The sporty show is being held in a museum housed in a former 17th century Carmelite monastery Saint-Denis,France —The world of arts and culture rallied around the Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games […]
Olympic Outing: A Last Chance to See
A Great Gibson Celebration
Orville Gibson fashioned his earliest known instrument, a 10-string mandolin-guitar, 130 years ago in 1894. The native of Franklin County, New York would go on to found the Gibson Guitar Company in […]
Summing Up Sonia, Sonia Delaunay
Paris, France —She left behind a body of work that was larger than life. Abstract artist, fashion designer, graphic artist, and an uncanny entrepreneur, she embraced myriad art forms through works that […]
Moments in Time: Omega’s America’s Cup Time
The America’s Cup, the world’s most famous regatta and regarded as the oldest trophy in international sport, came to a rousing close last Saturday with New Zealand bringing home Auld Mug, as […]
France’s Fabulous Francis I
Cognac, France — Cognac is known throughout the world for it famous brandy, cognac, but it was also the birthplace of one of the great French kings Francis I (François I) some […]
The Essential Egg
Paris, France — We’re joining in in the celebrations for World Egg Day which was established back in 1996 in Vienna and is held on the second Friday in October each year. […]
The Sparkling Fashion of 18th Century Pocket Luxury
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 […]
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 […]
A Gourmet Gazette Fine Fortified Wine Find: A Balmy Beaumes de Venise
This is luxurious liquid gold from the good earth around the small picturesque village of Beaumes-de-Venise in the Provence region of southeastern France. The eponymous wine—Muscat de Baumes de Venise — is […]
The Gourmet Gazette 