This year the glamour and the glitz of Glyndebourne is overwhelmed with the tranquillity of performance and a little bit of art to add to the array.

Well-known as an operatic exploration, guests complement the setting by the spruce and glamour of their elegant wear.

From May there is a compilation of productions spanning from Franz Lehár’s operetta, The Merry Widow, to Bizet’s heart-rending Carmen.

On top of these new highlights there is a symphony of performance featuring David McVicar’s groundbreaking staging of Handel’s most lavish opera, Giulio Cesare, Barbe & Doucet’s spirited reimagining of Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte and Nikolaus Lehnhoff’s 2003 production of Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde.

Music is not all that matters at Glyndebourne and away from the stages, there are galleries and gardens reflecting a cast of magnificent magnitude. Visitors can find an exhibition with the latest works of Conrad Shawcross RA, along with sculptures and drawings representing versions of subjects such as materiality, maths, and music.

Glyndebourne is one of the world’s leading opera houses that was founded in 1934 by John and Audrey Mildmay. It is situated on the edge of the South Downs National Park in East Sussex.

The Glyndebourne Festival 2024 runs from 16th May to 25th August 2024.  Public booking opens on Sunday 3rd March 2024. Glyndebourne members enjoy priority access to tickets – get one step closer to your must-see productions by joining the family at glyndebourne.com/membership.

For the first time this year Fashion in Motion at the Victoria and Albert Museum returns to work with Francesco Colucci for a fashion extravaganza.

Accomplished in his designs for TRAID window dressing he uses offbeat tools in layering, textiles, volume, and shape to find the obscure and the celebrated couture of style.

An audience will be exposed to the masterpieces in a show only being displayed in March and this will be seen in the V&A’s Raphael Gallery, to boot with a live dressing of his muse, Diamondpeachlollipop.

Making prominent the way in which Colucci works, four free shows on Friday 15^th March will be held at 13:00, 15:00, 17:00, & 20:00.

The V&A says: “Through his exceptional creativity, Colucci has created a trademark identity that centres on and promotes sustainability, self-expression, and reinvention.”

His inspirations are encouraged from the works of fashion sopranos such as John Galliano and Alexander McQueen to the Surrealist Art Movement.

Colucci is a graduate from Accedemia di Belle Arti di Rome and he has been a resident in London since 2009. His work has gone on to be published in the fashion pages of magazines such as Vogue and Le Monde.

Counting over 20 years of work with Fashion in Motion, the V&A has brought to the public a free to attend catwalk, giving passes to sit in the front row.

Tickets can be found at Fashion in Motion: Francesco Colucci · V&A (vam.ac.uk)

Celebrity photographer Andy Gotts brings Hollywood to London’s 45 Park Lane with an exhibition of his renowned artwork.

45 Park Lane is a prominent hotel situated across from Hyde Park and its sister hotel, The Dorchester.

Once The Playboy Club, a popular hangout for the rich and famous, it was designed by Bauhaus architect Walter Gropius.

The exhibition titled “And the winner is…” is a tribute to the current film award season and runs until May 16, 2024.

Capturing the personalities in film, Gotts awakens an understanding of the acting greats in the style of charismatic portraiture of those acclaimed in film.

This is not the only emphatic creative move by the hotel as Hollywood chef Wolfgang Puck has created a dynasty of the pallet which is available on the Cut restaurant menu until April 1 2024. Roast beef with a wagyu roasted Yorkshire pudding, creamed horseradish and watercress, a prawn cocktail roll with beluga caviar and Marie Rose sauce as well as native lobster ‘fish and chips’ with a spicy tartare sauce and triple cooked chips are served in this Hollywood themed event.

Elliot famed for being a chef at the Hollywood awards, has been executive chef at 45 Park Lane since 2022. Elliott said: “I am incredibly honoured to be bringing classic British dishes to Hollywood for a second year with Wolfgang, especially celebrating his 30^th year cooking for the awards. And to present the dishes here at 45 Park Lane from January alongside Andy’s incredible photography will be sure to bring a taste of LA to London.”

