Gergiev and the Nature of Fame
Louder, Maestro! Andrei Navrozov wonders why Gergiev isn’t a bigger noise in Italy and ponders the nature of fame, from…
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Our Letter to the Prime Minister
Dear Prime Minister, With the imminent publication of the revised National Planning Policy Framework, we are writing to urge protection…
ByAn HNW ABC
The fourth instalment of our lexicographical endeavour, a dictionary for the super-wealthy Jaguar: Is it a car? Is it a…
ByEating Out in Austerity Britain, Present Gluts and HNW Dealers
Chips with Everything We’re eating out less and are being more selective over our dinner guests — and new micro-technology…
ByFortune’s Spear
Fortune’s Spear: The Story of the Blue-Blooded Rogue behind the Most Notorious City Scandal of the 1920s Martin Vander Weyer…
ByMagpies, Squirrels and Thieves
Magpies, Squirrels and Thieves: How the Victorians Collected the World Jacqueline Yallop Atlantic Books, 320 pp Reviewed by Mark Le…
ByBettina Von Hase from Nine AM on Art, Patronage and Non-Elitism
Number Von Lady’s Aesthetic Agency Great contacts, German efficiency and a strain of diplomacy that runs in the family have…
ByPhilanthropy, Multiculturalism and Contemporary Art in Sydney
Didgeridoodles A perfect storm of money, mature multiculturalism and matter-of-fact Aussie audacity, gathering for years, has burst over the Contemporary…
By3D Printing and Cutting-Edge Design
They Don’t Make ‘Em Like They Used To Nicole Swengley on the multi-layered possibilities of ‘additive manufacturing’, the astonishing 3D…
ByWhy Picasso is Attractive for First-Time Art Buyers…And Auctioneers
Blue-Chip Period <br /> What a performer! Ivan Lindsay on the reasons why that randy old goat Pablo Picasso remains…
ByHow to Buy Contemporary Art
The Art of the Sale You’d think buying art would be as easy as Auerbach, Bacon, Clemente. But, says Freddy…
ByDavid Walsh of MONA on Sex, Museums and the Hobart Contemporary Art Scene
The Shock of the Old and New David Walsh, founder of MONA, has put the art into Hobart with a…
BySelling Royal Memorabilia: From the Queen’s Letters to Tsar Nicholas II’s Doodles
God, Sell the Queen Nostalgia isn’t what it used to be — it’s more expensive, for one thing, especially if…
ByBook Extract: The Hellhound of Wall Street
Backs to the Wall Think today’s bankers have image problems? Back in 1933, Ferdinand Pecora made sure they had plenty…
ByMusic Patronage and Private Salons
Are You Being Patronising? Melinda Hughes on why brilliant but broke young musicians need all the help they can get,…
ByDamien Hirst on Spot Paintings and Not Painting His Own Work
Spot On Anthony Haden-Guest talks to that dotty master, Damien Hirst Just about anybody with an active interest in Contemporary…
ByBook Extract: English Country House Interiors
Him Indoors Jeremy Musson goes round the houses to explain why, when it comes to stately piles, it’s not just…
BySpear’s Submission to the Government on Protecting Britain’s Heritage
Following a six month campaign (Save Britain’s Historic Landscape), starting in August 2011, shortly after the publication of the draft…
ByChristmas Cheer, Eurozone Blues and Government Ponzi Schemes
Season’s Bleatings THE FESTIVE SEASON has been upon us. It shouldn’t be a big surprise, for it tends to happen…
ByA Lot of Hot Air!
Part of Spear’s Save Britain’s Historic Landscape Campaign by Chris Heaton-Harris, MP for Daventry I have been contacted by a…
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