Paris, France — Tiny perfume bottles, tobacco pouches, snuffboxes( carried by women as well as men) and beauty boxes (often holding a beauty mark) with a mirror on the inside lid all […]
The Sparkling Fashion of 18th Century Pocket Luxury
Cult: Color Me Giacometti
Paris, France —These are the painted sculptures. The secret sculptures. These are the sculptures that Alberto Giacometti painted, painted in often seemingly funky colours like deep orange. The Fondation Giacometti Institut located […]
Critic’s Choice: Paris Comes to New York at Bergdorf Goodman
New York, New York — Color and texture are emerging at one of the city’s great luxury deparment stores, the now legendary Bergdorf Goodman. But not through fashion but rather through contemporary […]
The Attraction of Antiquity
Paris, France — It turned out to be one of the highlights of the incredibly rich artful autumn in Paris which is traditionally peppered with art fairs, exhibition openings and glamorous gallery […]
Critic’s Choice: The Sacred and the Divine
Paris, France — The lyrical and the sacred are being played out in the elegant gallery district of the Golden Triangle in Paris where the Almine Rech gallery is hosting a show […]
Harmonious Horsehair
Jouy-en-Josas, France — Lovers of a good night’s sleep have always known about the wonders of a horsehair mattress. It is just one of life’s affordable luxuries, well somewhat affordable. But horsehair, […]
From the Faraway Lands
Paris, France —There were the treasures of the influential Kuba Kingdom of the Congo: masks, cups, boxes and textiles. The masks and objects of the Lega people of the Congo are juxtaposed […]
Moments in Time: Extraordinary Auction Time at Dreweatts
An exceptional collection of clocks amassed by the late Leonard Fuller is slated to be auctioned off on September 12th during an exceptional auction: Dreweatts Fine Clocks, Barometers and Scientific Instruments. The […]
Critic’s Choice: Kaleidoscopes from Cuba at Continua
Boissy-le-Châtel, France —It’s a sleepy little town just 50 miles (77km) east of Paris in the scenic Seine and Marne region not too far from Disney Land Paris. Nestled on the banks […]
A Foray into Photography with a Certain Presence at the Maison Caillebotte
Yerres, France — it is one of the great collections of photography. A collection that is a work of art in and of itself. It is a collection that revolves solely around […]
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