The magic of games has been mastered by the unmatchable talent of an award-winning designer who understands the art of play.

Founded in 2010, the hand crafted and evoking games including poker sets, backgammon boards, personalised games tables, playing cards and card boxes, all tailor made to suit a spirited clientele.

Some may be commissioned and Alexandra’s training as a fine artist has led to a talent of bespoke creativity. In her childhood where she would play backgammon with her step-grandfather in the backstreets of Cairo, she has been accustomed to the creation of unique games. Alexandra Llewellyn Design says: “Enchanted by the game’s inherent poetry of proportion and the harmonious geometry of its pieces and their movements, Alexandra’s training as a fine artist saw her apply that material expertise to a medium she had loved since childhood.”

With the design originating in London, the games are made by artisans inside the UK and the distinctive style is a peerless set of perfection. Each design can be personable to the client with custom made hand etched dates, initials, or a private message. Every detail is embraced with craftmanship, right down to the semi-precious playing pieces.

The details are intrinsic, and the signature backgammon sets have been made to travel size as well as full size with card boxes. The latest designs incorporate Alexandra’s favourite sunshine states or vivid butterflies to an after-dinner favourite – a Cuban Cigar.

There is a private appointment only showroom in Belgravia, where clients can go in to talk about commissions and see the craft of this set of ingenious game designs.

For further information visit Luxury Board Games | Alexandra Llewellyn | Custom Board Games

A tantalising display of complete works of art from back to front is on display at the national art museum in central Madrid.

Featuring the creations of over 100 artworks this exhibition explores the life of paintings from years past in a groundbreaking study of the backs of canvases. This journey has been created by artist Miguel Ángel Blanco, who has captured the works from reverse in this collection, which includes the Prado’s own as well as several partaking collectors and museums from across the globe.

Interestingly the back of a painting has most usually been ignored and it is only by looking at the whole picture that the journey of a canvas can be appreciated.

Van Gogh (1853-1890), René Magritte (1898-1967), Lucio Fontana (1899-1968), Pablo Palazuelo (1915-2007), are just a few of the selected artists that have been chosen for this unique viewing.

The museum opens with ‘the artist behind the canvas’, which is a collection of artists standing behind a canvas in their own studios.

There are different sections of the displays that rediscover important focuses of this new discovery. A forgotten landscape or figurine to a stamp from a previous exhibition have been analysed to create this exhibition.

The final section of the exhibition is ‘the nature in the background’ where past materials are discovered, even dust that has settled on long standing of works in exhibition halls. The museum writes that “A short time ago the Museo del Prado removed The Transfiguration by Giovanni Francesco Penni from the wall, allowing Miguel Ángel Blanco to collect some of the dust accumulated on its reverse, which he has used to make three box-books for his ‘Library of the Forest’.”

The exhibition On The Reverse is on until the 3^rd March 2024 and tickets are available on this link Prado Museum of Madrid (museodelpradotours.com)

Until 18^th May 2024 there will be an exhibition of the rare textile collection of the American legend of art, Andy Warhol.

The show is taking place in Edinburgh at the Dovecot Studios. This will be the first time that the collection has been shown in Scotland.  Sixty contemporary designs include fabric lengths, garments, prints, film, and photography.

The extraordinary works by the Pop Art extraordinaire show a variety of prints, reflecting the reproduction of basic and best patterns used repeatedly in the 1950s American textile trade.

As a celebration of his work, the Dovecot Café will be redesigned in homage to Serendipity 3. Warhol was a regular visitor of the Serendipity 3 café in New York where he was inspired by the ice-cream desserts to candy apples and pretzels that all made great reproduced prints.

Warhol worked on his pieces with passion and as a well-known artist of the time, his fabrics were worked and sold anonymously in the design district of New York.

Until 2023 this collection of long researched designs were hidden from public view until their showcase at the Fashion and Textile Museum in London.

