Greek gates are like fingerprints – no two appear to be similar

“Dubai has become a destination, most buyers are looking to stay long term and the flippers have gone,” says Jason Hayes, managing director of Luxury Property (luxuryproperty.com) which specialises in the area. Hayes is agent for the boutique firm Xtreme Vision which has to date finished just two residential projects here: Le Reve and Volante […]

Jean Nouvel museum heralds new cultural dawn for Emirates

The restoration of Doughty House is one of the most important heritage and legacy projects in Britain today

Ballerina’s residence is being transformed into palatial new home

The intense interest in the last Leonardo da Vinci painting known to be in private hands drew crowds from all over Britain to Christie’s London saleroom where it was shown for just four days. As I joined the queue, the consensus seemed to be that it might be the last chance ever to see the […]

Picasso on the Beach One of Peggy Guggenheim’s favourite works of art forms the core of this show themed on beach works by the great Picasso. The star of the exhibition is On The Beach (La Baignade) shown next to its preparatory sketch for the first time and astonishingly executed on the same day. Picasso […]

IT DEPENDS on how you assess it but the latest Tefaf art market report estimates that global auction and private sales raised some $45 billion in 2016. An Art Basel report by UBS puts the value even higher. Either way, it is a huge market. Now some of the run off may go to helping […]

MARKING 200 YEARS since the death of the great Jane Austen, a hotel at the foot of the famous hill which plays a pivotal part in her novel Persuasion has come up with a novel walking tour. The Mercure Box Hill Burford Bridge Hotel, to give the establishment its new title (it used to be […]

Koons, Hirst, underwater sculpture parks and other deep sea monsters