Step to it! Blanca Li for Christian Louboutin’s La Répétition

Dance etiquette with Blanca Li and Christian Louboutin. Like in all Blanca Li‘s projects, in this collaboration with French luxury footwear and fashion designer Christian Louboutin she gives life to all that’s in her brain. Christian Louboutin’s Autumn/Winter 2016 collection premieres in “La Répétition,” a short film by renowned Spanish-born choreographer, dancer, actress, and filmmaker. Louboutin’s … Read more

Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso in tribute to René Magritte

This is not a timepiece. This is a Reverso. Swiss high-end watch manufacture Jaeger-LeCoultre has repeatedly devoted its many crafts to paying homage to artists on its iconic Reverso timepiece, one of the rare watches perfectly suited to showcasing a reproduction of a work of art on the dial or case-back. To celebrate Reverso’s 85th … Read more

£1.5m Battersea power station apartments held back from market

Downturn at top end prompts developers to withhold from sale 150 flats designed by Frank Gehry and Norman Foster

Artistic Perfumery was back on the scene in Milan. The Scent of Excellence – Esxence. The 8th edition

International Artistic Perfumery was back on the scene in Milan, from 31 March to 3 April, with the eighth edition of Esxence – The Scent of Excellence. Once again in 2016, the appointment with olfactory and cosmetic culture offered four days of discovery of excellence in these two sectors to its audience of business visitors … Read more

The finalists of the 2016 edition of the Art and Olfaction Awards

The conference room of the eighth edition of Esxence – The Scent of Excellence (31 March – 3 April 2016, Milan) hosted the official announcement of the finalists of the 2016 edition of the Art and Olfaction Awards, the prestigious international award that celebrates creativity, innovation, and excellence within global independent, artisan and experimental perfumery. … Read more

Ed Ruscha on Marcel Duchamp: ‘He was a guiding light’

When conceptual art’s godfather finally had a retrospective, it was in California – where a group of young artists welcomed him to a game of naked chess