Art Home 2016 Issue 3

MAY 2016

ART& HOME The elements of an extraordinary life

MAY 2016

46 A Taste for the Good Life Wine collector extraordinaire William I. Koch is parting with thousands of his best bottles.

By James Reginato

50 Imagine the Conversation Contemporary artists and their Modern predecessors share a common language of brilliant creativity.

By Christine Schwartz Hartley

60 Wines of Change As the climate becomes increasingly unpredictable, winemakers are finding ways to adapt.

By Linda Johnson-Bell

64 Treasure Hunt: Dubai The city’s cultural gems are not hard to find once you know where to look.

By Stella Rosato

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DEPARTMENTS 10 The Scene Masters of Design in London, New York Asia Week Parties, Sotheby’s Supper Club at Soho House and more

15 Access New Chinese sculpture in Sussex, cook like an artist, major museum expansions and more

28 Extraordinary Properties A finely landscaped garden is no less personal than the interior of a home

32 Curated Art Deco jewels by Cartier perfectly capture the era’s elegant decadence

34 The Costumist

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The modern man’s silhouette was born of decades of subtle tailoring changes

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DEPARTMENTS 39 In the Mix All roads lead to Monte Carlo for RM Sotheby’s biennial auction

42 At Home with Art Kirill Istomin infuses practical elegance with colour and Old World charm

76 Sotheby’s This Season A calendar of auctions and exhibitions worldwide, plus a selection of sale highlights

96 Sotheby’s International Realty Property Showcase

108 Anatomy of an Artwork

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A lyrical painting by Marc Chagall blends the artist’s inner and outer worlds to magnificent effect

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Art & Home was created at the heart of our partnership and demonstrates the unique synergy that exists between the worlds of art and real estate. Lavishly produced, Art & Home speaks to the sophisticated reader with a passion for fine art, beautiful environments and, of course, exquisite homes – all the elements of an extraordinary life.

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HEAVEN SCENT 6 March Sotheby’s London A fashionable exhibition, Masters of Design presented breathtaking vintage couture from London’s William Vintage, along with exquisite original designs for Cartier, Boucheron and other jewellers. The British Fashion Council’s Fashion Trust treated New Bond Street guests to a scent-sampling experience led by perfume designer Azzi Glasser and the actor and model Jack Guinness.

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Sponsored by Sotheby’s and hosted by the International New York Times, the second annual Art for Tomorrow conference welcomed global art leaders to four days of panels, exhibitions and events focused on the themes of technology, creativity and the city. Her Excellency Sheikha Al Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani joined a panel on culture for a new urban agenda and artist Jeff Koons was a keynote speaker.

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SUPPER CLUB SERIES 25 February Soho House Soho House was the setting for a family-style dinner, the first in a series of informal gatherings where Sotheby’s specialists share their expertise. Young professionals listened to Allan Schwartzman discuss Sotheby’s Contemporary Curated auction, while Eli Rodriguez poured bottles from Sotheby’s Wine retail store to complement the seasonal dinner menu.

Sotheby’s Hong Kong partnered with award-winning architect William Lim to present Next Destination, highlights from his personal collection shown alongside a selling exhibition of Hong Kong contemporary artists. To celebrate the opening, collectors and guests enjoyed cocktails and conversation with Mr Lim.

ASIA WEEK 10 March Sotheby’s New York As part of Asia Week, two selling exhibitions in Sotheby’s galleries contrasted East and West, old and new, painting and photography.

Guests at the opening of The Literati Within and Liu Dan: Transitions met several of the featured artists, who discussed their work within the context of the global art world.

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BACK TO THE LAND Located on 26 acres of English woodland in Goodwood, West Sussex, the Cass Sculpture Foundation offers an enchanting landscape in which commissioned works are first showcased, then sold. Foundation and artists share the

profits, with the foundation’s portion going toward new commissions. Over the years, almost every notable sculptor in the UK, including Anthony Caro, Eduardo Paolozzi, Rachel Whiteread, Antony Gormley, Gavin Turk and Andy Goldsworthy, has

worked there. For its upcoming exhibition, A Beautiful Disorder, the foundation has turned its attention toward a new generation of Chinese artists.

Their formative years took place in a period of rapid economic growth and technological advances that

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—IAN JOHNS

Fusing high art and comfort food, The Kitchen features 100 vegetarian recipes inspired by dishes served at artist Olafur Eliasson’s Berlin studio, where each day up to 100 people share lunch and ideas at one long table. From beluga lentil salad with sautéed fennel to Tuscan kale risotto, recipes have been adapted to feed smaller groups, with ingredients listed for six and 60 people. Studio Olafur Eliasson: The Kitchen (Phaidon), $49.95. —ALICE RILEY-SMITH

Wang Yuyang’s Identity, 2015.

(Above) Lunch boxes in Olafur Eliasson’s studio.

FUN FAIR

A MANHATTAN COCKTAIL Now in its fifth year, Frieze New York returns to Randall’s Island.

With 202 galleries from 31 countries, the must-attend art fair is not only a platform for established contemporary artists, but also for emerging talent from as far afield as Bogotá and Beijing. Its lineup of equally intriguing artist talks and panel discussions includes Tracey Emin, Rachel Whiteread, Celia Hempton and Hanna Liden exploring notions of intimacy and privacy.

Although Frieze may be one of the spring’s most serious contemporary art events, its playful air adds a welcome dose of fun. This year’s commissioned Frieze Projects, curated by Cecilia Alemani, feature work by Alex Da Corte, Anthea Hamilton and Heather Phillipson.

Eduardo Navarro’s piece deploys performers sporting circular mirrors to reflect passing clouds, while David Horvitz is hiring a “pickpocket” to roam the fair and deposit tiny sculptures into pockets and purses.

As Alemani notes, “Hopefully, this is the very first time you walk out of a fair with an artwork you didn’t pay for.” Frieze New York, Randall’s Island Park, 5–8 May. —IJ Sean Kelly Gallery at Frieze New York, 2015.

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informed these artists’ frequent multimedia approach.

Participating artists include Lu Pingyuan, also showing at the Liverpool Biennial in July; Li Jinghu, inspired by life in his home, the factory city of Guangdong; and Xu Zhen, whose MadeIn Company collective encompasses performance, sculpture, video, photography, Internet art and painting. “When it comes to taking initiative or being confident, curiosity is a motivating factor,” Xu Zhen observes.

“From this perspective, you can see why a lot of our work is in so many different mediums.”

No wonder the fifteen newly commissioned outdoor pieces that make up A Beautiful Disorder draw on a variety of sculptural techniques. Using a range of materials including bronze, stone and wood, these artists reflect on Chinese culture, politics and society on a monumental scale. A Beautiful Disorder, Cass Sculpture Foundation, Goodwood, West Sussex, 3 July–6 November.

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EXOTIC ALLURE Part of the young Bangkok-based accessories designer Nasha’s WIEN collection for spring, the Ettore Stone Clutch bag (right) was inspired by the jewellery, interiors and architectural designs of the Vienna Secession of the late 1890s. Each bag in the luxe collection is handcrafted from exotic materials ranging from matte python and springbok to crocodile and stingray. The Ettore Stone Clutch is made of amber snakeskin and adorned with a sculptural agate stone.

The detachable strap makes it as practical as it is pretty. Ettore Stone Clutch, $810. valerydemure.com —ARS

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A view of the new wing at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.

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With its stepped facade and central black-and-white-striped tower atrium, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) has always had a distinctive presence. But now, thanks to a brand-new, ten-storey wing by Norwegian architectural firm Snøhetta, it is making an even bigger impact.

Best described as an asymmetrical wedge with a rippling white facade, this addition to the original 1995 building more than doubles the museum’s space: at 460,000 square feet, it becomes a sizable rival to New York’s Museum of Modern Art. When SFMOMA reopens in mid-May after this three-year expansion, visitors will be greeted by a rolled-steel work by sculptor Richard Serra as well as a 26-foot-wide mobile

by Alexander Calder. Along with displaying work by Picasso, Jasper Johns, Diane Arbus and Robert Rauschenberg, the museum will showcase the substantial private collection of Gap founders Doris and Donald Fisher. Also, a floor will be devoted to the Pritzker Center for Photography, and Dutch artist Claudy Jongstra is the first to have a site-specific commission at the new sculpture terrace. Gourmets will even find a restaurant by three-Michelin-starred chef Corey Lee. All this makes SFMOMA the place to see and be seen.

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Opening 14 May. —IJ

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A rendering of the Switch House, Tate Modern, London.

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TOWER OF STRENGTH Tate Modern in London has not only appointed a new director, Frances Morris, it also has a new extension, opening in June. It’s been some fifteen years since Herzog & de Meuron transformed the Bankside Power Station into the gallery, which has seen annual visitor figures rise from two million to an average of five million. The Swiss architects’ new ten-storey Switch House, a twisted tower with an open-brick exterior and slender horizontal windows, adds 226,000 square feet of new space, increasing the existing building’s size by 60 per cent.

The $377 million extension, built over the power station’s old oil tanks (now three underground spaces dedicated to performance art), has prompted a complete rehang of the gallery’s collection. Along with Modern masters such as Picasso and Rothko, it aims to show previously underrepresented artists.

Upcoming programming includes a major Georgia O’Keeffe retrospective, covering her work from 1915 to the 1960s, as well as Tate’s Artist Rooms series, which draws on artworks gifted by art dealer Anthony d’Offay. The first featured works, shared between Tate Modern and the National Galleries of Scotland, will be by Louise Bourgeois, while Phyllida Barlow will be the 40th artist to join the Artist Rooms collection.

Of the Tate’s choices, Morris observes: “We feel very committed to recognising women’s achievements, and it’s true to say that women’s achievements in the arts for many years have not been recognised. We’ve tried to bring out of the shadows people who have been overlooked.”

The outside is likely to be as impressive as the interior. Go to the tenth floor to find a 360-degree outdoor viewing platform.

