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Yinka Ilori Unveils Surrealist ‘We Found Joy’ Installation for Maison Courvoisier: Transporting guests into a summer’s day in Jarnac, France.

As A way to honour its commitment to art, Maison Hennessy ushers in the new lunar year by showcasing a dreamlike tiger-themed painting by renowned artist Zhang Enli.

This luxury hotel opened in 2018. (Image: Hotel Chais Monnet and Spa) The Vibe At first glance, my arrival at the Hotel Chais Monnet and Spa doesn’t appear to be particularly welcoming. Thick imposing walls conceal what was once a 19th-century trading house and cellars owned by Jean-Gabriel Monnet in 1898. Once you’ve swept through the […]

One-hundred and fifty collectors have the opportunity to acquire HENNESSY X.O decanters created by the great Frank Gehry… No less an authority than Vanity Fair once called him “the most important architect of our age.” It was no exaggeration — Frank Gehry, designer of the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao among other masterworks, has more than lived up to the moniker. On his library shelf he has the pleasure of gazing upon the Pritzker Prize, the National Medal of Arts, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and the Légion d’honneur, among other achievements. And alongside them he can now pl...

April 30, 2021 Fallen Blossoms: Explosion Project, a 60-second explosion commissioned by the Philadelphia Museum of Art in 2009. Cai Guo-Qiang Gunpowder, considered one of China’s most significant contributions to the world, has always fascinated Cai Guo-Qiang. Growing up, explosions from cannon blasts, artillery batteries firing into the air and festive firework displays were commonplace, and he recalls the hand of his classmates stained red from filling firecrackers in factories. A child of the Chinese Cultural Revolution, who participated in propaganda activities, he found an outlet thro...