Chow Wow! The best of East and West meet in a Beverly Hills mansion to create the highly cultured, perfectly curated, wonderful world of Chow.
Living La Dolce Vita Le Sirenuse on the Amalfi Coast is the epitome of Italian chic, thanks to the family Sersale. So, too, their palazzo in Rome. How, asks Lee Marshall, do they do it?
Korea Modern Overshadowed by neighbors China and Japan, Korea has often been an art world afterthought. But as Barbara Pollack reports, attention should be paid.
Culture Watch
Chinese Snuff Bottles Scholarly and rare, popular and accessible, China’s littlest art form is hitting new heights in the market.
The Connoisseurs When Galerie J. Kugel abandoned its longtime home on the Rue St.-Honoré for new quarters on the Left Bank a couple years ago, the unveiling was held during the presti-gious Biennale des Antiquaires to ensure maximum attention from collectors and press. It worked. More than 5,000 people turned up in the opening days, and for weeks af- terward tongues wagged about how brothers Nicolas and Alexis Kugel had virtually upstaged Paris’s grandest antiques fair with their own singularly opulent showcase.
Upside Down and Inside Out In his magical camera obscura images, Abelardo Morell takes one of photography’s oldest and most basic principles and turns it on its head.
Dispatch
Arabian Days and Nights Following in the footsteps of a legendary 20th-century travel writer, Ella Windsor crosses the deserts of Arabia and finds a world in transition.
Lapo Elkann After a rough year of scandal and soul-searching, the prince of Fiat and grandson of Gianni Agnelli opens his closet doors and proves that reinvention is easy—with the right wardrobe, of course.
Food
You Say Bistecca, I Say Besotted Connoisseurs of fork-tender, melt-in-your-mouth steak prize the Chianina of Tuscany. One devoted chef goes a step further and breeds his own.
Golf
All Over Down Under From Melbourne’s golden-age courses to the windy dunes of Tasmania, gary fisketjon finds golf heaven on Australia’s southern shores.
Home Front
3 Days in Florence Italy’s very best haberdashers flock to Florence twice a year to present their latest luxuries at Pitti Immagine Uomo. Christopher Campbell reports.
She’s Gotta Have It From Colombia to Bolivia, from Ecuador to Peru, tastemaker Marcella Echavarria forages in the hidden corners of South America for that elusive one perfect thing.
Trend
Manhattan High Life After only two years, the apartments at the Time Warner Center have joined the most coveted in the world. Denise LeFrak Calicchio, daughter of New York developer Samuel LeFrak, reports on who’s buying what and why.
Up Next: Maldives Just two years after the tsunami swept through, this smattering of islands in the Indian Ocean is more ravishing than ever. And the Four Seasons Landaa Giraavaru is its new crown jewel.
Wine & Spirits
State of Zin The erstwhile country bumpkin of California reds, Zinfandel has evolved into a wine of unexpected depth and finesse, reports one former skeptic, Martin Filler.
Worldly Goods
Art of the Ikat These tie-dyed weavings from Indonesia and Central Asia are among the world's most sophisticated and collectible antique textiles.
Eva’s Ardor Having escaped Stalin, the Nazis, and whims of fashion, Eva Zeisel is still turning out her gentle, affable brand of modernism at 100. For Celia McGee, the designer’s legacy is also something personal.
Great Guns In the field, at the range, or in a collector’s cabinet, Purdey sets the standard.
Meet Mr. Luxury Philip Warner is a master of the rare, highly personalized, and exquisitely made.
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