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Culture

Art and soul

Smart collectors follow their taste but also have a nose for new fields. We speak to four insiders about where the art market is heading and what sectors are piquing their interest.

  • The Forecast #11
  • 1 min read
Dutch architect Nanne de Ru sits in a George Nakashima spindle back chair from the 1960s.
Art

Look this way

Copenhagen’s Chart Art Fair, which champions Nordic art, has reinvented itself. Could its new format be a template for the future?

  • Issue #138
  • 9 min read
Look this way
Furniture

House proud

Creating a sanctuary that reflects your personality requires more than good taste—it demands understanding how materials, light and surroundings can transform any space into home.

  • Issue #137
  • 6 min read
Modern bedroom with exposed wooden ceiling beams, white walls, pendant lighting, and a dog resting on the bed
Culture

Shared passion

Art collectors Mera and Don Rubell have found a suitably generous new space to display their remarkable collection.

  • Issue #130
  • 8 min read
Shared passion
Culture

Star turn

Abstract artist Frank Stella had his first Moma retrospective 50 years ago. We caught up with him as he prepared to show his latest colourful work, partly inspired by his smoking habit.

  • Issue #123
  • 6 min read
Star turn
Design

In safe hands

The home of one of Portugal’s leading architects now belongs to a family friend and is a much-treasured modernist masterpiece.

  • Issue #118
  • 5 min read
In safe hands
Culture

High value

At every opportunity the chairman of Christie’s UK makes a bid for relaxation at his country retreat.

  • Issue #113
  • 3 min read
High value
Culture

New masters

Austrian auction house Dorotheum is looking to the future but with a deferential nod to the past – and it’s proving to be a winning bid.

  • Issue #106
  • 10 min read
New masters
Culture

Collecting

Canadian masterpieces for sale, the Diane Dufresne Art Centre and a British Columbia art collection.

  • Issue #98
  • 4 min read
Collecting

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