luxury patronage

Vacheron Constantin Just Adopted Three Artisans Who Don’t Make Watches

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The oldest watch manufacture in continuous operation just spent 18 months mentoring a furniture maker, a ceramicist, and a jeweler. None of them make watches. That’s the point. Luxury patronage usually looks predictable: a fashion house sponsors an art prize, a watchmaker underwrites a museum wing, everyone gets a plaque. Vacheron Constantin and The Metropolitan … Read more

LVMH’s support to bring this Renaissance masterpiece back to Louvre

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  This historic acquisition will bring King François I’s Book of Hours, an outstanding artwork, back to France. Last year, this unique masterpiece, listed as a French National Treasure, has been put up for sale by its London owner. In order to add it to the French national collections, the Louvre initiated a campaign to … Read more