Switch House, Tate Modern, London, Opening 17 June. —IJ

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This spring, a slew of new limited-edition titles is sure to add lustre to any reading list. For the aspiring collector, Robert Frank: Film Works (Steidl) presents an anthology of the influential photographer’s lesser-known cinematic projects packaged together in a custommade wooden suitcase. Included are four DVDs, an accompanying catalogue and two pamphlets. Meanwhile, for a glimpse inside the studio of megawatt artist Matthew Barney, photographer Ari Marcopoulos’s Fumes (Karma) documents the comings-and-goings of the Cremaster protagonist; a limitededition print by Marcopoulos is enclosed. For its part, Assouline offers a rare look inside five historic temples with Venice Synagogues. Released to coincide with the 500th anniversary of the Jewish ghetto in Venice, photographer Laziz Hamani’s images are presented in a hand-bound edition encased within a linen clam-shell box. For an altogether different kind of revelation, Matthew Weiner’s Mad Men (Taschen) is a must-have tome for the acclaimed TV show’s devotees.

In addition to a two-volume set that includes film stills from all 92 episodes accompanied by copious annotations from Weiner, the edition also offers seven quarter-bound volumes of all the show’s scripts, as well as a limitededition print by artist Brian Sanders.

Finally, for those more rarefied bibliophiles, Hiroshi Sugimoto: The Long Never|Collector’s Edition (Damiani) presents the photographer’s cameraless images of 40,000-watt electrical discharges created in his studio. With an introduction by Jonathan Safran Foer, the edition also includes an eleven-by-fourteen-inch silver-gelatin print signed by Sugimoto, contained within a brushed-aluminum box.

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NATURE’S EMBRACE As personal and diverse as architectural and interior designs, artful gardens reflect their owners’ tastes and needs, writes Iyna Bort Caruso.

Beautifully landscaped properties such as this one in Costa Rica honour nature while speaking volumes about the owners’ style.

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Outdoor living areas have never been more prized. According to a recent design-trend survey by the American Institute of Architects, homeowners are making al fresco spaces a priority – even in climates with short summers.

With his eponymous firm engaged in dozens of high-profile projects around the world, Miamibased landscape architect Enzo Enea is well suited to confirm the trend. “We see gardens as an extended living area,” he explains, adding that patios, most specifically, should be considered as wings of a home naturally embellished by nature.

But extraordinary gardens extend far beyond exterior dining and lounging spaces.

With palettes that captivate the eye, fragrances that enchant the senses and views that lift the spirit, the best gardens delight in ways that are both subtle and profound. Taking their cues from the area’s light, weather and landmarks as much as from distant places and cherished artworks, finely landscaped gardens are no less personal, nor less diverse, than the products of fine interior design and architecture. Whether traditional and colourful, modern and minimalist, or culturally and geographically inspired, they are also – and perhaps above all – glorious celebrations of nature, small green

universes designed to suit their owners’ tastes and needs. As Enea notes, his work always aims to intertwine the soul of a house with its surroundings, and his approach is driven by “the way in which an individual lives in and interacts with the environment.”

“Each owner has a different relationship with his or her garden,” says Elena Araya Callís of Costa Rica Sotheby’s International Realty.

“What they all have in common, however, is that their beautiful gardens inspire them to enjoy more time with nature.” In the Costa Rican capital of San José, for example, an Italian-style villa ringed by classic formal gardens with mature trees and showy flowers offers such dreamy focal points as a reflecting pool designed to capture the light, “especially during sunsets,” Callís says. Such moments, she explains, create “an idyllic setting.” Like all gardens, this one is always in motion, generating new stories by the season and sometimes by the footstep. Like all extraordinary gardens, it is a variegated work of art that enhances the home’s beauty as well as its value.

New York-based writer Iyna Bort Caruso has contributed to The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and Newsday, among others.

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(Right) Flawlessly designed by renowned architect Ronald Zurcher, this Italian-style property is located in Pinares, an exclusive neighbourhood located on the east side of the Costa Rican capital. Classic European gardens adorned by a reflecting pool make the perfect setting to enjoy this residence’s endless views. $3,600,000 Property ID: 47MBV2 | sothebysrealty.com Costa Rica Sotheby’s International Realty Catalina Sauma +506 2253 5333

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(Below) A humble estate situated among rolling hills in the exclusive gated golf community of Castle Pines, Gan Aden (Hebrew for “Garden of Eden”) offers extraordinary craftsmanship and design focused on blurring the boundaries between indoor space and outdoor living areas.

Its award-winning Japanese terraced garden converges on a tranquil waterfall, which cascades into a koi pond shaped like the Japanese symbol for heart. A ceremonial teahouse and separate spot for yoga and meditation create another serene oasis. $3,900,000 Property ID: R9TS3K | sothebysrealty.com LIV Sotheby’s International Realty Douglas D. Kerbs +1 303 898 7818

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(Above) Known locally as the Castle on Lake Tahoe, this gated waterfront château stretches over two lots, offering a rare 180 feet of Lake Tahoe frontage.

Designed to delight owners who like to entertain, this residence features night-lit gardens and fountains, illuminated ponds, walking paths and flowering shrubs and roses, as well as a creek-side outdoor dining space. $23,900,000 Property ID: M639P3 | sothebysrealty.com Sierra Sotheby’s International Realty Janet Pahl +1 775 745 6826

PALAZZO LIFE ZEJTUN, MALTA

(Left) This 18th-century palazzo has been modernised to a luxurious standard without sacrificing its historic charm. Stunning views of beautifully landscaped gardens can be enjoyed from all of this home’s main rooms. $4,200,000 Property ID: VJ7 | sothebysrealty.com Malta Sotheby’s International Realty +1 356 2010 8070

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(Above) A detail of Alexander Roslin’s 1771 portrait of Swedish King Gustav III and his brothers embodies an especially ornate moment in style.

(Opposite) As depicted in 1782 by Sir Joshua Reynolds, Captain George K. H. Coussmaker is all manly confidence.

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Fashion is all too often considered female territory, but as a major museum exhibition is now proving, men have long been slaves to this fickle mistress. Reigning Men: Fashion in Menswear, 1715–2015, at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) until 21 August, tracks shifts in male fashion from the 18th century onward. The clothing on view demonstrates how that early silhouette gradually transformed into the foundation of today’s modern tailoring: slender legs, narrow waists, strong shoulders and broad chests.

Typical dress for the 18th-century gentleman was a three-piece suit, which consisted of breeches and a dress coat worn over a sleeveless waistcoat or vest. With their sequins, tassels and glitzy embroidery, many of LACMA’s 18thcentury garments look distinctly feminine to us, but back then, men of a certain class dressed just as boldly and elaborately as women. The 1730s and 1740s were not the most flattering decades in men’s fashion history – a tailored fit was secondary to the quality of the textiles used in men’s clothes. The dress coats were bulky and their skirt sections voluminous, with extra material gathered into pleats at the side seams.

A crucial design element, these seams and their abundant fabric allowed both for dramatic flourishes while mounting steeds and for comfortable seating en route. Since all gentlemen were entitled to wear swords, the coats often included an open slit to accommodate the weapon at the hip. Shoulders were sloped and sleeves broad, folding back in wide cuffs at the wrist – a clever move to visually balance the

ample coat skirt below and the vast, curling periwig atop the head. Sometimes made of matching fabric, the waistcoat reached the hip and buttoned down the front, giving even the slimmest chap a paunch. No matter how exquisite the textiles, to today’s viewer the clothing appears stiff and oversized. Coupled with grey-powdered wigs, these boxy silhouettes made strapping young portrait sitters look positively middle-aged.

By the 1760s, sleeves had become narrower and cuffs more modest. In the decades that followed, coats became tighter, giving gentlemen a more elongated, slender figure.

Suits were now made from whimsically patterned cloth, with yet more elaborate embellishment added onto coat fronts, cuffs and pockets. Alexander Roslin’s 1771 portrait of the then 25-year-old King Gustav III of Sweden with his brothers, Princes Frederick Adolf and Charles, offers a striking picture of this moment in style. The Swedish royals’ coats are encrusted with precious metal decoration, and each sibling has matched his cuffs with his waistcoat – a rather nice touch. While the brothers look fabulous, they do not exactly ooze manliness to the 21st-century gaze. Roslin posed them surveying plans for fortifications to indicate their power and military prowess; for us, this activity may be the only element in the scene to help them appear vaguely macho.

And yet, shortly thereafter, the slimmer silhouette began to appear thanks to an evergreater emphasis on tailoring. It was in the 1780s and 1790s when everything changed:

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The LACMA exhibition traces the gradual shift in menswear. Here, a bulky dress coat, long waistcoat and broad sleeves folded back into wide cuffs encapsulate the look of the decade.

This French circa 1760 court suit shows how sleeves have become narrower, cuffs more modest and the coat fitted, giving gentlemen a slimmer, elongated figure.

Shorter waistcoats narrow the waist, coat skirts cut away, armholes shift back to thrust out the chest: the modern look, as shown in a French coat and vest.

IN THE PAST, MEN WERE EXPECTED TO DRESS JUST AS BOLDLY AND ELABORATELY AS WOMEN.

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Waistcoats became shorter, narrowing the waist, and coat skirts lost all volume, becoming flat and sleek. As painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds in 1782, Captain George K. H. Coussmaker couldn’t look more different than the young Swedish royals in Roslin’s portrait.

Just look at the Captain’s comportment – what swagger! His coat fronts curve backward dramatically from his chest to show off his narrow waist; the sloping shoulders of the previous decade are gone and the armholes have shifted back, drawing together the shoulder blades and thrusting out the chest.

From then on, it wouldn’t be long before this style evolved into the peak of manly men’s fashion, the Regency period. There’s a reason the quintessential Regency gentleman sets modern hearts aflame while King Gustav leaves us cold. That early 19th-century silhouette

marked the dawn of an idealised male figure that endures today – narrow waist, wide chest and all. Of course, then as now, not every man could pull it off. Luckily for those lacking in natural attributes, radical improvements in tailoring meant that almost anyone could achieve the illusion of a perfect figure.

