The Edit
Been poring over the Yellow Pages, scouring Craigslist and Gumtree, looking for a Freedom Wizard? We might just be able to help you there, or we might not. Young Brit artist Billy may or may not be the niche service provider you've been looking for;...
Paris
Let's take a moment to remember Jim Morrison. The legendary lead singer of The Doors famously passed away in a Paris hotel bath in 1971 – yet another rock'n'roll hellraiser who died aged just 27 along with Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Brian Jones...
The Edit
This year is a timely one to revisit the work of Rotimi Fani-Kayode for two reasons. Firstly, 2014 is the 25th anniversary of the photographer's premature death aged 34, and secondly it coincides with the introduction of proscriptive laws against...
The Edit
The collaboration between artists Kate Ericson and Mel Ziegler stretched from their meeting at college in the 1970s until Ericson's untimely death from brain cancer in 1995, and Galerie Perrotin in New York is hosting a retrospective looking back at...
Los Angeles
You know how it is when you want to go shopping for a new handbag or a bit of art but you can't face the prospect of elbowing through a crowd of plebs, so you have to send your head of security into the boutique first to clear everyone out and give...
Buenos Aires
The art scene in Buenos Aires has welcomed a new addition to its ranks in the shape of Galería UNION, an exhibition and project space opened by the graffitimundo art organisation in a renovated period building (including lovely stained glass...
Bandung
Just doing a quick tally of how many languages I can say “cheers” in, and I reckon to be in double figures, which speaks volumes about what kind of cultural engagement I usually get up to on my travels, but anyway... I happen to know that gan...
The Edit
When you need to improve wheelchair access to a building, or build a ski jump in your back garden, it might be worth giving Claude Parent a call. As a ground-breaking architect of several decades' note the Frenchman will probably be too busy, but...
The Edit
Abstract artist Remi Rough is kicking off a new era for Soze Gallery in Los Angeles; the Londoner's latest collection Further Adventures in Abstraction has been chosen as the inaugural exhibition at the gallery's new premises in West Hollywood. The...
Journal
It’s a curse of the digital age, or at least our digital age - frantic over-sharing of Barcelona’s street art or naughty afternoons downing Belgian beers in Antwerp. Social media has almost definitely lightened the wallets of pretty much...
New York
Interiors agency Ghislaine Viñas Interior Design describes its back-and-forth method of collaboration with furniture guru Francois Chambard, of UM Projects, as a “creative game of ping pong”, which sounds like a nice way to spend one's working...
The Edit
Oh to be young again. I'm pretty sure it used to be summer all year round, except two weeks of snow at Christmas. No two-day hangovers, things were cheap, and waistlines weren't so much as a fleeting consideration, never mind an unending battle....
Stuff Crush
Weirdness is a notion long entwined with the concept of creativity. Mocked by the strait-laced confined to their boxes of conformism, celebrated by the bold and the brave who pursue the outré as a means of pushing beyond the banal. In Weird...
City Notes
In Montreal’s Little Italy, a new arrival is making waves with a fresh take on Italian dining. Pasta Pooks, which opened in March 2025, is a compact five-seat takeout counter serving pasta and natural wine in a space that marries Old World charm...
City Notes
A once-forgotten 19th-century residence in Savannah’s historic district has been brought spectacularly back to life, reincarnated as The Douglas; a refined 16-room boutique hotel at 14 East Oglethorpe Avenue, where design meets old-world...
Dispatches
In a country where club floors open with Buddhist chants and Ladyboys offer dawn alms in corsets and stilettos, Elizabeth Waterman has found a world of contradictions too vivid to ignore. Over the past three years, and across four extended trips,...
Dispatches
No matter what type of business you run, a clear and comprehensive digital marketing strategy should be at the heart of it. Companies are continuing to invest more and more into getting themselves noticed online, and if you aren’t up to date with...
Dispatches
Moving, renovating, or downsizing in a fast-growing city like Dallas can quickly become overwhelming. Between tight housing transitions, unpredictable weather, and the sheer logistics of packing up a home or office, it’s easy to feel buried under...
Dispatches
Drivers race the yellow light constantly. It's become normal behavior. Someone sees the light turn yellow and accelerates to beat it rather than slowing down. Another driver is already committed to going through. They collide in the middle of the...
Dispatches
Once upon a time, hotels were where we went to escape real life, and homes were where we returned to it. Today, that separation is disappearing. The warmth, comfort, and design sophistication that once defined boutique hotels are now finding their...