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Welcome Westmoreland – The Frick’s New Café

Welcome Westmoreland – The Frick’s New Café

It was a long awaited and much celebrated occasion when The Frick Collection reopened in March, unveiling its stunning five… Read More

Iris Apfel Collection at Christie’s

Iris Apfel Collection at Christie’s

The more is more spirit of the exuberant Iris Apfel is coming to Christie’s at the end of this month…. Read More

Suzanne Rheinstein Collection at KRB

Suzanne Rheinstein Collection at KRB

There are few contemporary design icons today as missed as the much loved Suzanne Rheinstein. Her refined yet casually chic… Read More

Paris, City of Pearls

Paris, City of Pearls

Whether you are traveling to Paris for pleasure or for the upcoming design events (Maison et Objet and Deco Off),… Read More

Tony Sarg: Genius at Play

Tony Sarg: Genius at Play

Never was a tag line more apt. Tony Sarg was a true multi hyphenate whose ebullient creative endeavors knew no… Read More

Buccellati Tahiti Picnic Basket

Buccellati Tahiti Picnic Basket

This past week saw an enthusiastic and monumental turnout for Salone in Milan. While many major exhibits, installations and new… Read More

Rigal Jewelry by Hayley Sarno

Rigal Jewelry by Hayley Sarno

Artist Hayley Sarno exudes creativity from every pore with a quiet elegance and charm. Her style is as fresh as… Read More

Bruegel to Rubens: Great Flemish Drawings at the Ashmolean

Bruegel to Rubens: Great Flemish Drawings at the Ashmolean

For any of you art-minded readers traveling to London this spring, you may want to include a quick hour train… Read More

Robert Kime at Dreweatts

Robert Kime at Dreweatts

In August we lost one of the giants in the world of design – renowned interior decorator and collector Robert… Read More

Marie-Hélène de Taillac x Marie Christophe

Marie-Hélène de Taillac x Marie Christophe

Creative collaborations often spawn remarkable results and when I heard two talented women I admire were producing a collection together,… Read More

Portraits of Dogs: From Gainsborough to Hockney

Portraits of Dogs: From Gainsborough to Hockney

It’s no secret in these parts that I, along with many friends and colleagues in the world of design, have… Read More

Jacques Garcia, Champ de Bataille Auction at Sotheby’s

Jacques Garcia, Champ de Bataille Auction at Sotheby’s

No introductions are needed for Jacques Garcia, the renowned French designer who seems to do it all. From his celebrated… Read More

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