Fall Winter 2015-2016 campaigns: Prada, La Perla, Balenciaga, Michael Kors, Ferragamo, Fendi, Mulberry, Dolce & Gabbana, Louis Vuitton

Comfy sweaters & blankets, warm drinks, crisp air and pretty colors. The fashion houses invite us to breathe in the Autumn air with a series of new campaigns signaling a perfect opportunity to do something new, something bold and beautiful. Luxury brands are not a fountain of creativity this Fall Winter 2015/2016 season. Instead, there … Read more

Best palates of the world announce 2015 Decanter World Wine Awards

The best palates of the world were brought together by Vinexpo Fair (June 14 to 18 in Bordeaux,  France) and Decanter magazine to judge wines from all over the globe. Now in its 12th year, the Decanter World Wine Awards (DWWA) is the world’s largest and most influential wine competition. The Decanter World Wine Awards is … Read more

Sail with Giovanni Soldini – The Zegna Maserati Soldini Collection

This month the seventy-foot Maserati VOR 70 yacht crossed the Pacific Ocean, between San Francisco and Shanghai. 21 days, 19 hours, 32 minutes and 54 seconds: that was the time it took Maserati to cover the Tea Clipper Trade Route, plied between San Francisco and Shanghai in the mid-1800s by the most audacious and modern clippers of … Read more

Raffles, Batavia, Majestic: six of the best colonial hotels in south-east Asia

Whip out your linen and your Somerset Maugham – high tea and afternoon G&Ts are undergoing a revival at south-east Asia’s refurbished colonial hotels, cafes and bars

Go East review – Ai Weiwei’s overcoat and other ambiguities of Asian art

Art Gallery of NSW / Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation, Sydney
‘Everything is art,’ says Ai Weiwei, but this peek into one of Australia’s most significant private collections lacks a coherent geography or signposts

The first BMW Art Journey winner

Art Basel and BMW announced Samson Young as the winner of the first BMW Art Journey, a prize created to recognize and support emerging artists worldwide. BMW and Art Basel will send Hong Kong artist on a journey of creative discovery across five continents. For 2015 BMW Art Journey, Samson Young turns his attention to bells, which … Read more