The LUX Patina Art Residency launch party with Maria Sukkar
More than 100 of Europe’s most significant art patrons gathered at the London home of Maria Sukkar, LUX Senior Contributing Editor and Co-Chair of the TATE Middle East North Africa Acquisitions Committee, to celebrate the launch of the inaugural LUX Patina Art...
The South of France is the new hot art destination
The south of France and Monaco are becoming among the hottest destinations in the art world, literally as well as metaphorically. The scenic region, once a celebrated home to artists and patrons, has seen a new influx of foundations, private museums, philanthropists...
Simon de Pury interviews Diane von Furstenberg
The daughter of a holocaust survivor, Diane von Furstenberg shot to fame in the creative cauldron of 1970s New York, where she created the wrap dress that instantly became fashion heritage and partied with Andy Warhol and his Studio 54 crowd. Now based between NYC and...
Arch Hades in conversation with Catherine Loewe
Arch Hades’ multidisciplinary practice oscillates between poetry, painting and text-based installation, shaped by existential philosophy and an unflinching engagement with the human condition. She speaks to Catherine Loewe about grief, gender, power and the...
Simon de Pury interviews top art patron Batia Ofer
Batia Ofer combines collecting art with making people’s lives better, in a way nobody else can match. The Chair of the Royal Academy Trust in London is also founder of the Art of Wishes, for which artists create works that are auctioned to raise funds to fulfil the...
Umberta Beretta on the artists and philanthropists of Venice
Philanthropist, collector and LUX Contributing Editor Umberta Gnutti Beretta is one of the leading lights of the Italian contemporary cultural scene. As the 2026 Biennale takes off, the guest editor of our Venice Biennale Special section, who has a must-see private...
Catching up with Mickalene Thomas
Fresh from a blockbusting exhibition in London, New York’s Mickalene Thomas, a former LUX cover star, takes us through her life and loves LUX: Hi Mickalene, how’s it all going? It’s been a while since you were on our cover. Mickalene Thomas: Everything is moving –...
LUX x UBS Blue Economy Series: Dave Chen
Dave Chen founded Equilibrium Capital in 2008 after seeing growing interest in how sustainability can help shape the basic economic sectors of the Maslow hierarchy of needs, which include food, water, resources, employment and security. He recognised that climate...
Protected: LUX x UBS Blue Economy Series: Patrick Nussbaumer
Protected: LUX x UBS Blue Economy Series: Nalini Tarakeshwar
LUX x UBS Blue Economy Series: Karen Sack
Having held leadership roles at Greenpeace International, The Pew Charitable Trusts and previously served as CEO of Ocean Unite – which she co-founded with Richard Branson and José María Figueres – Karen Sack has spent the past three decades at the forefront of global...
Artist in Residence: Dennis Miranda Zamorano
Mexico-based artist Dennis Miranda Zamorano blends nature, humanity and dreamscapes in always surprising ways. Ahead of his new exhibition at Château La Coste, Provence, LUX invites Zamorano to be our artist in residence on these pages, and his gallerist Vanessa Guo...
Artist in Residence: Rex Southwick
British painter Rex Southwick vividly explores the ideas of aspiration and perception. Across canvases saturated with social media-bright colour, he invites us to view the perfect luxury home, but deconstructed with a behind-the-scenes view of the fantasy. LUX invited...
A conversation with Sassan Behnam-Bakhtiar
Two years ago, French-Iranian artist Sassan Behnam-Bakhtiar moved from the south of France to Qatar, to the bemusement of many. Now, he finds himself one of the spearheads of a developing art scene turbocharged by the arrival of Art Basel Qatar this winter, and framed...
LUX x UBS Blue Economy Series: Nadja Swarovski
How do we protect our oceans, which generate most of the oxygen we breathe, regulate the planet’s climate, house most of its biodiversity and feed billions, while nurturing sustainable economic activity? In the first of our series, investor and philanthropist...
Binith Shah and Maria Sukkar on UMŌ’s ultimate luxury
Luxury entrepreneur Binith Shah had a vision: to create the most luxurious duvets in the world, using environmentally-friendly methods, for use by the most discerning clients. LUX Senior Contributing Editor Maria Sukkar speaks with Shah about the nature of luxury, how...