Dovecot Director Celia Joicey says, “Dovecot is thrilled to be collaborating with the Fashion and Textile Museum to bring the first exhibition about Andy Warhol’s textile designs to Scotland. Warhol recognised textile as an artistic medium and, as a globally recognised name, offers Dovecot the opportunity to promote tapestry in the context of this joyful and vivacious work.”

Working alongside the Andy Warhol Exhibition, the Dovecot will be working with events including textile workshops. Tickets can be purchased on this link Andy Warhol: The Textiles (dovecotstudios.com)

An exhibition dedicated to the work of the French Master of Design is scheduled to be extended until 10th March 2024.

From the opening of her first millinery boutique in Paris in 1910 to the establishment of the House of CHANEL, this collection of her work takes an audience right through to her final collection in 1971.

There are over 200 looks, perfume, accessories and jewellery created by an influence still affecting the way that women dress in the present day.

Golden Era Hollywood stars such as Lauren Bacall and Marlene Dietrich wore her collections and these garments are just part of the highlights that see her Fashion Manifesto exhibition organised by the Palais Galliera, Fashion Museum of the City of Paris, reimagined by the V&A.

Chanel was a matriarch of her work, designing using the best fabrics and silhouettes that would go on to revolutionise her craft.

Tristram Hunt, Director of the V&A, said: “As one of the most successful fashion houses in existence, CHANEL owes much to the templates first laid down by its founder Gabrielle Chanel, over a century ago. We are delighted to be partnering with CHANEL and the Palais Galliera on this exhibition, which provides us with the opportunity to explore the origins and elements of this enduring style and to display little-known historic Chanel garments from the V&A collection.”

The exhibition presented in partnership with Palais Galliera, Fashion Museum of the City of Paris, Paris Musées.

Tickets can be bought on the Victoria and Albert Museum website See Gabrielle Chanel. Fashion Manifesto · V&A (vam.ac.uk)

In a sleepy ordinary town comes a regular beat of worries. Joyce Maldonado wants to graduate and get out of this hole; young Jim Hopper can’t start his car and Bob Newby’s sister just won’t take his radio show seriously. Then a new arrival, Henry Creel turns up and he slowly starts to find out that it isn’t going to be easy, and the shadows of the past have a very long reach.

The production is designed by a multi award winning team and is the first time that the Netflix drama has come to life on stage at the Pheonix Theatre in London.

Created by the Duffer Brothers, Stranger Things began life in 2016 and went on to amass over 140.7 million views globally. The Eighties soundtracks saw it reboot classics sounds of the past including Kate Bush’s “Running Up That Hill” that cast new life into a next generation of fanhood.

Collecting over 70 awards worldwide, fans everywhere celebrate November 6 – the day Will Byers went missing – as ‘Stranger Things Day.’

For further ticket information, performance schedule, full creative team and cast biographies,

please visit strangerthingsonstage.com

 STRANGER THINGS: THE FIRST SHADOW is written by Kate Trefry, directed by Stephen Daldry with co-director Justin Martin, set design by Miriam Buether, costume design by Brigitte Reiffenstuel, lighting design by Jon Clark, sound design by Paul Arditti, illusions design & visual effects by Jamie Harrison & Chris Fisher, video design & visual effects by 59 Productions, original music & arrangements by D.J. Walde, choreography by Coral Messam, movement direction by Lynne Page, wigs, hair and make-up design by Campbell Young Associates, technical director is Gary Beestone for Gary Beestone Associates, props supervision by Mary Halliday, dialect by William Conacher, fight direction by Kev McCurdy, casting by Jessica Ronane Casting CDG with additional casting by Charlotte Sutton CDG, and international casting consultancy by Jim Carnahan.

Original story by the Duffer Brothers, Jack Thorne & Kate Trefry

Based on the Netflix Series, Stranger Things, created by the Duffer Brothers

Encompassing 76 looks this debut collection of Pharrell Williams draws a light on the American culture that sees the nature of an affiliation between cultures.