Shoulders and chest panels could be padded to add bulk, cloth could be manipulated with steam to smooth lines, and a type of corset could even be worn to pull in the waist. While the 18th-century nobleman could only rely on the distraction of opulent fabrics, fine tailoring now permitted even the most unlikely gentleman to be sculpted into a handsome male. And as we know, the same holds true today.

Jonquil O’Reilly is an Old Master Paintings specialist at Sotheby’s New York. Reigning Men: Fashion in Menswear, 1715–2015, is on view at LACMA through 21 August.

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1954 Bentley R-Type Continental Fastback Sports Saloon by H J Mulliner

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COLOUR IT BEAUTIFUL Kirill Istomin has an unfailing eye for delightful hues, quirky elegance and Old World charm, finds Meredith Mendelsohn.

n the last decade or so, Russian-born Kirill Istomin has developed a reputation for his singular mix of Old World opulence and contemporary comfort.

For a recent project in his native country, Istomin turned a Chinese-inspired pavilion at Catherine the Great’s summer palace outside St Petersburg into a whimsical luxe weekend cottage for its latest owners.

After spending a decade honing his skills in the US by working at the firm of Parish-Hadley and collaborating with Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, Istomin launched his own company in New York in 2002 and also opened an office in Moscow. His love of antiques and flair for the tastefully decorative have made Istomin the go-to decorator for clients on a quest for beauty across the globe, from Manhattan town houses and Beverly Hills villas to Moscow residences and Mediterranean retreats.

You grew up in Russia but quickly became entrenched in the design world after your arrival in New York. How did that happen?

I came to New York to study at the Parsons School of Design.

Albert Hadley came to one of the [in-class] critiques, and then I wrote him a letter. I got an interview and I brought my portfolio of renderings. Mr Hadley said he’d never seen such a colourful portfolio before. He hired me as an intern at first. I stayed there for five years, until the firm closed in 1999.

What did you take away from your five years there?

Real-life experience: What is a pillow, what is a fringe, what are curtains, how do you do the curtains, and how do you put it all together? How do you present it to the client? It was all super important for me.

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How would you describe your personal style?

I’m definitely not a minimalist.

I have a traditional, classical background, but overall I’d say I’m traditional-modern. I love colour. I’m not a beige person.

I think it’s all about beautiful colour combinations. Colour creates a mood, and each room has an individual mood.

What are some of your favourite sources of design inspiration?

I love antiques. They have their own identity. And I just love the history of interior design. I’m fascinated by the whole culture of objects. As someone who will do around twenty guest bedrooms at the same time, I find it very appealing to buy something and have it right there, rather than wait for months for something to be made – although I do sometimes secure custom pieces. I find it very meditative to look through auction catalogues. I buy a lot for my own inventory. I have a big collection of table lamps, side tables – things every project needs. Having an inventory you can play with is helpful.

Meredith Mendelsohn writes about design and art for the Wall Street Journal, Architectural Digest and other publications.

(Clockwise from above) Kirill Istomin; a symphony in blue for a city pied-à-terre; and a weekend cottage in a pavilion originally built for Catherine the Great.

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PHOTOGRAPH BY STEPHAN JUILLARD

You describe yourself as “Old World.” What does that mean?

This comes from the Parish-Hadley experience. A lot of people don’t call themselves decorators, but a decorator is who I am. Decorating is about making the room beautiful.

It’s all about beautiful things. It’s more about the approach than the style. So I think I’m a decorator in this oldfashioned way, taking a room that might be nothing and making it beautiful.

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Are there any decorative touches you can’t live without?

I use lots of mirrors: antique mirrors, mirrored panels as surfaces. I like the sense of reflection. It’s a great material to trick the eye – you can change the shape of a room.

If you have a low ceiling, for example, you can make a visual impression that the ceiling is higher.

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Do you purchase pieces with an idea of how you might use them?

I really believe that if objects are beautiful, they will look great anywhere, regardless of their time period. I have clients with multiple homes. I’ll see a beautiful bergère, for example, and I’ll say, “Let’s just buy it – we’ll find the place for it.”

Recently I purchased two paintings, and in order to convince the client to take them, I made full-size colour copies and tried them on the wall. It worked.

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A TASTE FOR THE GOOD LIFE An energy-industry magnate, sailing enthusiast and wine collector extraordinaire, William I. Koch is culling 20,000 bottles from his vast collection, but still keeping

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William I. Koch in his personal cellar.

His last name may conjure the trifecta of industry, philanthropy and political activism that have marked his brothers’ influence on American political matters, but this particular Koch brother is definitely his own person – the ties that bind him to siblings Charles and David, the men in charge of Koch Industries, the second-largest privately owned company in the US, loosened a long time ago. He is William I. Koch, and Sotheby’s upcoming May auction of selections from his incomparable wine cellar presents a grand opportunity to meet the man.

A billionaire businessman, an avid sailor – his yacht America3 won the America’s Cup in 1992 – and a passionate art and wine collector, Bill Koch, as he is known, is a force to be reckoned with. As a result, the three-day auction of some 20,000 of his bottles promises to be a stellar occasion. Estimated to bring in a staggering $10 million to $15 million, the sale has one of the highest estimated totals ever for a Sotheby’s wine auction.

Equally astonishing is that these thousands of bottles represent less than half of Koch’s wine holdings – “my last count was 43,000 bottles,” he says – and that their quality is just as remarkable as their quantity. Indeed, over the decades, Koch has assembled a cellar of almost unprecedented breadth and calibre, filled with Bordeaux and Burgundies from some of the 20th century’s most highly regarded vintages, along with many other treasures.

A native of Wichita, Kansas, and one of Koch Industries founder Fred C. Koch’s four sons, Bill developed his taste for wine in his latter years at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he earned his bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees in chemical engineering. In truth, his undergraduate days were marred by an unfortunate combination of frat-house binge drinking and hepatitis, which put him off alcohol for a few years. After a while, however, Koch found that he was able to drink wine. And so his love affair with the divine elixir began in earnest, however clumsily: “I started with wine in a box, then I went to Lancers Rosé [the Portuguese rosé blend] because I could make candlestick holders out of the bottles,” he jokes.

Thankfully, visits from his father provided opportunities to better his choices: “My father liked to go to fancy restaurants, so I developed a taste for very good food,” he explains. “And with good food, I thought, ‘Maybe I can try some better wines?’”

Through trial and error, he found wines he really liked, with names such as Lafite and Pétrus. “When I got a little bit of money, I said, ‘I’d like to have these at home,’” the Oxbow Group founder and CEO recounts. (His energydevelopment holding company is the world’s largest marketer of fuel-grade and calcined petroleum coke.) “When I got a lot more money, I developed a taste for superfine wines and eventually assembled this huge collection,”

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he continues. “I bought a lot of it in the 1980s – I’m afraid I drove up the price of wines in the ’80s,” he says, perhaps unabashed. “After I started buying less, the market went down.”

Although Koch’s collection includes superb bottles from Italy, the Americas, Australia and New Zealand, it largely focuses on France, with the majority of its vintages coming from the most hallowed terroirs of Burgundy and Bordeaux. Highlights from his collection include a case of Château Mouton Rothschild from 1945 (estimated to fetch $80,000 to $120,000) and a single three-litre jeroboam of Romanée-Conti from 1959 (estimated at $30,000 to $42,000). These are the wines Koch cherishes most: “With the great wines of France, you can really taste the love and care a vintner put into them,” he says. But he is an ecumenical oenophile, and quickly resorts to an art analogy to answer the question that has been dividing wine lovers for ages. “Asking if you prefer Bordeaux to Burgundy is like asking if you prefer Monet to Picasso,” he says. “I love the taste of both and will drink them together at the same meal. Bordeaux is more of a macho wine, a bit more powerful. Burgundy is more sophisticated, refined and complex.”

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“ASKING IF YOU PREFER BORDEAUX TO BURGUNDY IS LIKE ASKING IF YOU PREFER MONET TO PICASSO,” KOCH SAYS. “I LOVE THE TASTE OF BOTH.”

(Clockwise from top) A Botero sculpture on Koch’s Palm Beach property grounds, the 1992 America’s Cup winner America3 and Koch’s Palm Beach cellar.

The owner of a prodigious fine art collection, Koch is naturally prone to making frequent comparisons and combinations between wine and art. In fact, his two collections were jointly displayed in Things I Love: The Many Collections of William I. Koch, a 2005 exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, which featured prized Roman antiquities alongside works by the likes of Monet, Renoir, Cézanne, Matisse, Picasso, Modigliani and Arp. Koch’s fascination with the American West was represented by paintings and sculpture by Remington and Russell as well as Native American works and rare firearms, including the gun that killed Jesse James. All great stuff, in terms of collecting art and rarities, which Koch has clearly no intention of putting up for auction any time soon.

So why is he parting with nearly half his wine collection just now? “I’m 75 and I’ve got 43,000 bottles,” he answers. “I’m still going to have about 23,000 bottles left after the sale, and I’d have to live another 100 years to drink them all. I’ve just got too much stuff, so I’m culling the collection.” Fair enough. After our interview, Koch offers a tour of his cellar, which a ten-man team from Austria – it came with all the bricks – built beneath his house over the course of many months. (Similar cellars are located at his residences in Aspen, Colorado, and on Cape Cod, Massachusetts.) While some racks are empty – a Sotheby’s team spent six weeks packing items from the three cellars for the sale – there is still an Aladdin’s cave worth of wine left. “I notice you’re not feeling sorry for me,” Koch says as I gape at the treasure trove. He’s right: I’m not – especially now that we can all get our hands on one of the thousands of bottles with which he is parting.

James Reginato is writer-at-large for Vanity Fair.

