By the time Stephen Leach and his family bought Seton Castle in East Lothian, Scotland in 2007, the property was at the tail end of nearly 800 years of aristocratic occupancy. Originally the site of ...
Today the Wallace Collection opens its doors to a new exhibition celebrating the work of the world’s most famous shoe designer, Manolo Blahnik. Set against the backdrop of the stunning 18th-century rooms of the museum ...
The debate around the sustainability of leather production is gaining momentum in the fashion industry. In recent years, raising awareness around the ecological impact of producing leather items has prompted a growing number of brands ...
You can easily imagine Pope Francis and opera singers Maria Callas and Andrea Bocelli wearing exquisite garments made of silk, some of which were created on the centuries-old looms of a little workshop, tucked away ...
Expensive yachts that double as floating art galleries can lead to unexpected and costly mishaps. Priceless paintings and sculptures kept on the vessels face damage not only from storms and storing conditions, but also from random ...
An art dealer with clients including billionaires Leon Black and Ronald Lauder is selling 10 works from his private collection that could set individual auction records for some of the masters who created them. Richard L. Feigen, ...
A former Frankfurt banker is carving out a niche in the small but potentially lucrative world of investing in vintage string instruments. Christian Reister, chief executive officer of Violin Assets GmbH, says an instrument made ...
A new Christmas tradition began in London in 2009, when Claridge’s hotel in Mayfair unveiled its first Christmas tree to be conceived by a famed fashion designer. Back then, Dior’s John Galliano debuted an unconventional, crooked, tropical ...
This week’s impressionist, modern and contemporary art auctions in New York are estimated to sell at least $2.3 billion (£1.8 billion) of art, which, if you add the buyer’s premium, will amount to nearer $2.65 billion, close to ...
Against the backdrop of a fractious national election campaign, authorities in the Maldives have followed though on threats to destroy a series of sculptures by the British-born artist Jason deCaires Taylor. On 21 September, local ...
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