This mixture of attire was met with a Native’s song that was categorized by a strong beat of drum and a setting set by Pharrell with an intoxicating mixture of verses by his musical affiliates.

From the Cowboy to the American Dandy, this is a reflection of the birth of something rustic in the American philosophy of style consciousness.

This was a true awakening to the proactive habits and mantra of a masterful designer whose visions have been collected by the brand of Louis Vuitton.

A bold exchange of colours, textures, tailoring and craftmanship have made this an intriguing partnership showing the best concepts of a creative dream.

Look 1 – RIDZMAN

• White blanket coat with fringes in brushed wool
• White blanket vest in matching fabric with turquoise buttons
• White poplin shirt with turquoise buttons
• Off-white ribbon tie with silver stud details
• Light stone washed bootcut denim pants
• Set of 2 old gold coronation earrings
• Old silver and turquoise western pin belt buckle
• LV Rider boots in cowhide
• Turquoise monogram speedy 40

MUSIC

Native Voices of Resistance x Pharrell Williams – “The Spirit of Saturday Night Live” Mumford & Sons x Pharrell Williams – “Good People” Pharrell Williams x Jelly Roll – “Shotgun Wedding” Pharrell Williams x Miley Cyrus – “Doctor”

This is the story of the artwork owned by the pioneers that hit the music scene decades ago and have categorised a love of their culture through sharing a reminiscent encounter of art.

Important figures in the show include Gordon Parks, Kehinde Wiley and Esther Mahlangu, some of many recognised artists in their field.

As a celebration of this collection on show, some exhibits will enter the Brooklyn Museum’s permanent gallery exhibition.

This amalgamation of art features over 20 years of art collecting. In 2018 Swizz Beatz (Kasseem Dean) told Cultured magazine “The collection started not just because we’re art lovers, but also because there’s not enough people of colour collecting artists of colour.”

The title of the exhibition refers to different aspects of the renowned assertations of such greats by creators such as Derrick Adams, Arthur Jafa, and Meleko Mokgosi and the term evokes the relationships between the Deans and the artisan subjects.

With over 100 works by Black American and African artists this exhibition has been curated by Kimberli Gant, Curator, Modern and Contemporary Art, and Indira A. Abiskaroon, Curatorial Assistant, Modern and Contemporary Art. The exhibition will be showing at The Brooklyn Museum from February 10–July 7, 2024.

Until Spring 2024 Thermes Marins Monte-Carlo’s resident will be London Spa ELEMIS. Founded in 1989 by Linda Steiner the London based brand is already available in 45 different countries. Advanced and patented technology is mixed with a skin care range that draws a relationship with nature. The face and body spa treatments and food supplements have won numerous awards, while performing as a world-renowned source of elegance. This pop-up Spa has been introduced as a collaboration between two influencers of wellbeing. With 160 years of history Monte-Carlo Société des Bains de Mer, the owner of the Monaco based Spa, gives once more a flavour of luxury within its walls.

Scrubs

Frangipani Monoi / 30 minutes / €95 An exfoliating ritual with sea salt and frangipani to smooth and nourish the entire body. This gentle, sensory exfoliant leaves the skin glowing and silky soft, and also brings about harmony for the mind. This ritual finishes with the application of Frangipani Monoi Body Cream, leaving the skin radiant, replenished and lightly scented.

Lemon and Ginger / 30 minutes / €95 An exfoliating ritual with Lemon & Ginger to reinvigorate and revitalise the body. This exfoliant finishes with the application of Musclease Body Cream with notes of rosemary and pine, offering a calming, soothing and balancing effect for a feeling of lightness all day long.

Wraps

Nourishing Wrap / 45 minutes / €120 Frangipani monoi oil soothes and softens the skin. A comforting wrap offering a cocoon of wellness.

Relaxing Wrap / 45 minutes / €120 This restorative aromatic blend helps to recreate the soothing scents of the sea. It consists of brown seaweed, Laminaria Digitata, known for its antioxidant properties. This wrap leaves the body and mind feeling soothed, relaxed and balanced.

