contemporary art
luxury thrives while impressionist art collapses
At £32 million, the 17.61-carat Bleu Royal diamond was the most expensive jewel of 2023 – Christie’s Figures from the world’s most important art auctions confirm that 2023 was a testing year for the art market, or, as Christie’s CEO Guillaume Cerutti put it when reconciling the minuses with pluses, a “paradoxical” year. Sotheby’s came … Read more
Nan Goldin has been named number one in the Art Review Power 100
C on the wall, Bangkok, 1992, by Nan Goldin (Nan Goldin) Nan Goldin was working as a go-go dancer in New York in the late 1970s when she realized—thanks to Tin Pan Alley bar owner Maggie Smith, who pointed out—that she was a political artist. Her best-known oeuvre dates from that period; unflinching yet loving … Read more
Why Turin is Italy’s most underrated destination for a cultural getaway
The Lingotto Building is ‘one of the most remarkable constructions of the 20th century’ – Alamy Standing on the roof of the Lingotto building in Turin in November, with the wind blowing down from the distant Alps, is a somewhat bracing experience. But I still enjoyed the view of both the city and the snow-capped … Read more
‘Different cultures are being flattened’ – how flat white millennials have ruined our holidays
Vegan restaurants are popular all over the world right now – Getty It is said that tourism standardizes the world. Millennials, let alone the rest of us, travel the planet, leveling the playing field, or expecting others to do so for us. Different cultures are being crushed. This is not entirely wrong. Let’s take a … Read more