Wines from the Cellar of William I. Koch Auction: 19–21 May; Enquiries: +1 212 606 7050

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CONVERSATION The spring auction season is a time of excitement: Our senses are alert; our minds, open – we’re in the mood for new adventures and connections. At Sotheby’s, works by major contemporary

and Cecily Brown, for instance), others

artists and their Impressionist and

might very well happen in our galleries.

Modern predecessors will be shown

Take Picasso and Basquiat: two charismatic

together in Imagine the Conversation,

personalities who experienced meteoric

a stimulating preview exhibition running

rises to stardom, two channellers of African

29 April to 12 May. Ahead of a blockbuster

art who were prone to sociopolitical

week of sales, we are presenting these

commentary, two artistically restless souls

artworks in our redesigned New York

whose legendary status grew after their

galleries and giving them time to simply

deaths. If only these two could have met; in

talk among themselves.

our galleries, their works will do the talking.

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In the pages that follow, we pair artists

We invite visitors to partake in these

who might engage in especially lively

dialogues. A place where connections

dialogues. While some of these matchups

are made, echoes found and arguments

are purely imagined (Helen Frankenthaler

rehashed, Imagine the Conversation will be an exchange spoken in a language understood by all – that of brilliant creativity. — Christine Schwartz Hartley

Pablo Picasso and JeanMichel Basquiat in action.

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ALBERTO GIACOMETTI (1901–1966) & FRANCIS BACON (1909–1992)

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In ultra messy studios that bred success, these Europeans lived radically different lives – Bacon with men, often drunk; Giacometti married the woman who rented the room next door. The artists shared mutual acquaintances but their meetings were few; on a trip to Paris in the early 1960s, Bacon bumped into Giacometti at a café and said he admired his work. Had their conversation lasted, painter and sculptor might have recounted how they each arrived at their own brand of distorted, existentialist figures.

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HELEN FRANKENTHALER (1928–2011) & CECILY BROWN (b. 1969) Frankenthaler thought of her paintings as “full of climates,” and Brown’s lush, at times erotic, compositions emit an almost tangible heat.

These powerhouse artists, wranglers of big, athletic canvases, would surely debate the merits of Abstract Expressionism: Frankenthaler having traded its content-charged machismo for Colour Field’s organic fluidity, Brown having absorbed its distinct paint handling and general assertiveness into her very own brand of feminism.

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MARCEL DUCHAMP (1887–1968) & ANDY WARHOL (1928–1987)

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These two had slightly different definitions of the word factory – Duchamp seeing it as the place where bicycle wheels and bottle racks are made, Warhol as the improvisational space where his art and parties happened. Beyond that, these men would find themselves tightly connected: The Pop artist couldn’t have existed without the Frenchman’s Readymade revolution, and it was America that made Duchamp a celebrity. And, of course, fame was Warhol’s life-long obsession and a focus of his work.

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FERNAND LÉGER (1881–1955) & KEITH HARING (1958–1990)

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Signature lines, bold figures and formal clarity – these idioms were shared in strikingly similar ways by two artists who might talk about life and death and exchange stories from the front lines of very different wars. Their respective battles changed the art they made: Léger’s experiences of World War I led him to produce machine-like forms reminiscent of tanks and weapons. An AIDS activist who ultimately died of the disease, Haring created iconography (such as the horned sperm) related to his illness and the larger crisis.

Imagine the Conversation will be on view 29 April–12 May at Sotheby’s New York. sothebys.com/imaginetheconversation

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WINES OF CHANGE As climate change transforms the

world’s wine-making regions, wine producers are finding inventive ways to adapt to the changes and keep the cellars stocked, writes Linda Johnson-Bell.

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am standing in the shade of an olive tree. Sweating grape pickers race frantically up and down the sloping hill before me in the scorching heat of Emilia-Romagna. This is Italy’s famed “fertile crescent” – its food basket – but the land beneath the vines is compacted and dry. Dust devils swirl between the gnarled roots. There is much shouting. The owner looks tense. The grapes need harvesting.

Subito! But he has a problem: if the pickers cannot get the grapes in fast enough by hand, the vines will shut down from the heat and the grapes will die on the vine. The year’s crop will be lost.

What does climate change have to do with wine?

Everything. Wine is made from grapes and grapes are a fruit – and so much more than that. They are the crop most susceptible to climate variations. They can anticipate Mother Nature’s every mood. In fact, climatologists adore the wine industry. What other type of farmers have painstakingly recorded every single climatic detail? The planet is warming – and we can taste it.

The New World wine regions of California, Australia, New Zealand and South America have been experiencing problems for much longer. These places do not have indigenous grape varieties. The wine grapevine, Vitis vinifera, was brought to them from Europe. Purists are entitled to argue that trying to grow fruit in a nonindigenous climate was bound to end in tears. There is only so far we can manipulate a growing environment and just because Chardonnay can be grown everywhere doesn’t mean that it should be. Now, as the crisis finally hits the cabernet-coloured heart of fine wine in Europe, the issue

has become mainstream and is no longer the preserve of the scholarly few. France has suffered a loss of billions of euros, and the world is paying attention.

Variable weather is good; extremes are bad. The challenge of working with, or overcoming, Mother Nature is what the entire viticultural exercise is about. A great winemaker is one who can navigate the vagaries. New World wine regions were pooh-poohed for being lazy: wine-growing in a constantly sunny climate is considered easy work – too easy – and the wines reflect that. But it’s not just heat that is causing problems. What is happening is that there are more extreme cycles of weather within the larger cycle of an overall warming. Record cold winters are followed by record hot summers; droughts give way to extreme rainfall and flooding – in one region and during one growing season. Harvest variations used to be the guarantee of wines with character and personality, but too much variation means too much unpredictability and ruined crops. How much more variation can winemakers handle?

The world’s fine wines come from “cool climate” regions: Mosel, Bordeaux, Burgundy, Piedmont. A cooler climate allows the fruit a longer “hang time,” or a longer growing season. This produces fruit with greater elegance and the structure essential for ageing. The hotter a growing season, the shorter it is. The heat increases the sugar content of the fruit. And the higher the level of sugar at fermentation, the higher the level of alcohol of the resulting wine. High levels of alcohol unbalance a wine, erasing all of the grape’s varietal character and compromise its ageing ability. Ever wonder why so many big, red wines taste the same? It’s the heat. Anything above 13.5 per cent ABV and it can be hard to

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discern which grape you’re drinking. In fact, the legal definition of wine is between eight and fourteen per cent.

Why should we care about climate change and wine?

Because it is climate that determines whether a wine is a great wine or just a good wine. And the goalposts are changing. Also, in the same way that food crops are affected by provenance, quality, price and scarcity, so are our wines.

We will have erratic wine supplies, production costs for wine producers will skyrocket, and so, too, will prices.

Our favourite wines are already tasting different. Some of our regions will change wine grapes and wine styles, or cease wine production altogether. European appellation laws will fall by the wayside, with Chianti and Brunello di Montalcino being made from “warmer” grapes such as Nero d’Avola, rather than from Sangiovese. Sancerre may not be Sauvignon blanc anymore. And Bordeaux is already replacing its increasingly unviable Merlot plantings with Carménère. How we drink, buy, store and invest in wine is changing.

This is where it starts to get interesting. It is not all doom and gloom – quite the contrary. As winemakers battle these changes on the front line, they are becoming global pioneers

in eco-inventiveness. Their dedicated and creative efforts to mitigate and adapt to climate change are contributing to a worldwide knowledge bank.

Climate change also means that we are going to see more wines from newer regions. And while a lot of these newer fringe regions are considered too extreme at the moment, the general warming trend should have the effect of closing the temperature gap. We will see more wine grown in northern France, in Brittany and Normandy. In the UK, Christopher Trotter has just harvested his first vintage in Fife, in Scotland. Sweden is currently planting Pinot noir.

Award-winning author and sommelier Andreas Kjörling says: “Over the past decade, more than 40 growers have started cultivating grapes well-suited for cold climates – such as Rondo, Solaris and Siegerrebe – commonly known as hybrids and unfortunately regarded as of lesser quality.

However, Chardonnay and Müller-Thurgau, among other more traditional grapes, are also grown. I think we’ll need to accept a change of what are considered ‘noble’ varieties – Swedish wine has a prosperous future.”

Recently, China overtook France as the world’s second largest wine grower. Between 2010 and 2014, China’s total

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These are regions with the ability to continue adapting by moving to higher altitudes or to coastal areas, by lifting EU irrigation laws, or by making changes in grape varieties and winemaking styles.

Most of the Old World classic wine regions are in this category. For example: Alsace’s predominantly white varieties are slowly being superseded by reds.

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Regions with a fledgling established viticulture at the cooler outer margins of production will ameliorate to see a more reliable output – not necessarily of better quality – and/or increase viticultural areas. This category includes many northern white-wine producing regions – such as the Rhine – that will move into heavier white wine styles and increased red production.

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consumption increased by about 36 per cent. The industry is unregulated and there are a lot of cowboy bulk wines out there. But Spain’s Torres family has teamed up with two of China’s best wineries – crucially, both family-owned – Silver Heights and Grace Vineyards.

Climate is low on the list of worries for Emma Gao of Silver Heights – she had to enlist the aid of the French ambassador to persuade the Chinese government to not requisition the winery’s vineyard in Ningxia for development. They managed to retain a portion, but residential tower blocks, as opposed to countryside, now dominate the landscape. “While we’re on the same latitude as Bordeaux, the climate here is continental,” Gao says. “We are in a very dry desert region. The advantage of such an environment is that none of the vine diseases can develop there, so we don’t use any pesticide. But the temperature difference is great between summer and winter: 37°C to -25°C. It is therefore necessary to bury the vines in winter, which has the effect of reducing the growth cycle.”

At the other end of the world, Mario Pablo Silva of Casa Silva, Chile’s southernmost winery, nestled in the foothills of Patagonia, tells us: “As a winery, we are continually looking to broaden our horizons and challenge the parameters of what is possible within Chilean winemaking.

Ranco is cooler than any other wine region, and vintage variation is likely to be more dramatic, but the soils are ideal and we are delighted with our first harvest. The potential for the future is extremely exciting and we are delighted to be the first winery to carry out such a project.”

