March 5, 2020 | Art Events Lugano LAC “per tutti” For Everybody The first Italian words learnt by the new director of LAC, Michel Gagnon, who is Canadian, were: per tutti (for everybody). And if you walk through the LAC iconic building, whose spectacular windows give you the sensation of flying over…
June 22, 2019 | Art Milan A bit of porn for my birthday Pleasure to Escape Everyday Life Birthdays are a good moment for a treat, and I always make sure I include some art to my special day. This year, I went to Fondazione Prada in Milan, which I can highly recommend. Its art,…
June 12, 2019 | Art Basel Why Did A Record Number of Private Jets Just Landed in Switzerland? Art Basel 2019 This morning, while I was getting ready to go to Basel for the preview of the Art Basel art fair, I heard on the radio that Swiss…
May 24, 2019 | Art Uncategorized The Most Expensive Paintings in the World The Highest Known Prices Paid for Paintings How much is the Mona Lisa worth, and what are the most expensive paintings in the world? While it remains difficult to give…
April 12, 2019 | Art Lifestyle Welcome Home With Desenio Our Cozy Corners Welcome to our homes! Do you also have some favourite corners in your house? Geri and I love decorating and changing the disposition of our best objects, depending on the season or mood. Currently we are in the Easter…
March 19, 2019 | Art Tailor Made Art Like A Gala Dress When I first approached Orlando Marosini to tell him I would like to change some paintings in our house, I was surprised because he asked a photo of my living room. I sent it and told him I…
December 28, 2018 | Art Venice Bump Into Art Everywhere in Venice Get Lost Art is everywhere in Venice - during my recent Christmas trip I experienced it once more. Sun or fog, Venice is the city that inspired so many writers and movies about the concept of "getting lost" in it (remember Eat,…
December 16, 2018 | Art johannesburg SOLD! The Scandal, Mandela, Yiull Anonymous Collector Pays Nearly Half a Million for Mandela Autopsy Painting Johannesburg – Eight years after Yiull Damaso debuted “The Night Watch!” in a public viewing in Hyde Park, an anonymous collector made an offer to the artist for the painting. Why…
November 1, 2018 | Art Lifestyle Zurich 100 Years Ahead – Really A Teetotal Who Loves Cognac? I 've been a teetotal all my life. And I'm going to write about French luxury cognac maker Louis XIII , and Pharrell Williams. Not because they paid me (nobody did), but because I think the idea behind…
June 6, 2018 | Art Jewellery The Sophia Loren of Fountain Pens – Von Moos Sophia Loren meets Churchill Would you prefer to meet Sophia Loren or Winston Churchill? And what about receiving a hand-written letter from a beautiful Italian actress, or from one of…
