A week of art in Jaipur
The Public Arts Trust of India has announced its 5th edition of the Jaipur Art Week, which takes place every year in the UNESCO World Heritage City. As PATI’s Founding Chairwoman, Sana Rezwan’s mission is to bridge the city’s timeless heritage with...
Protected: LUX and Patina’s 2026 Art Residency launch party
Where art becomes ocean conservation
Eleven global art patrons from two generations, chaired by one of London’s greatest art doyennes, steered by LUX, and anchored in the most groundbreaking luxury resort in the world. The Patina Art Residency brings together regenerative tourism, sustainability and...
Bulgari Hotels Milan and Paris reviewed
Bulgari has become one of the most celebrated luxury city hotel brands, and here we visit their flagship offerings in Milan and Rome Anyone who is anyone knows that Milan is now the buzzing place in Europe. Yes, the city that previously was known only for its fashion...
Why British Airways is still one of the very best airlines
You shouldn’t feel nostalgic for the gilded jet set era when air travel was supposedly more romantic, says Darius Sanai. In truth we have never had it better – and if you’re a Gold card holder of British Airways, based in London, you are in one of the most...
Dressing in Van Cleef from piste to party with LUX’s Fabienne
How is the Gstaad private jet set accoutring itself this winter? Fabienne Amez-Droz, LUX contributor and Gstaad resident, picks from the jewellery box of Parisian joaillier Van Cleef & Arpels 1. Libertad earrings Follow LUX on Instagram: @luxthemagazine For when...
The Badrutts Serlas Suite in St Moritz
If you’re looking for a place to stay this winter, start with a new suite in an old St Moritz Palace, Badrutt’s. LUX Editor-in-Chief Darius Sanai reports You’ve landed at Samedan in the Gulfstream after a flight from St Barts laced with just a little too...
Staying at Suvretta House, Queen of the Engadine
Suvretta House, just outside St Moritz, could be the perfect combination: a self-contained resort with celebrated restaurants and its own ski lift, a snowball’s throw from the parties in town, and right next to the even more exclusive parties up the road One slight...
Inside Diriyah, Saudi Arabia’s new-old cultural city
A vast development on the outskirts of Riyadh, Diriyah is being built around the foundations of the kingdom’s historic capital. Combining culture, leisure, education, and plenty of terraces where you can sip (alcohol-free) cocktails with a view, it could just be...
Rachel Verghis interviews Sam Falls
American artist Sam Falls is known for the entwinement of nature in his works. The Ruinart Conversations with Nature artist 2025, whose works have been shown at institutions including the Pompidou, Fondation Louis Vuitton and MOCA, speaks with LUX Contributing Editor...
Inside the Monte-Carlo Bay Hotel & Resort
At Blue Bay Marcel Ravin in Monte Carlo, chef Ravin’s poetic Martinique-meets-Mediterranean cuisine has been rewarded with two Michelin stars – and transformed the Monte-Carlo Bay Hotel & Resort into one of the principality’s most exciting culinary destinations....
Protected: A night of Penfolds wines at home in London
Inside a Day at Preventicum
Whether you’re 25 or 65, how can you be sure your body isn’t going to deliver you a health shock in the near future? Using the latest technology and analysis, you really can discover any upcoming bumps in life’s road – and take action to avoid them. LUX spends a...
How Louis Roederer champagne leads in biodiversity
To make the greatest luxury wines, you need to look after the land: a philosophy espoused by Cristal maker Louis Roederer that is becoming more widely shared, writes Darius Sanai Biodiversity is something many of us think of in the abstract: flowers, bees, polar bears...
Jonathan Miller: a tribute to my mentor by Darius Sanai
For a mentor, Jonathan Miller could give some pretty damn terrible advice. It was sometime in the late 1990s, shortly after we had met. I was back in the UK from my first job after university, as a foreign correspondent, and, low on contacts but high on ambition,...
A conversation with artist-poet Arch Hades
The world’s highest-paid poet, Arch Hades, endured a torrid youth. She is now an artist as well as a poet, with acclaimed exhibitions in London and Venice, her works full of classical and philosophical references. LUX Editor-in-Chief Darius Sanai meets her and...