It is exciting. Cool-climate hunting is the new wine sport – who knows where our next Chablis region will be?

Northern England? Exploring and experimenting will take a while. As adaptable as they are, grapes are not like the fashion industry and trends cannot be accommodated from season to season. Grapevines have a life span that continues into their fifties, sixties and seventies, producing better fruit all the while. Wine producers are having a difficult time navigating their way through a quickly changing landscape with a product that has a built-in timeline dictated by nature.

Wine-future investors, too, are in for an interesting time. They need to know where to buy in the future and how to revalue current stock. As the classic wine-investment regions continue to produce wines with 15.5 per cent alcohol and higher, these wines may not have the ageing potential they once had. So the tenet on which their investment is based may no longer be valid. Should investors start following cooler climate regions and buy wines that could be future classics? Should they try to buy as much of the older vintages as possible? Or start investing in new vineyards and the eco-technology that could be the key to sustaining the wine industry in future? The game is changing and will quickly separate the wheat from the chaff.

What does the future hold? For each wine region, the answer will be different. Some will be forced to abandon viticulture, others will adapt and improve, while more new areas will emerge. The wines from the classic regions, the

fine wines, are most affected. Bulk commercial wines that rely on technology rather than nature will continue to do so. We will not see a shortage of wine, just a shortage of fine wine, as we wait to see what the newer regions produce. Another silver lining is that during this period of reshuffling, there will be more regions making wine than ever before. This might lead to a reduced demand for wine imports – and considering that, after water, wine’s biggest cost to the environment is transport, this is good news.

This is a pivotal era in the wine industry. The wines of the southern hemisphere will at first do better, due to their coastal influence and freedom from appellation laws. They will move south, closer to the pole, until they run out of space. This is something the northern hemisphere has more of, which means that it may ultimately house the majority of the world’s wine producers. Those regions in northern Europe will be the first to find our next classic terroirs. The rest of Europe will hang on for as long as it can to its current grape varieties, trading on established appellation brands until, with forced irrigation and heat, they become New World versions of their old selves. Full-scale replanting programmes will eventually be embraced, exploring first the forgotten indigenous grape varieties and then adopting varieties from other, warmer regions.

Many have already begun, while others are adopting a wait-and-see policy. But again, as old regions lose production, newer regions will gain in production and balance will be restored. There will be wines that we will miss and wines that we will welcome. Just like with friends.

So let’s drink to that.

Linda Johnson-Bell is an award-winning wine writer, critic and panel judge, and the author of Wine and Climate Change: Winemaking in a New World.

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TREASURE HUNT cultural scene are not hard to find – once you know where to look, says Stella Rosato. Photography

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ulture and art are perhaps not the first things you’d expect to come across in a travel guide to Dubai – although it has been said that the entire skyline is like a vast art installation. Yet away from the glittering skyscrapers, glossy shopping malls, indulgent brunches and sunny beaches, Dubai has a cultural heart that beats solid and true. And it’s not hard to find it, as long as you know where to look.

The Shindagha district is a restored neighbourhood that hugs the banks of the Dubai Creek. It was the centre of the city’s pearling industry until its demise in the 1940s. From Shindagha, the forefathers of present ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, presided over and protected the land and community. Their efforts and the significant mark they made on the city’s growth are documented in the minimuseums that have sprung up in Shindagha’s restored buildings.

Even early in the morning, there’s a heat haze across the creek and the sun beats down on Shindagha’s interlocked pathways. But in the Traditional Architecture Museum, in the former house of Sheikh Juma bin Maktoum (Sheikh Mohammed’s great uncle), the cool rooms vibrate with the sounds of hammering and sawing. As it turns out, this is a soundtrack for the exhibits at the museum, which provides absorbing insight into Emirati design and construction. The impact of this history is apparent in many of Dubai’s newer developments – hotels, apartment blocks, even shopping malls – which have been built to mirror a distinctive style.

Using coral stone and gypsum, their intricately carved balustrades and doors provide a cultural reference to Dubai’s old trading partner, India.

A minute’s stroll along the banks of the creek, where dhows (traditional sailing vessels) unload their wares as they have for generations – a reminder of how important the sea has been to the livelihood of the Emiratis – is the house of Sheikh Saeed bin Maktoum Al Maktoum, Dubai’s ruler for 46 years until his death in 1958. The house itself is a national monument and documents the history and development of the city through artefacts and stunning historical photographs. The view from the sheikh’s summer majlis (reception rooms) on the top floor is well worth the small entrance fee. Next door is the world’s only camel museum, built in tribute to these stoic ships of the desert. Their esteemed place in Arabian culture, however, seems to be slightly at odds with the menu at Barjeel Al Arab, a nearby restaurant where local delicacies include the house speciality, camel burger.

The achievements of Emirati women are the subject of a lesser-known museum on the opposite side of the creek, in a side street by the bustling Gold Souk. To reach it, take the abra, which at one dirham (30 cents a trip) must rate as one of the cheapest commercial boat rides in the world.

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First opened in 2012 and situated in an airy, three-floor building, the Women’s Museum pays tribute to the intellectuals, artists and poets who were pioneers in their fields and offers visitors a refreshing, often unexpected glimpse at how Emirati wives and daughters view themselves and their place in society. As its founder, Dr Rafia Ghubash, has said: “Women here were empowered a long time ago, but we haven’t had a chance to tell our story. Don’t think that because we are covered we are not empowered.”

The area of Al Fahidi, back over in Bur Dubai, is a perfect embodiment of how Dubai’s traditional and contemporary cultures blend together harmoniously. The neighbourhood has undergone painstaking restoration. Tucked away in its ancient winding streets lies the Sheikh Mohammed Centre for Cultural Understanding – an initiative instigated by the ruler to educate expatriates and visitors in the cultural mores of his country. Styled as a traditional home, the centre offers a packed calendar of events throughout the year, including heritage tours and the ever-popular cultural meals, where visitors can join an Emirati host for a

(Clockwise from top) One of the restored old souks near Al Fahridi; traditional abra boats provide a cheap and scenic way to cross Dubai Creek; visitors discover local traditions during a meal at the Sheikh Mohammed Centre for Cultural Understanding; and Deer in the Headlights, an installation by artist Doa Aly, overlooking the waterside in Dubai’s historic district of Shindagha.

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congenial chat about UAE customs and religion over breakfast, lunch or the recently launched Saturday brunch (some new Dubai habits are clearly here to stay).

Elsewhere in Al Fahidi, vibrant life spills from restored buildings that are home to craft shops, cafés and even a traditional guesthouse. However, it is the number of art galleries springing up that have really put the area on the map. Each year in March, Al Fahidi plays host to the SIKKA Art Fair, a fringe festival to the city’s more commercial Art Dubai. Specifically designed to feature UAE contemporary art and initiatives, SIKKA – which is named after the area’s narrow alleyways, designed to generate cool breezes through the buildings – has become a way for Emirati and UAE-based artists to work and engage with the visiting international art community during Art Week and the Art Dubai fair, the major Modern and contemporary art event in the region. Throughout SIKKA the neighbourhood takes on a carnival atmosphere, with outdoor film screenings, live music, entertainment and, as ever in Dubai, a melting pot of nationalities enjoying it all together.

Across town, that same passion for the arts is also evident in the unlikeliest of places. Alserkal Avenue is a creative arts district situated in Al Quoz, Dubai’s gritty industrial area of warehouses and factories, which is far – in sentiment if not distance – from the city’s tourist trail.

It was founded in 2007 by Abdelmonem Alserkal, a forwardthinking Emirati who wanted to create something akin to London’s Shoreditch or New York’s Meatpacking District in his home city. His vision has paid off. Just a few years after

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the first handful of galleries tentatively moved into Alserkal’s cavernous warehouses, the 250,000 square-foot area has filled with dynamic art and performance spaces and cultural initiatives.

Its galleries include art scene pioneers such as Green Art, the Emirate’s very first launchpad for regional artists, as well as other galleries who have participated in international events, such as Carbon 12 at Art Cologne and Lawrie Shabibi at Art Basel Hong Kong. Many of Alserkal’s galleries are committed to affordable art: Versus Arts shows emerging artists alongside the completely unknown, while A4 Space and The Fridge give creatives the ability to mingle by presenting a variety of cinema events, cafés and performance spaces. At Gulf Photo Plus, directors Mohamed Somji and Hala Salhi have set up what they call a “hub within a hub,” creating an environment where photographers of every level can learn, interact and exhibit – they can even buy and sell equipment in a dedicated photographic marketplace.

On Gallery Night, which takes place twice a year in September and March, the whole avenue opens its doors and art lovers and patrons stroll the streets between the galleries, glasses and canapés in hand. “It is a completely unexpected side of Dubai, even for people who have lived here for a long time,” says Mariam Fawaz, a longtime Alserkal fan.

“Although the community is better known now than in the earlier days, it still feels very edgy and uncommercial.”

The vibrancy of Dubai’s young art scene has had a significant effect on other creative industries, too, as product and

(Clockwise from top) The galleries along the Alserkal Avenue district, which is inspired by London’s Shoreditch and New York’s Meatpacking District; the Traditional Architecture Museum occupies a fine 1927 courtyard building, formerly a residence; and Asmaa al Shabibi, director of the Lawrie Shabibi gallery, which champions new artists.

furniture design in the city increasingly makes its mark.

Although only five years old, Design Days Dubai is already the leading fair in the Middle East dedicated to collectible and limited-edition furniture and design objects. “It is always a challenge to trailblaze new disciplines, ideas and concepts,” says fair director Cyril Zammit. “In the first year, I don’t think people knew what to expect, but the local and international community have embraced the fair wholeheartedly.”

The fifth edition of Design Days took place in March and drew some 13,500 visitors to a large tent Downtown. It gave international designers the opportunity to present themselves to an increasingly savvy local audience, while local designers also had the chance to launch their work.