Omega CEO Raynald Aeschlimann on the watch industry
It made the first watch to be worn on the moon, and one of its diving watches descended to the deepest ocean depth ever achieved by a timepiece. James Bond’s watch of choice has defied predictions of a squeeze on the middle of the luxury market to prosper in the new...
Simon de Pury interviews Olafur Eliasson
Olafur Eliasson is an artist of global renown, a former breakdancing champion, an academic and a passionate champion of the planet. Simon de Pury, auctioneer extraordinaire and long-time LUX collaborator, creates art collections for the world’s super-wealthy and runs...
How collecting unites lovers of wine, art, watches and cars, with Penfolds
It’s a given: when you gain enough wealth, you start to collect what interests you. But what really drives the collector of wine, art, watches or cars? Immediately below, LUX Editor-in-Chief Darius Sanai, himself a collector, gives his views; and then we speak to some...
Hugo Boss CEO, Daniel Grieder, redefining the brand for a new generation
Since 2021, Swiss entrepreneur Daniel Grieder has been applying his versatile talents to the helm of German fashion giant Hugo Boss, where he has doubled revenue. He talks to LUX about redefining the brand for a new generation. “Hugo Boss is celebrating its 100th...
Behind the Scenes at the Cristal Champagne Vineyards with Louis Roederer
Louis Roederer, maker of Cristal and other celebrated champagnes, has long led the way in environmentally conscious winemaking, using biodynamic and organic techniques. CEO Frédéric Rouzaud has also brought his passion for art photography to the fore with a series of...
Maryam Eisler interviews Manhattan art doyenne 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,...
The Richard Mille Art Prize at the Louvre Abu Dhabi
The Richard Mille Art Prize, held under the celebrated dome at Louvre Abu Dhabi showcases artists from the Gulf region. Maria Sukkar, LUX senior contributing editor and co-chair of the Tate Middle East North Africa Acquisitions Committee, talks to the most recent...
Lebanese couturier Elie Saab on designing beauty
Elie Saab’s self-made fashion empire has spawned a world of luxury beloved by many of the world’s wealthiest and most discerning women. LUX speaks to the Lebanese couturier and entrepreneur Elie Saab has achieved the supposedly unachievable. The designer has...
Meet the Green Chefs
Some of the world’s most decorated and creative chefs are making environmentally friendly dining the most exciting taste in the world. In the first of a two-part LUX report, Isabella Fergusson talks to three of gastronomy’s finest to find out more Will...
The future of philanthropy, with UBS
As the number of high net worth individuals increases, the philanthropic sector funded by their wealth has expanded. But is philanthropy genuinely effective and useful? In this feature, LUX speaks to some of the leading players to establish how the future of the...
A full body checkup at Harley Street’s Echelon Health
We might take perfect care of ourselves – exercising body and soul, eating carefully and mindfully – but our bodies might have other ideas. Now the latest technology means we can literally see inside ourselves for diagnostic purposes with astonishing accuracy. Dare we...
A look at 180 years of history with Penfolds
Think of the world’s great historic wine countries, and you might think of France, or possibly Italy or Germany. Yet one fine wine brand celebrating its 180th anniversary this year hails from the other side of the planet. Penfolds, maker of iconic wines like Grange...
Bettina Bryant on California’s Bryant Estate
Bettina Bryant, owner of California’s iconic Bryant Estate, is a wine-world legend. She is also a philanthropist, a significant art collector and cultural polymath, and an advocate of nature and biodiversity. Darius Sanai meets Bryant over a thoughtful dinner in...
Artists In Conversation: Michelangelo Pistoletto and Pascale Marthine Tayou with Maryam Eisler
LUX’s Chief Contributing Editor, Maryam Eisler, talks to friends and internationally acclaimed artists, Italian Michelangelo Pistoletto and Cameroonian Pascale Marthine Tayou about artistic dialogue, cultural roots and creative chaos Maryam Eisler: I’m...