sells: that’s the lesson in a survey revealing the world’s most popular exhibitions during a bumper year