Aljoud Lootah showed her first collection of furniture based on Japanese origami at the 2015 fair: “It’s a great chance for visitors to Dubai to see that the UAE homegrown talent is on par with anywhere in the design world,” she says.

Many of the city’s young designers have set up shop in the d3 Dubai Design District, launched in March 2015 in a three-day extravaganza of art, food, fashion and music –

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the sort of brouhaha the city revels in. As a brand-new neighbourhood, d3 will, when complete, mix edgy residential and office space with major and small boutiques, galleries, workshops and artists’ studios. It may not have grown organically like other creative areas of the emirate, but it is evidence of the direction in which Dubai sees its future.

From 2016, this future will encompass perhaps the ultimate cultural statement of any city – an iconic opera house, which will serve as a centre for performing arts from all over the world. Apart from opera, the 2,000-seat, multiformat venue plans to host theatre, concerts, art exhibitions, orchestral works, film and sports events.

Poignantly, Dubai Opera’s architecture is styled after the classic wooden dhows that have sailed the Arabian Gulf for generations and hold such significance in this city of traders, which constantly looks forward to the future, but rarely without looking first to its past.

Stella Rosato is a UAE-based journalist.

Courtesy of Raffles magazine. Visit Raffles.com

(Clockwise from top) Gulf Photo Plus directors Mohamed Somji And Hala Salhi; the 2015 Design Days Dubai fair included origami-inspired pieces by Aljoud Lootah, such as this teak lamp; the galleries of Alserkal Avenue provide a showcase for local and international artists such as Matilda Gattoni, who documented women around the world in her 2015 photo exhibition HER at Gulf Photo Plus; and Alserkal Avenue, in an industrial area of town.

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ONIONS UNDER WATER: DANNY FOX 29 April–27 May, New York

IMPORTANT SILVER, BOXES & OBJECTS OF VERTU Exhibition 29–30 April & 2 May Auction 3 May, Paris

7 AFRICAN, OCEANIC, & PRE-COLUMBIAN ART Exhibition 29 April–6 May Auction 7 May, New York

AFRICAN ART FROM THE COLLECTION OF DANIEL AND MARIAN MALCOLM Exhibition 29 April–6 May Auction 7 May, New York

4 May, Paris (Below) 1951 Ferrari 340 America Barchetta Chassis no. 0116/A Estimate upon request RM Sotheby’s Monaco

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CONTEMPORARY ART EVENING Exhibition 29 April–11 May Auction 11 May, New York

A PRIVATE JAYER COLLECTION Auction 11 May, London

IMPORTANT CHINESE ART Exhibition 7–10 May Auction 11 May, London

IMPORTANT WATCHES Exhibition 11–13 May Auction 14 May, Geneva

COMICS Exhibition 11–13 May Auction 14 May, Paris

RM SOTHEBY’S: MONACO Exhibition 13–14 May Auction 14 May, Monaco

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9 IMPRESSIONIST & MODERN ART EVENING Exhibition 29 April–9 May Auction 9 May New York

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IMPRESSIONIST & MODERN ART DAY Exhibition 29 April–9 May Auction 10 May New York

FROM EARTH TO FIRE Exhibition 7–9 May Auction 10 May, London

12 CONTEMPORARY ART DAY Exhibition 29 April–11 May Auction 12 May, New York

17 MAGNIFICENT JEWELS & NOBLE JEWELS Exhibition 13–17 May Auction 17 May, Geneva

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19TH CENTURY EUROPEAN ART Exhibition 14–17 May Auction 18 May New York

AMERICAN ART WINES FROM THE WILLIAM I. KOCH CELLAR Auction 19 May, New York

PHOTOGRAPHS Exhibition 15–18 May Auction 19 May, London

24 (Above) Two diamond bracelets, Cartier, circa 1930 CHF90,000–130,000 Magnificent Jewels & Noble Jewels

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Property from a Private Collection THOMAS HART BENTON Forward Pass, 1970 $80,000–120,000 American Art

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LATIN AMERICA: MODERN & CONTEMPORARY ART

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TWO CENTURIES OF AMERICAN HISTORY: HIGHLY IMPORTANT LETTERS & DOCUMENTS Exhibition 14–17 May Auction 18 May New York

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THE D BRENT POGUE COLLECTION Exhibition 21–24 May Auction 24 May, New York

MUSIC, CONTINENTAL & RUSSIAN BOOKS & MANUSCRIPTS Exhibition 19–23 May Auction 24 May, London

19TH & 20TH CENTURY SCULPTURE Exhibition 20 & 22–24 May Auction 25 May, London

19TH CENTURY EUROPEAN PAINTINGS Exhibition 20–24 May Auction 25 May, London

MODERN & CONTEMPORARY ART Exhibition 20–24 May Auction 25–26 May, Milan

DESIGN Exhibition 19–21 & 23 May Auction 24 May, Paris

30 FINE CLASSICAL CHINESE PAINTINGS Exhibition 28–29 May Auction 30 May Hong Kong

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24 May, New York (Below, left to right) Tiffany Studios, “Anemone” paperweight vase $30,000–50,000 Tiffany Studios, Carved paperweight vase $25,000–35,000 Important Design

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IMPRESSIONIST & MODERN ART Exhibition 21–25 May Auction 26 May New York

OLD MASTERS Exhibition 21–25 May Auction 26 May New York

31 BOOKS & MANUSCRIPTS Exhibition 27–30 May Auction 31 May Paris

SWISS ART Exhibition 27–29 May Auction 31 May Zurich

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CHÂTEAU PALMER DIRECT FROM THE CHÂTEAU & THE CELLARS OF MAISON MÄHLER-BESSE Auction 4 June, Hong Kong

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3 May, Paris (Below) AUGUSTE RODIN Iris, messagère des dieux $2,500,000–3,500,000 Impressionist & Modern Art Evening

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Exhibition 4–7 June Auction 8 June, New York

CONTEMPORARY EAST Exhibition 3–6 June Auction 8 June, London

9 AMERICAN PAINTINGS, DRAWINGS & SCULPTURE Exhibition 3–8 June Auction 9 June, New York

13 ANCIENT CLASSICAL SCULPTURE & WORKS OF ART: RELOADED Exhibition 10–13 June Auction 13 June, London

MODERN & POST-WAR BRITISH ART Exhibition 10–13 June Auction 13–14 June, London

A MILANESE CABINET COLLECTION Exhibition 10–13 June Auction 13 June, Milan

Exhibition 3–6 June Auction 7 June, New York

RUSSIAN WORKS OF ART, FABERGÉ & ICONS Exhibition 3–6 June Auction 7 June, London

RUSSIAN PICTURES Exhibition 3–6 June Auction 7 June, London

CONTEMPORARY ART Exhibition 3–7 June Auction 7–8 June, Paris

10 S|2 Selling Exhibition

ANIMAL FARM – CURATED

BY SUZANNE VAN HAGEN Exhibition 10 June–22 July, London

IMPORTANT JEWELS Exhibition 7–10 June Auction 10 June, New York

14 BOOKS & MANUSCRIPTS Exhibition 10–13 June Auction 14 June, New York

15 16 FINEST & RAREST WINES Auction 15 June, London

OLD MASTER & 19TH CENTURY PAINTINGS, DRAWINGS & SCULPTURE Exhibition 11 & 13–15 June Auction 16 June, Paris

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elect works from the storied private collections of Ambassador John Langeloth Loeb, Jr;

Mamdouha & Elmer Holmes Bobst; the descendants of the Blaffer family of Texas and other notable tastemakers will make their appearance at auction this May in New York. Among the muchanticipated offerings are a monumental Miró bronze, a spectacular Pointillist oil of St Tropez by Signac, emblems of Fauvist colouration by Derain and Vlaminck and shimmering Impressionist landscapes by Monet, Pissarro and Sisley, as well as three elegant Picasso portraits completed en grisaille.

Property from the Collection of Ambassador John Langeloth Loeb, Jr PAUL SIGNAC Maisons du port, Saint-Tropez, 1892 $8,000,000–12,000,000 Impressionist & Modern Art Evening

9 May, New York

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(Above) CLAUDE MONET Près Monte-Carlo, 1883 $5,000,000–7,000,000 (Opposite) CLAUDE MONET Camille à l’ombrelle verte, 1876 $9,000,000–12,000,000 Impressionist & Modern Art Evening

9 May, New York

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© 2016 THE ANDY WARHOL FOUNDATION FOR THE VISUAL ARTS, INC. / ARTISTS RIGHTS SOCIETY (ARS), NEW YORK

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otheby’s Contemporary Art Evening auction on 11 May will present a collection of

extraordinary moments in recent art history. Surveying major stylistic developments, this auction will offer rare and prestigious examples of Abstract Expressionism, Pop art, Minimalism and postmodernism, along with groundbreaking paintings and sculptures by some of the most influential artistic innovators of the past seven decades.

(Above) ANDY WARHOL Self-Portrait (Fright Wig), 1986 $7,000,000–10,000,000 Contemporary Art Evening

11 May, New York

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(Above) CY TWOMBLY Untitled (New York City), 1968 (detail) Estimate upon request Contemporary Art Evening

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© THE ESTATE OF FRANCIS BACON. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. / DACS, LONDON / ARS, NY 2016

FRANCIS BACON Two Studies for a Self-Portrait, 1970 $22,000,000–30,000,000 Contemporary Art Evening

11 May, New York

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(Above) FERNANDO BOTERO Mrs. Rubens #3, 1964 $800,000–1,200,000 Latin America: Modern Art

24 May, New York

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HOBO ILLUSTRATION © SEPS. LICENSED BY CURTIS LICENSING. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

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Sold by The Metropolitan Museum of Art NORMAN ROCKWELL Hobo and Dog, 1924 $1,500,000–2,500,000 American Art

18 May, New York

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ncompassing a variety of nationalities and artistic movements, this sale is led by

Finnish Modernist Helene Schjerfbeck’s 1915 masterpiece, The Red-Haired Girl II. Illustrated on the catalogue cover of the exhibition that toured Washington,D.C. and New York in 1992, the painting comes to auction for the first time in its history. Other highlights include Albert Edelfelt’s luminous La laitière and

Jean-Baptise-Camille Corot’s jewel-like view of Ville d’Avray in spring 1825.

