Uffizi Gallery to reopen Renaissance art rooms after €600,000 gift

Fifty more paintings to be exhibited as Florence museum accepts donation from luxury goods firm Salvatore Ferragamo

Is tourism ruining our cities?

City links: Residents fear the tide of tourists will wash away the identities of Venice and Barcelona. Read about this and more in our pick of the week’s city stories

Almost 70 percent of fashion and luxury companies struggle to hire creative directors. Study

One of the biggest challenges facing luxury and fashion companies today is finding, developing, and retaining great creative and business talent, says “The Race for Talent: Fashion and Luxury’s Greatest Challenge for the Next Decade“, a new report published by The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and The Business of Fashion. Almost 70 percent of fashion … Read more

Look back on the 20th century through the lens of Henri Cartier-Bresson

A not-to-be-missed retrospective of French photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson. Ten years after Henri Cartier-Bresson’s death, Paris’ Centre Pompidou, the largest museum for modern art in Europe, plays host to an entirely new retrospective of the artist’s work. His genius for composition, extraordinary visual intuition and ability to capture the most elusive and significant instants as they happened … Read more

Halving meat and dairy consumption could slash farming emissions

Adopting a ‘demitarian’ diet would lead to a 25-40% reduction in nitrogen emissions from agriculture in Europe, report shows

Luxury real estate sales surged around the world.

Trends shaping the luxury real estate market globally. Christie’s International Real Estate report. With more millionaires and billionaires in the world than ever before, pent-up demand and increasing consumer confidence, luxury real estate sales surged in 2013 around the world, according to a recent report by Christie’s International Real Estate, the real estate arm of … Read more