Hotel review Grace Hotel St. Moritz
In the second of our winter season series on luxury hotels in Switzerland, LUX visits luxury gems in Geneva, Zurich and Lucerne, and destinations new and old high in the Alps. Next up: The Grace, St Moritz reviewed No mountain resort in the world has the same...
Four Seasons Geneva Review
In the first of our winter season series on luxury hotels in Switzerland, LUX visits luxury gems in Geneva, Zurich and Lucerne, and destinations new and old high in the Alps. First up: the Four Seasons Geneva reviewed In the world’s great cities there is a...
Maryam Eisler interviews Pamela Willoughby
Brushing shoulders with the most influential people in the turbulent New York art world of the 80s, Pamela Willoughby, as an eminence grise within the Manhattan scene, experienced it at its subversive peak. Eccentric neighbours, a captivating graffiti coat,...
Why preventative healthcare is essential
London’s Preventicum has been at the forefront of preventative healthcare – where you see and anticipate potential health risks – for almost two decades. Here, Preventicum’s Medical Director, Dr Ying-Young Hui speaks to Samantha Welsh about how about the importance...
Bankside Yards, London’s new sustainable luxury property development
A new development just across the Thames from the City of London, Bankside Yards will open-up 3.3 acres of riverside public realm and 14 railway arches, integrating retail, bars and restaurants with cultural spaces, offices for global corporates, SMEs and start-ups,...
Six things a luxury hotel should never do
LUX Editor-in-Chief Darius Sanai stays at many of the world’s greatest hotels every year. He is a long-term admirer of, and advisor to, a number of them, and reviews them for our print magazine’s Luxury Travel Views section and here online. As the year draws to a...
Mercedes-Benz AMG GT 63 review
Mercedes-Benz’s performance division AMG has produced a new two seater high performance coupe that is back to the best of the past In a taxi in a European city recently, I was party to a rather poignant scenario. We were stopped at the traffic lights, and two...
Tasting Bryant’s iconic Napa wines
Bryant Estate is one of the original Napa Valley icons. Along with Screaming Eagle and Harlan, Bryant’s wines became revered by collectors and connoisseurs as Napa’s fame as a fine wine region spread worldwide in the 1990s. When Don Bryant, the...
An interview with Marian Goodman Gallery
After 40 years on 57th Street, the historic New York institution Marian Goodman Gallery has announced their move to a headquarters in new art-centre Tribeca, a space of almost double the size. Cleo Scott speaks with Partners Philipp Kaiser and Rose Lord about the...
Waldhaus Sils review
Tucked above the village of Sils, the Waldhaus hotel offers a blend of natural beauty and 20th-century design. A LUX editor reflects on their retreat, where the surrounding forest and timeless atmosphere offers a sanctuary for artists and wanderers alike Waldhaus...
A historic tasting of Masseto wines
Italy’s greatest wine, and now a cult collectible, Masseto is the wine every wealthy collector wants to add to their cellar. But is it as good as its stellar reputation? At a rare tasting hosted by the Marchese di Frescobaldi in London, Darius Sanai sought the...
A conversation with French material artist, Bernard Frize
Bernard Frize is an artist who lets the materials decide for him. A French painter who has been developing his uniquely industrial practice over the past 45 years, leading gallery Marian Goodman announced their representation of him in 2024. Ahead of his inaugural...
A palatial stay at St Regis Hotel, Venice
At the centre of Venice, looking over the canal and Santa Maria della Salute, there could not be a better place to stay on the final leg of your Grand Tour. A LUX editor recounts the ancient art, gondolas, and Bellinis of his recent stay at the Venetian-style palace...
The best of the old and new: Hôtel Hermitage Monte-Carlo
From the Monaco F1, to small dogs and a tycoon-worthy breakfast, Darius Sanai recounts his stay at the ultra-luxury Hôtel Hermitage Monte-Carlo, Monaco. From our balcony at the Hermitage, we had one of the most satisfyingly iconic views in the world. The sweep of...
The intimate grandeur of the Grand-Hôtel du Cap-Ferrat
Is it a private villa or Grand Hotel? An editor at LUX tells us why the Four Seasons Grand Hôtel du Cap-Ferrat should be the first stop on your Grand Tour itinerary The Grand-Hôtel du Cap-Ferrat, one of the world’s most celebrated hotels, is not really grand at all....