(Above left) GIOVANNI BOLDINI Diaz Albertini, 1909 £250,000–350,000 (Above) FEDERICO ZANDOMENEGHI Au théâtre £50,000–70,000 19th Century European Paintings

25 May, London

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his two-day auction of Modern & Post-War British Art is distinguished by rediscovered

masterpieces such as Christopher R. W. Nevinson’s Troops Resting, which has not been seen since the artist’s show at Leicester Galleries in 1916. The sale showcases the very best of British art from across the 20th century, with some fantastic examples by such visionary

(Above) CHRISTOPHER RICHARD WYNNE NEVINSON, A.R.A. Troops Resting, 1916 £150,000–250,000

artists such as Henry Moore, Barbara Hepworth, Lucian Freud, L. S. Lowry, John Piper and Frank Auerbach.

Modern & Post–War British Art

13–14 June, London

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rom a Fauve view of a Corsican town by Auguste Herbin to an elegant depiction of Antibes in

1921 by Kees van Dongen, an exciting selection by major Modern artists is offered in this sale. An important painting

by Fernand Léger features alongside an enigmatic gouache by René Magritte and the portrait Mademoiselle H…, by Man

Ray. A focus on high-quality works from private French collections characterises this auction, which also includes works by Auguste Rodin, Edgar Degas, Pierre Bonnard and the Surrealists.

(Above) FERNAND LÉGER Les Papillons dans la roue, 1944 €380,000–420,000 Impressionist & Modern Art Paris

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n eclectic selection of important watches compose this Saturday auction at the Beau-Rivage Hotel

in Geneva. This highly attractive desk timepiece in yellow gold, mother-of-pearl, jade and onyx by Vacheron Constantin, (Above) Vacheron Constantin, Verger and Vladimir Makovsky retailed by Black Starr and Frost: a yellow gold, motherof-pearl, jade and onyx Art Deco desk timepiece, circa 1926 CHF80,000–120,000

Verger and Vladimir Makovsky transcends the Art Deco style. It is joined by an extraordinary and rare Patek Philippe open face pocket watch in 18-carat white gold ref. 844 and a spherical Jaeger-Le Coultre Gyrotourbillon in platinum.

Important Watches

14 May, Geneva

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his May, Fine Chinese Paintings presents 100 works by modern artists, featuring distinguished

fresh-to-market private collections.

Among them are works previously in the Mo Boji Family Collection, the Mao Zijian Collection and the Ye Gongchuo Family Collection. Also featured in the sale are notable works by Zhang Daqian, Lin Fengmian, Jiang Zhaohe and Qi Baishi from European and American private collections. ͚సᰥ⪘ρᰵ៺䈐៺৮䓾⮫У喑็䴲㦄ऺᩣ 㫼␆䯳̭യ喑⮳仃Ꮣ䲏̓喑࠲᠙ᐐᲞȪρ࡮ 㥙ࢤὀȫ㣘ℼᩣ㫼Ƞ̷⊤Ђ㉠℈ၽല㜷㫼Ƞ 㥶ᖚ㋪უ᫼㜷㫼ぶȡओᰶҳ㜗⁽㒻⻮ϧᩣ㫼 ͸ᑢ๔ࡰȠ᳄䷕ⱍȠ㩐‫ٳ‬হȠ呷⮪ⴠぶ҉ ৮ȡ

(Left ጓృ) HUANG BINHONG Studio Amid Verdant Mountains 台䈀㮦 ȨᏥ㼭 ᰥᅸ ృ ȩ

HK$3,800,000– 5,000,000 Fine Chinese Paintings

30 May, Hong Kong Island Shangri-La Hotel Ballroom ͚సᰥ ⪘ 仆⍜ 5 ᰵ30 ᬒ ⍜ሣ仆ᵩ䛹៶๔䙿Ꮔ 仆ሣ⃬

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he Chinese art at our Hong Kong Pacific Place gallery will include private collections of Song

ceramics from Europe and Asia, a private collection of jade carvings assembled since the 1970s and select Ming and Qing porcelain. A European collection of works of art highlighted by an exceptional set of three 18th-century gilt-bronze figures of Amitayus in their original wood cabinet will also be offered.

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Estimates range from HK$30,000–200,000 ѝ‫ ⩞ئ‬3㥙㜠 20㥙⍜ٰ

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Chinese Art

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CAREFREE ARIZONA

Serene and Private Location in Carefree Commanding 360 degree views, this authentic Santa Fe custom home on over three acres offers a gated entry, five bedrooms, seven and one half bathrooms, nine fireplaces and retractable walls of glass.

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DRUMMOND MONTANA

Bearmouth Legacy Ranch Boasting over 8,500 sq. ft. luxury lodge, over 5,000 sq. ft. of multi-level outdoor living space, including a full bar and fireplace. Up to 8,200 acres recreational ranch, hunting chalets and a 6,000 sq. ft. shop.

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BITTERROOT VALLEY MONTANA

Sapphire Ridge Ranch Unique opportunity to purchase the complete Sapphire Ridge Ranch subdivision. Nine lots ranging in size from 12 to 24 acres. Custom 5,676 sq. ft. lodge. 151 acres. Views of Sapphire and Bitterroot mountains.

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CARMEL CALIFORNIA

26317 Scenic Road Available for the first time in over 50 years, this classic stone home with spectacular ocean views along Carmel’s coveted Scenic Road presents a rare opportunity.

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$8,875,000

RANCHO SANTA FE CALIFORNIA

Curves and Views Extraordinary residence fashioned by renowned architect Ken Ronchetti with a unique curved design and exquisite imported materials. Separate bedroom wings, wine room, sunset view patios. Over four private acres.

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$6,895,000

SONOMA CALIFORNIA

Sonoma Ranch Estate Approximately 140 acre ranch, 11,800 sq. ft. home. Six bedrooms, lake, softball diamond, tennis court, pool, manager’s building. Approximately 15 minutes to Sonoma Plaza, 60 minutes to San Francisco.

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SUNSET STRIP CALIFORNIA

Stunning Southeast Corner in Sierra Towers At the very heart of the City of Angels, reside among the who’s who of Los Angeles. Floor to ceiling windows and balcony off the living area. Top notch amenities, two bedrooms. Two and one half bathrooms, 17th floor.

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$4,200,000

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LAGUNA BEACH CALIFORNIA

On the Sand in the Heart of Laguna Village This is a beach home unlike any other. Truly destination living, here your back yard is miles of extraordinary beaches in the midst of picturesque Laguna Beach. Leave the car home, the unique heartof-the Village location is only steps by sand or street to art festivals, upscale dining, shopping, live music and galleries. Besides being on the best surf break in town, the idyllic family home offers uncommon privacy and charm. Reminiscent of seaside homes from a bygone era, the 6,000 sq. ft. luxury cottage was completed by artisans and master craftsman using a rare standard of detail and quality. The exceptional residence boasts four en-suite bedrooms, great room, library, formal dining, conservatory/ breakfast room with retractable glass roof, gourmet kitchen plus caterer’s kitchen, theater and entertainment room with full kitchen and pub. With luscious gardens, expansive lawn, cascading brook, outdoor spa, children’s pool, crashing waves, stunning Catalina sunsets and plush beach cabana, this private haven refreshes the soul and is the ultimate place to experience beachfront living the way it was meant to be.

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$12,900,000

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WESTCLIFFE COLORADO

Rocky Mountain ‘Old West’ Ranch Estate Take a step back in time to the days of Railroad Barons and rough riders of the west at this elegant yet rustic property located in the beautiful Wet Mountain Valley. Red Rock Ranch is an historic, 1874 Homestead Ranch, and is comprised of 530 acres including the estate, open space and five developable parcels ranging from 6 to 35 acres, all with aweinspiring views of the towering Rocky Mountain, Sangre de Cristo range.

This stunning “old west” estate features 20 bedrooms in three adjacent homes, connected by lighted stone paths and landscaped grounds.

Set amidst the grounds are: pool, spa, large entertaining pavilion, sand volleyball court, horseshoe pit, large open deck spaces, covered porches and lush lawns for croquet, bocce and badminton. Currently income producing for summer weddings/family reunions, this option allows for the fantasy western lifestyle along with a fun and exciting business.

The ranch estate is located just five miles from the quaint historic mining town of Westcliffe, a thriving community that offers a vibrant main street with art galleries, restaurants and festivals. “Silver West Airport/Butler Field”, with a one and one half mile-long paved runway for landing private planes and jets, is only 15 miles from this Red Rock Ranch estate.

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DENVER COLORADO

Elegant Refinement in the Heart of Polo Club Exquisitely renovated residence, clean and modern aesthetic with a warm feel, situated on a tree-lined acre in the heart of Denver’s most exclusive neighborhood. Four bedrooms, six bathrooms, 9,253 sq. ft.

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EVERGREEN COLORADO

Spectacular Views of the Rocky Mountains One only has to enter this sanctuary of a home to realize the tranquility of space and design, enmeshed in its own private enclave of nature and serenity. Incredible architectural detail and finishes.

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CHANHASSEN MINNESOTA

Lotus Lake Contemporary Architect designed home combining efficiency and simplicity.

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SIESTA KEY FLORIDA

Tropical Oasis in Cocoanut Bayou This coveted north Siesta Key location boasts a large private waterfront pool with spa, boat dock with boat lift on protected boating water and access to the private community beach club.

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SEABROOK ISLAND SOUTH CAROLINA

Private Peninsular Estate Unparalleled ocean, marsh and golf panoramas from every room.

An exclusive one and one half acre peninsula offers you a private island lifestyle with club amenities including equestrian, golf, beach and dining.