Head to Baku Art Weekend for a unique cultural celebration
The Heydar Aliev Cultural Center in Baku was one of the last great projects of super-architect Zaha Hadid An initiative by Leyla Aliyeva, the prime cultural and artistic force in Azerbaijan, on Europe’s easternmost coast with the Caspian Sea, will set the...
Spirit Now London acquires works for National Portrait Gallery at Frieze
Every year, collectors’ group Spirit Now London awards a prize to artworks at Frieze London to highlight the work of often-overlooked women artists, and acquire their work for an institution. Chaired by Marie-Laure de Clermont-Tonnere, the fourth edition of this...
The first ever Jodhpur Arts Week just opened
The first ever Jodhpur Arts Week, running October 1st until the 7th, launches under the theme Hath Ro Hunar (or, ‘skill of the hand’). Curated by Tapiwa Matsinde and Sakhshi Mahajan, the week of exhibitions, installations, and panel discussions aims to...
Stuvetta Moritz review
We visit the coolest fondue spot in St Moritz – and enjoy some healthy options and a great vibe Waltz into The Grace, the first new five star hotel in St Moritz since the time the dinosaurs ruled the Earth, or at least since they ruled the Cresta Run down the...
Megu, Gstaad review
Haute cuisine in the high Alps: anyone passing through Gstaad this summer had the choice of not one but two culinary legends next to each other on one of the most scenic terraces in Europe, with a contemporary cool vibe unmatched anywhere else in the mountains Follow...
Peter Gago of Penfolds Grange interviewed by Lewis Chester
Peter Gago is chief winemaker at Penfolds, and creator of some of the world’s most desirable and innovative wines, including Grange and Grange La Chapelle. LUX contributor Lewis Chester is one of the world’s most renowned collectors and founder of the Golden Vines...
Grand Hotel La Cloche Dijon and Ermitage de Corton reviews
Burgundy is at the top of the list for any discerning wine lover to visit, with its blend of history, scenery, rural charm, beautiful cities and some of the world’s greatest wines. Here we visit the best city hotel in Burgundy, and an authentic rural retreat amid the...
Angeliki Kim Perfetti Curates ‘Light’ at Hauser & Wirth St Moritz
This summer, Hauser & Wirth St. Moritz presents Light, a luminous group exhibition curated by Angeliki Kim Perfetti, founder of DYNAMISK and LUX Contributing Editor. Inspired by her upbringing in Swedish Lapland, The glamorous, dynamic Perfetti – alongside the...
L’Andana, Tuscany, The Fish, Cotswolds, and Hotel Harmonie, Vienna, review
In summer Europe is at its best, and it’s time to visit destinations made justifiably famous over the centuries. Here, we visit a classical country estate hotel in Tuscany, L’Andana a wonderful and authentic luxury hotel in the Cotswolds, The Fish, and a...
Il Salviatino, Savoy Florence and Portrait Florence review
Florence has never been more compelling for its mix of old and new art – and old and new people – with a buzzing youth scene complementing the wonders of the Uffizi and its churches and squares. And there has never been a better selection of places to stay, as we...
An interview with Bas Van Kranen
Dutch chef Bas van Kranen has redefined fine dining throughout his career at restaurants Bord’Eau and Flore, introducing plant-forward menus with a focus on sustainability – and earning two Michelin stars along the way. In a conversation with LUX, he tells us...
Mont Cervin Palace and Beausite, Zermatt review
The high resort of Zermatt, ringed by 4000m peaks covered with eternal snow, is home to one of the original luxury hotels in the Alps, the Mont-Cervin Palace. It also houses a hotel with one of the best views in the world: the Beausite. Mont Cervin Palace, Zermatt...
Binith Shah is creating the ultimate duvet with UMŌ Paris
Entrepreneur Binith Shah is on a mission to create the ultimate sleep experience. How? By using the rarest Eider duck feathers, gathered painstakingly and sustainably in a sanctuary in Iceland, and then having craftspeople integrate them into the best duvets in the...
The morning after the night before at St Moritz’s Dracula Club with Heinz E. Hunkeler
German writer Konstantin Arnold offers a glimpse behind the scenes at the iconic Kulm Hotel in St. Moritz. Through his (groggy) encounter with longtime Kulm Hotel manager Heinz E. Hunkeler, Arnold reflects on the delicate balance of tradition, change, and the quiet...