Belmond’s Arnaud Champenois on the art of travel
When luxury titan LVMH bought the chic hotel and travel group Belmond, it catalysed an artistic photographic collaboration that encapsulates the shift towards the experiential. Belmond’s Arnaud Champenois speaks to LUX about the vision Luxury hotels are not usually...
Cristal evening with Louis Roederer’s Frédéric Rouzaud
LUX and Louis Roederer co-hosted an event for collectors of art, design and champagne where Frédéric Rouzaud, Maria Sukkar and Darius Sanai had a lively panel discussion about art, sustainability and responsibility. Some rare and celebrated champagnes from the Maison...
Car collector king Fritz Burkard on his Pearl Collection
Back in August, Fritz Burkard made waves when his Bugatti Type 59 won the celebrated Pebble Beach Best of Show. The swiss car collector speaks with Fabienne Amez-Droz about his idea to open a new private museum in Switzerland to see his cars, and the roots of his...
LUX curates for Richard Mille at Frieze London
When Richard Mille, the super-luxury watch brand, asked LUX magazine to create an exhibition in their Mayfair boutique during London’s Frieze Art Fair, we engaged four female collectors-curators to create an original narrative around the topic of “Women...
Spirit Now art prize announces latest winners
An art prize awarded by some of London’s leading art collectors, in collaboration with Frieze Art Fair and the University of Cambridge, has announced Bambou Gili, Asemahle and Shafei Xia as its 2024 winners. Taya Suleyman reports Bambou Gili, Asemahle Ntlonti,...
Daria Blum at Claridge’s ArtSpace
Winner of Claridge’s first Royal Academy Schools Art Prize, the young performance artist Daria Blum has taken to their ArtSpace to point fingers at you – no, me – no, her. LUX Magazine: What is the significance of the pointed finger? Daria Blum: The gesture of...
Isabelle de la Bruyère on taking over the Opera Gallery
Former Christie’s big shot Isabelle de la Bruyere recently joined global gallery behemoth Opera Gallery as Group CEO. From her swanky offices above London’s Bond Street, she speaks with LUX about her mission to take Opera Gallery, whose reputation has been...
Jewellery designer Cora Sheibani by Ina Sarikhani
In our latest print issue, Ina Sarikhani writes about jeweller Cora Sheibani whose whimsically beautiful creations are the go-to for aesthetes in London. Cora Sheibani is the best advertisement for her bespoke, colour-saturated jewellery. Voluble, and a vision with...
The new Mercedes-Maybach SL luxury sports car
LUX travelled to Monterey and Pebble Beach, to join Mercedes-Benz for the worldwide launch of the new Mercedes-Maybach SL 680, a super-luxe open-topped touring car aimed at bringing 1960s St Tropez glamour to a new generation of wealthy consumers. Fabienne Amez-Droz...
LUX’s Artist in Residence – Annie Morris
Each issue, LUX invites an artist to take up residence and create a work exclusively for us. London-based sculptor and multimedia artist, Annie Morris takes up the challenge “Drawing helps me explain the things in my life that I find hard to talk about” – Annie...
Daniel Arsham creates for Moët & Chandon
American artist Daniel Arsham sculpts a monumental relief in celebration of the 280th anniversary of Moët & Chandon, aligning the present-day champagne house with a classical history of prestige and grandeur. French champagne house Moët & Chandon unveils...
Douglas Abdell at Ab-Anbar Gallery, London
Douglas Abdell has emerged from obscurity in a striking exhibition at Ab-Anbar Gallery, London. In conversation with LUX, Abdell, a prominent artist of the 1970s and 80s, meditates on medium and language as he makes his comeback. An intriguing new exhibition in London...
Online dialogue: Tim Marlow meets Durjoy Rahman
The Director of London’s Design Museum, Tim Marlow is a celebrated figure in both design and art and an often outspoken authority on both. Samantha Welsh brings Marlow together with South Asian art flag bearer and philanthropist Durjoy Rahman, whose commercial...
Henrique Oliveira and Ruinart Carte Blanche
Brazilian artist Henrique Oliveira is creating a scuptural installation for Ruinart, preferred champagne house of every self-respecting next gen oligarch, at Frieze London this year. Cleo Scott investigates Henrique Oliveira’s forms spring out of the ground like...
Stefano Rabolli Pansera on the St Moritz Art Film Festival
The Engadine, the high valley in Switzerland that is home to St. Moritz, also houses the literary village of Sils, some of the world’s most interesting small museums and art initiatives, and some of its biggest art collectors. In this ecosystem, a relative newcomer,...