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MONROE NEW JERSEY

Custom Center Hall Colonial Elegant home with exquisite architectural details. Desirable cul-de-sac location. Expansive master suite overlooking private property.

Five bedrooms and four and one half bathrooms. Heated salt water pool.

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STAMFORD CONNECTICUT

Hillandale One of area’s largest significant estates. European-style stone manor on approximately 262 acres on NY/CT border. Stunning views of gardens and lake. Indoor/outdoor pools. Tennis court. Five guest houses.

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$75,000,000

BARRINGTON RHODE ISLAND

Nayatt Point Waterfront Elegantly understated newly-built shingle-style on Narragansett Bay. State-of-the-art with turn-of-the-century craftsmanship and detail including mahogany doors and walnut floors.

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$3,995,000

EAST SIDE OF PROVIDENCE RHODE ISLAND

La Lune di Miel Well-appointed Tudor is an inspired reflection of sister chateau in France.

Offers significant character with stained glass windows, rough-hewn beams and oakwood paneled library.

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NORTH KINGSTOWN RHODE ISLAND

Historic “John Updike House” Sited waterfront on Wickford Harbor, the “John Updike House” is a lovingly maintained Georgian Colonial built circa 1745. Offers spacious rooms, six fireplaces and original period details.

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$1,950,000

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WATER MILL NEW YORK

Dramatic Waterview in Water Mill Views of Peconic Bay. Six double en suite bedrooms. Bay views sparkle from master suite. Elevator, five fireplaces, formal dining room, den, study, eat-in kitchen and pool. 12 plus acres may be subdivided.

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$7,000,000

BRONXVILLE NEW YORK

6 Oriole Avenue A classic Bronxville Village Tudor meets 21st century sophistication in this stunning magazine-worthy home. Complete with lavish upgrades and improvements throughout.

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$3,495,000

BRONXVILLE NEW YORK

17 Sussex Avenue Superbly updated throughout, this classic in-town six bedroom, six bath Bronxville Village Tudor exudes warmth and offers a great flat and lush backyard.

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$2,895,000

IRVINGTON NEW YORK

Magnificent Victorian Built in 1875 This home was built on over two acres for the daughter of one of Irvington’s founding fathers. Named “Inanda,” which means “a beautiful place,” the home has been impeccably preserved and updated.

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$2,950,000

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PURCHASE NEW YORK

Magnificent Country Estate 9,500 sq. ft. country estate on over three and one half acres. Prestigious, exclusive enclave. Fully restored mansion includes pool, 1,100 sq. ft. pool house, wine cellar and gym. Additional two and one half acres available.

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$6,970,000

RYE NEW YORK

In-Town Oasis Spectacular three acre estate on golf course in suburban Rye. Walk to train; 30 minutes to New York City. Beautiful secluded property. Pool, tennis and squash courts; six bedrooms; six full, three half bathrooms.

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$10,500,000

NEW YORK NEW YORK

171 West 57th Street, Penthouse Stunning four bedroom triple mint condition prewar condominium Penthouse with extraordinary light and amazing wrap around terraces decorated by the legendary interior decorator Mario Buatta.

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$18,500,000

NEW YORK NEW YORK

157 West 57th Street, Apt 40F This unique approximately 2,438 sq. ft. condominium apartment is located at One57 and features beautiful Central Park views and one-of-a-kind “atelier” windows in both bedrooms.

SOTHEBYSHOMES.COM, WEB ID 00110505 SOTHEBY’S INTERNATIONAL REALTY EAST SIDE MANHATTAN BROKERAGE LEE SUMMERS, GABRIELE DEVLIN +1 212 606 7789, +1 212 606 7729

$12,500,000

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336 West 12th Street Clad in crisp red brick and brownstone, this 24 ft. wide, approximately 7,500 sq. ft. Italianate style home with carriage house and horse walk is located on a serene cobblestone street in Manhattan’s West Village. This substantial home offers a gracious and private lifestyle.

Originally built in 1859, the façade has been carefully restored and the entire property rebuilt to the highest standards from cornerstone to cornice. The house was originally built with, and still utilizes, a rare “horse walk,” which leads through the main house to a courtyard and two-story rear carriage house, which is newly rebuilt from the ground up. A unique feature, the carriage house can serve a plethora of purposes, including a fully isolated guest apartment, entertaining space, or home office. Below the home’s garden floor, a lower level has been fully built to all sides of the property line, serving as a large multipurpose room and as an indoor link between the main house and carriage house. Located in the desirable West Village, this extraordinary home is in close proximity to the new Whitney Museum, The Hudson River Park and some of the best restaurants and shopping New York City has to offer.

SOTHEBYSHOMES.COM, WEB ID 00110640 SOTHEBY’S INTERNATIONAL REALTY EAST SIDE MANHATTAN BROKERAGE RANDALL GIANOPULOUS, STAN PONTE +1 212 606 7622, +1 212 606 4109

$24,500,000

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Penthouse at the Ritz Carlton Residences This four bedroom penthouse offers incredible water views from every room and access to all of the five-star hotel’s amenities: room service, housekeeping, valet parking, spa and gym.

SOTHEBYSHOMES.COM, WEB ID 0138343 SOTHEBY’S INTERNATIONAL REALTY DOWNTOWN MANHATTAN BROKERAGE JEREMY STEIN +1 212 431 2427 JEREMY.STEIN@SOTHEBYSHOMES.COM

$14,495,000

NEW YORK NEW YORK

Breathtaking 360-Degree Penthouse Views This spectacular full-floor penthouse is situated high atop the Trump Palace Condominium and is distinguished by extraordinary 360-degree views of Central Park, the East River and the Hudson River.

SOTHEBYSHOMES.COM, WEB ID 00110606 SOTHEBY’S INTERNATIONAL REALTY EAST SIDE MANHATTAN BROKERAGE SERENA BOARDMAN +1 212 606 7611 SERENA.BOARDMAN@SOTHEBYSHOMES.COM

$10,750,000

NEW YORK NEW YORK

River House No expense was spared in the lavish renovation of this triple mint four bedroom, four and one half bath cooperative apartment overlooking the East River.

SOTHEBYSHOMES.COM, WEB ID 00110635 SOTHEBY’S INTERNATIONAL REALTY EAST SIDE MANHATTAN BROKERAGE NIKKI FIELD, KEVIN B. BROWN +1 212 606 7669, +1 212 606 7748

$8,200,000

NEW YORK NEW YORK

49 East 86th Street A block from Central Park, in the perfect Carnegie Hill location, this fabulous nine-room home has been renovated to perfection.

49 East 86th Street is a white-glove, full-service, pre-war co-op.

SOTHEBYSHOMES.COM, WEB ID 00110615 SOTHEBY’S INTERNATIONAL REALTY EAST SIDE MANHATTAN BROKERAGE JULIETTE R. JANSSENS, ALLISON B. KOFFMAN +1 212 606 7670, +1 212 606 7688

$7,400,000

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The Penthouse Collection at Soori High Line A crowning achievement at the Soori High Line Residences are the showplace triplex and duplex penthouses atop this premier condominium. Meticulously-designed sun-drenched living space, beautified by stretching walls of glass, dramatic high ceilings up to 19 plus ft. and designer finishes, is complemented by an incredible 25 ft. long, 4 ft. deep private heated ionized salt water rooftop pool and multiple terraces affording a privileged lifestyle. Sunny northern and southern exposures flood all stories of these grandiose penthouses with brilliant natural light. Amazing city and river views are showcased throughout the home and peacefully enjoyed from the private rooftop oasis. Further accenting the ambiance are stunning radiant heated floors of Azul Grey limestone and solid oak wood, wood laminate walls, motorized blinds, Bottocino light marble bathrooms, Poliform closets, a Town and Country fireplace, Boffi, Dornbracht, Toto and Duravit fittings, and Miele, Sub-Zero and Varenna appliances in Poliform Varenna chef’s kitchen.

SOTHEBYSHOMES.COM, WEB ID 00110435 SOTHEBY’S INTERNATIONAL REALTY EAST SIDE MANHATTAN BROKERAGE LESLIE S. MODELL, MAE H. BAGAI +1 212 606 7668, +1 212 606 7718

$15,100,000 - $19,750,000

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Having settled in Provence in the 1950s, Marc Chagall (1887–1985) had reached his final haven when he painted Bouquets sur les toits du village in 1961. After enduring two World Wars, the Holocaust and much travel throughout the world, this descendent of Hasidic Jews from Belarus had now found peace and happiness. Inspired by this setting’s splendour and luminosity, Chagall created a new

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reality that drew on both his inner and outer worlds. In Bouquets, these worlds blend to magnificent effect, the deep blue of the Mediterranean and the vibrant energy of the explosive bouquet expressing the artist’s perpetual wonder at life’s riches.

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The Collection of Mamdouha & Elmer Holmes Bobst MARC CHAGALL Bouquet sur les toits du village, 1961 $2,000,000–3,000,000 Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Exhibition: 29 April–9 May Auction: 9 May Enquiries: +1 212 606 7360

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The woman depicted here embodies love: a groom’s love for his white-veiled young bride, the love of sex (naked body, prominent breasts), the love bonding mother and child, along with, perhaps, religious love: Isn’t that the adored Mary with baby Jesus?

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After experiencing the 20th century’s two devastating World Wars, Chagall wanted nothing more than peace, freedom and tolerance to reign on earth. His white dove seems to symbolise those feelings and values, all portrayed in this painting.

3. BLUE While the defining deep blue in this painting reflects the artist’s Provençal environment, the colour’s dreamlike quality and its significance in religious iconography made it a constant feature in Chagall’s œuvre.

4. FLOWERS Chagall often used flowers as narrative elements in his still lifes and landscapes.

Symbols of love and romance and expressions of the beauty Chagall was always seeking, flowers also acted as reminders of life’s essential fragility.

5. ORIGINS Chagall always yearned for the Belarusan village of his childhood, with its thriving Hasidic community, synagogues, animals and minstrels. Personally symbolic and deeply emotional, these images inform many of his works.

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