Octavia Hill, Founder of the National Trust, Remembered
A Beauty-Full Mind On the centenary of the death of Octavia Hill, Clive Aslet joins the chorus of praise for…
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Art 13: An Art Fair with a Difference
A Fair Change Art13 will be an art fair with a difference, says Josh Spero: a proper global outlook, unexpected…
ByThe Rise of Private Museums in Asia
The West has a very particular conception of museums: public institutions for the public good created — at least in…
ByThe Story Behind Parmigiani’s New Mayfair Store
The Brand That Came in From the Cold Parmigiani’s approach may have grated with some, but its latest offerings and…
BySpear’s/Amazon Bookstore
You can buy all the books reviewed in Spear’s and mentioned in it or on spearswms.com in the Spear’s/Amazon Bookstore…
ByYue Minjun Brings His Smile-Screams to the Fondation Cartier, Paris
Montparnasse in Paris is usually a dead zone, not just for its cemetery, which holds Sartre and Baudelaire, Beckett and…
ByAn HNW ABC: X, Y, Z
The final instalment of our lexicographical endeavour, a dictionary for the super-wealthy Xanadu: You all know the words: ‘In Xanadu…
ByMichael Hoppen on 20 Years of His Photography Gallery
Michael Hoppen is celebrating 20 years of his Chelsea gallery, one of the first to show serious photography in London,…
ByWinners Announced for ‘Portrait of Our Queen’, HM Painted by Kids
Inside was a van Dyck self-portrait worth £12.5 million but the 150 people queuing outside Philip Mould’s art gallery in…
ByClive Head Is Waiting For The Art World to Catch Up With Clive Head
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Review: The Fishing Fleet by Anne de Courcy
THE FISHING FLEET: Husband-hunting in the Raj Anne de Courcy Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 336pp The introduction of India into the…
ByReview: Dark Pools by Scott Patterson
DARK POOLS: The Rise of AI Trading Machines and the Looming Threat to Wall Street by Scott Patterson Random House…
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Wallies Everywhere in Ibiza Nueva
When an excess of cash meets a lack of scruples and an absence of taste… well, it’s enough to make…
ByWhat Happens to Royal and Private Art Collections During Revolutions?
First Against the Wall Historically, when revolutions came, private art collections were dispersed almost as quickly as their owners were…
ByHurricane Sandy: A Party at the Eye of the Storm
On Sunday afternoon my eight-year-old daughter and I flew into New York for a wedding. Now it’s Wednesday and Hurricane…
ByLa Mamounia Literary Award
Here at Spear’s we are very familiar with Book Awards. Awards that celebrate business books, biographies, large format illustrated coffee…
ByGrand Pursuit: The Story of Economic Genius
Grand Pursuit: The Story of Economic Genius Fourth Estate, 554pp Syliva Nasar Reviewed by Christopher Silvester Buy Grand Pursuit on…
ByTitanic Lives: Migrants and Millionaires, Conmen and Crew
Titanic Lives: Migrants and Millionaires, Conmen and Crew Richard Davenport-Hines HarperPress, 400pp. Hardback £20, ebook £9.99 Reviewed by Peter York…
ByManaging Family Art Wealth Demands New Standards and Techniques
Many wealthy families are art lovers, own collections or actively buy and sell in the art market. As younger generations…
ByPaper Promises: Money, Debt and the New World Order
Paper Promises: Money, Debt and the New World Order Philip Coggan Allen Lane, 304pp Review by Christopher Silvester Buy Paper…
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