With its nearly 15-foot-high frescoed ceilings, collection of paintings and bronze statues that span centuries and well-traveled owner, Giorgia D’Apuzzo’s Naples flat is architect Giuliano Andrea dell’Uva’s knowing tribute to the Grand Tour. “In the 1700s and 1800s, travelers came to Naples, taking inspiration from places like Pompeii and spreading Continue Reading
Aboriginal Art Is Booming in Australia. Inside the Galleries and Museums Spotlighting First Nation Works.
When a flash flood sent a five-foot wave sweeping through the Mitchelton Gallery of Aboriginal Art last fall, curator Adam Knight helicoptered in to rescue what he could. The subterranean gallery—part of a luxury resort in the middle of a Victoria winery that’s a 90-minute drive north of Melbourne—is no Continue Reading
This New Private Jet Concept Has Interiors That Morph, Bend and Stretch to Maximize Your Comfort
Extra space: the final frontier in aircraft interiors. And the design team at F/List is boldly going where no one has gone before. “It began with a question we asked ourselves during the pandemic,” says Melanie Prince, head of innovation for the Austrian atelier. “How can we do more with Continue Reading
Forget 3-D-Printed Cars. Someone Made a 3-D-Printed Cheesecake.
The future of food has arrived. Engineers at Columbia University have successfully 3-D printed. . .cheesecake, according to CNN. In a study published Tuesday in NPJ Science of Food, they detail a process by which a seven-ingredient vegan cheesecake (kind of counterintuitive, no?) is made using 3-D-printing technology and lasers. Continue Reading
This James Bond-Themed Rum Will Have You Skipping Your Martini
The booze that James Bond is most associated with is, of course, the Martini (mostly vodka, sometimes gin, and occasionally even a Vesper). But this new 007-themed bottle is full of rum, not one of the aforementioned clear spirits, and there’s a reason for that. The brand is Blackwell Fine Continue Reading
The Petersen Museum’s Epic New Porsche Exhibition Spotlights 40 Legendary Rides
Forget flowers and chocolates. The Petersen Automotive Museum is giving Porsche an entire retrospective for its 75th birthday. The exhibition, titled We Are Porsche, will showcase a “once-in-a-lifetime collection of vehicles” and illustrate how influential American collectors helped the German marque reach international acclaim. Opening to the public on April Continue Reading
This Ultra-Rare Ancient Gold Coin, Made to Mark Julius Caesar’s Death, Was Just Returned to Greece
The Eid Mar Coin, one of the most expensive ancient coins in the world after it was sold in 2021 for $4.2 million at auction, was repatriated to Greece this week after an investigation by Homeland Security agents found the coin had been sold using fake provenance. 28 other ancient artifacts looted from Continue Reading
This Sleek New 58-Foot Yacht Can Slice Through Waves at an Exhilarating 50 Knots
The letter “X” can symbolize a lot of things: a kiss, an unknown variable in an equation, or even death. In the case of Wally Yachts, though, X signifies power and speed. The Italian yard’s newest model, the wallypower58X, can soar across the seas at a blistering 50 knots (57.5 Continue Reading
Ai Weiwei Used 650,000 Legos to Create a Massive Ode to Monet’s Most Famous Painting
French painter Claude Monet famously used his own flower garden in Giverny as a source of inspiration for his Water Lilies series. Now, Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei has recreated his own version of Monet’s Impressionist masterpiece but using Lego pieces as his medium instead of brushstrokes. Titled Water Lillies #1, Continue Reading
15 Menswear Must-Haves from Todd Snyder’s Spring Sale, From Jackets to Polos
Do you feel the sunshine, that warm breeze touching your skin as you walk to work? This means it’s spring, the season of rebirth, the Masters, and strolls in the park. For fashion fans, it’s the season of shrewd layering, adding a bit of this and touch of that to Continue Reading