Geoffrey Kent: Why responsible travel means authenticity
This month, Geoffrey Kent, founder and CEO of Abercrombie & Kent, reports on his industry’s move towards sustainability and why he thinks responsible tourism is the most authentic way to travel Working towards sustainable tourism is the travel industry’s duty, and...
LUX Insider: Cattolica by Alberta Ferretti
Launching our new insider guide feature, Italian designer Alberta Ferretti reveals her favourite spots in her hometown Cattolica – as well as a few from further afield. My favourite view… The view of the sea from my town, especially from above, gives me energy;...
How Hong Kong’s M+ museum will transform Asia’s art scene
LUX Contributing Editor and Hong Kong art and design doyen Alan Lo in conversation with Suhanya Raffel, the director of M+ – a museum set to change the conversation about Asia’s place in the art world It may just be the most important contemporary cultural development...
Designer Philipp Plein on mixing business with pleasure
Philipp Plein is the partying designer for the Monaco private-jet set, who has also retained his status among fashion’s elite. Harriet Quick meets a man with a keen business brain and the unashamedly alpha swagger of a self-made global entrepreneur “I can remember...
Bulgari’s latest exhibition tells stories of glamour & heritage
In Rome, history, style and a captivating jewellery collection come together in an engrossing new exhibition by home-grown global label Bulgari. Its brand and heritage curator Lucia Boscaini takes LUX on a personal tour Jewels can tell many different stories: one is...
Island paradise at the Ritz-Carlton Abama resort, Tenerife
LUX steps into a different universe of tranquillity, colour and cuisine at The Ritz-Carlton Abama resort in Tenerife, a short hop from western Europe Stepping out of your room into a kaleidoscope washed by warm salty air is a delicious feeling. The kaleidoscope was...
Gaggenau’s latest initiative to support emerging artisans
Whether cooking or dining, some of our most memorable experiences are steeped in history and heritage. Abi Smith speaks to the craftspeople and producers who are placing time-honoured techniques at the heart of their work, with support from Gaggenau’s latest...
Andrew Shirley: How philanthropists are supporting conservation
Philanthropists have long played a huge role in wildlife conservation, but now a more holistic approach is needed in a world where humans and nature increasingly live cheek by jowl Sometimes, to see the bigger picture, you have to turn things inside out. For decades,...
Frieze London Special: In conversation with Luc Tuymans
Favouring themes of conflict, violence and death, renowned Belgian painter Luc Tuymans fulfils the brief of brooding artist, yet his work is deeply layered and complex. With two major retrospectives on his work being held in Europe this year, Millie Walton meets the...
Frieze London Special: The new age of ink art
Navigating the deep waters of the Asian art scene could be treacherous, without a guide such as Calvin Hui. Jason Chung Tang Yen talks to the Hong Kong and London-based globetrotter, art connoisseur and entrepreneur about his mission to bring contemporary Chinese ink...
Frieze London Special: Viviane Sassen’s ‘Venus and Mercury’
Dutch artist Viviane Sassen is known for her visceral portrayals of the human form in all its beauty and frailty. Maisie Skidmore meets the Deutsche Bank Lounge artist for Frieze London this year to discover more ahead of her new photographic series set in Versailles...
Spanish artist Secundino Hernández on flesh & creative chaos
LUX Contributing Editor and photographer Maryam Eisler is entranced by Spanish artist Secundino Hernández. Here, she visits and photographs him on his residency in Venice to discuss inspiration and physicality in painting and the organised chaos of the creative...
Art photographer David Yarrow on his image: ‘The Unusual Suspects’
Art photographer David Yarrow on his new image of the Pioneer Bar, Cindy Crawford and a wolf We called last year’s photograph of the mountain men at the bar The Usual Suspects, as that is exactly what they were. Some of those men rarely leave the warmth of the Pioneer...
Richard Mille’s Alpine athletes Alexis Pinturault & Ester Ledecká
Irene Bellucci meets World-Cup-winning Alpine ski racer Alexis Pinturault and super-G skiing and giant slalom snowboarding Olympic gold medallist Ester Ledecká on the powdery slopes of Courchevel to talk winning, the thrill of the race and their roles as ambassadors...
Inside Andermatt’s newly opened concert hall
In Andermatt, the sound of music soars beautifully from a remarkable newly opened concert hall. Laura Archer discovers how the state-of-the-art venue is helping to mark the Alpine town out as a vibrant year-round cultural destination as well as a luxury skiing resort...
Louis Roederer’s CEO Frédéric Rouzaud on art and hospitality
Louis Roederer makes what might just be the world’s most famous champagne, Cristal, and a range of others all renowned for their sophistication and complexity. Less known is the family-owned company’s visionary art foundation, and foray into the luxury boutique hotel...
Meet the Renaissance entrepreneur: Kevin Xu
As a business leader, scientist, activist, media owner and philanthropist, Kevin Xu is the embodiment of a Renaissance entrepreneur. Andrew Saunders delves into the businessman’s master plan He may not quite be a household name – at least, not yet – but the chair of...
Geoffrey Kent: Travelling beyond the beaten track
Nobody wants to go where everyone else has been. Creating a holiday that eschews the well-trodden tourist trail requires knowledge, contacts and experience. James Parry speaks to ultimate tour operator Abercrombie & Kent to see how they create experiences beyond...
Spring Studios Founder Francesco Costa on creative networking
Is he the new Nick Jones? Is he the new Adam Neumann? Or is Francesco Costa a totally different type of entrepreneur to the founders of Soho House and WeWork? His Spring Studios and Spring Place businesses, which operate in New York, LA, London and, soon, Milan, offer...
Ferrari designer Flavio Manzoni on collaborating with Hublot
No detail is small enough to escape Ferrari designer Flavio Manzoni’s razor-sharp focus. Rachael Taylor discovers how his expertise in supercar design lends itself masterfully to the Hublot and Ferrari watch collaboration In the Ferrari Maranello plant in northern...
12 Questions: Lenny Kravitz
The rock star turned interior designer takes the LUX hot seat, and shares a particularly fond memory involving a bottle of 1964 Dom Pérignon. Interview by Irene Bellucci 1. You’re best known as a musician, what drew you to interior design? Because you can create the...
Sassan Behnam-Bakhtiar on his upcoming exhibition ‘Extremis’
Sassan Behnam-Bakhtiar’s body of exuberant, multi-layered paintings, created with a signature technique that sees each point on the canvas scraped and remixed hundreds of times, tell a story of his land of birth, France, and his family homeland of Iran. Ahead of...