LUXURY MAGAZINE
Spring/Summer 2022
The Great Outdoors: Happiness Through Immersion in Nature
Culture
Technicolor Bouquets
Flowers in all their fleeting glory sustain the vibrant work of Japanese artist AZUMA MAKOTO.
BY BROOKE MAZUREK
Culture
Steeped in Tradition
Have a taste for tea? Do indulge.
Emma Blum
Culture
Grand Openings
New and remade museums around the world set their sights on a post-pandemic future.
JASON EDWARD KAUFMAN
Culture
Artful Beauty
Since its inception in the 1930s, Swiss luxury skincare brand La Prairie has had an intrinsic link to art. Its latest collaborations uphold that tradition.
BY DEBORAH FRANK
Culture
Color Her World
Photographer ANDREA HAMILTON captures a certain magic in her photos, one that she’s painstakingly unearthed via a careful, methodical process. Her current focus? A groundbreaking digital platform.
BROOKE MAZUREK
Culture
New World Wines
There are no bragging rights in serving your guests a fine Bordeaux. But what about uncorking a top-tier red, quite literally, from Shangri-La, or a delicate koshu white—it’s a Japan-only grape, you know. Across the world, there’s a raft of noteworthy wine regions on the rise that jostle for space in your cellar with the classics. Here are the key names to know.
BY MARK ELLWOOD
Culture
As American as Pie
Pastel-colored paintings of pies and cakes launched his career, but there is more to the American Master WAYNE THIEBAUD than just desserts.
JASON EDWARD KAUFMAN
Culture
Museum Moneymakers
The curation of a cultural institution’s gift shop is an art all its own.
MARK ELLWOOD
Culture
Shaken Up and Stirred
In addition to being the official start of the Kentucky Bourbon Trail, Louisville is home to a number of cocktail bars that are putting an imaginative spin on the region’s well-known spirit.
SHAUN TOLSON
Culture
Finding the Light
CLAUDE MONET’s luminous pictures of the French countryside offer a welcome armchair escape.
JASON EDWARD KAUFMAN
Culture
Online Views
Museums, galleries, auction houses, and even car manufacturers, are going all-out digital.
IRENE RAWLINGS
Culture
An American Life
One of the most celebrated artists of the 20th century, EDWARD HOPPER painted melancholic cityscapes and rural scenes imbued with loneliness and uncertainty—now eerily prescient.
JASON EDWARD KAUFMAN
Culture
Artfully Done
Three collectible books celebrating art, photography, and history.
BY IRENE RAWLINGS
Culture
Save the Species, Save the World
A recent UN report predicts unprecedented rates of animal extinctions and the outcome is entirely dependent on human behavior.
Ted Alan Stedman
Culture
Nature Study
Pennsylvania-based artist KIRBY FREDENDALL paints modernist landscapes that seek to engender the feelings of introspection and calm she experiences in the outdoors.
By JASON EDWARD KAUFMAN
Culture
New Museums and Exhibits
Discover a mix of pop culture and literary heritage from Dublin to Vegas.
By Irene Rawlings
Culture
The Magic Kingdom
Time has stood still in Bhutan—until now.
By Francisca Kellett and Photographed by Jonathan Pozniak
Culture
Dining in D.C. and Hot-New Restaurants
From acclaimed chefs opening their first venues to the biggest openings of 2019.
By Irene Rawlings
Culture
Coup de Theater
Dresden has risen from the ashes of war and is making headlines with its much-desired treasures.
By Jason Edward Kaufman
Culture
Beyond the Museums
Art walks through old Dresden and day trips to nearby Meissen and Leipzig.
By Jason Edward Kaufman
Culture
We’ll Drink to That!
Bringing back popular vintage liquors via modern science.
By Mark Ellwood