Facial treatments

Pro-Glow Discovery Facial / 30 minutes / €160 REVITALISES THE SKIN Your skin will look visibly refreshed and balanced.

Pro-Glow Plumping Facial / 50 minutes / €200 MOISTURISES THE SKIN DEEP-DOWN After just one treatment, the skin looks firmer, extremely smooth and younger, with a more radiant complexion.

Pro-Glow Premium+ Facial / 75 minutes / €300 THE ULTIMATE ANTI-AGEING EXPERIENCE An unrivalled anti-ageing facial resulting in skin that looks lifted and radiant after just one treatment. Supercharged with ELEMIS BIOTEC 2.0: Ultrasonic, Microcurrent, Galvanic, Light Therapy and CryO2.

Pro-Glow Smooth Facial / 50 minutes / €200 REVEALS INCREDIBLY SMOOTH SKIN Dull, irregular and tired skin will instantly appear brighter, smoother and as if renewed.

Practical information

ELEMIS at Thermes Marins Monte-Carlo | from 18 November 2023 to April 2024 2, Av. de Monte-Carlo, 98000 Monaco | +377 98 06 69 00 | thermesmarinsmontecarlo@sbm.mc Download the ELEMIS x Thermes Marins Monte-Carlo visuals

Founded in 1978 by Micheal Daniels, Daniels Antiques has established itself as a premier destination for those seeking carefully curated antiques. With a commitment to preserving and showcasing the craftsmanship and quality of eras long past, Daniels Antiques has become a treasure trove of historical elegance.

Daniels Antiques boasts two distinct locations, each with its own unique collections. The Aspen, Colorado location is located at 431 E. Hyman Ave in downtown Aspen and was established in 1998. It is the longest standing shop on Hyman Ave. The shop is run by Simon and Michael Daniels. The collections range from the rarest vintage Louis Vuitton trunks, 1920’s prohibition era cocktail shakers, Black Forest carvings, World War 2 binoculars and original Sir Winston Churchill letters, signatures and photographs.

The Fort Lauderdale location is located in the heart of Fort Lauderdale at 615 E Las Olas Blvd. It is run by Jonathan Daniels and Christina Lara. The collection overlaps the Aspen store but also showcases, contemporary artists, rare French Industrial clocks and vintage American slot machines.

For over four decades Daniels Antiques has built, refined and expanded on its collection. Michael Daniels and his two sons are committed to providing their clients with the best experience possible.

Steve Jobs vs Neil Armstrong. After Watson 2011: Posing with a look of pure inspiration (or devious intensity), Steve Jobs is naturally contrasted with another 20th century revolutionary, Neil Armstrong. In this elaborate photomosaic by Alex Guofeng Cao, repeated images of the first man on the moon meld together to produce an icon of the personal-computer-age, a wonderful combination that exemplifies some of the most profound pioneers of the 20th century. Alex Guofeng Cao (born 1969) Steve Jobs vs Neil Armstrong, After Watson, 2011 Archival pigment print, flush-mounted and printed c. 2011, accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity. image/ flush-mount: 108 x 71 1/2in. (274.4 x 181.6cm.)

A Stupendous 36 inch Terraqueous Library Globe: A MAGNIFICENT LIBRARY GLOBE BY CARY OF LONDON AND JOHN ADDISON. MADE FOR OXFORD UNIVERSITY IN 1840.

Supported on a San Domingo Mahogany stand, with curved scroll shaped legs, and a turned and spirally lobed central column, raised upon a concave sided trefoil platform: enclosed within a brass meridian ring graduated in four quadrants, and having an hour dial, marked twice I-XII, the twenty four hand coloured gores are laid onto the hollow sphere, which had been coated with prepared plaster, the equatorial both graduated in degrees and subpided to two minutes; the Greenwich meridian ungraduated,with the equinoctial colure graduated in degrees, and subpided into two minutes labelled every five degrees; the ecliptic graduated for inpidual days, and labelled with the months, five day intervals and the twelve Zodiacal sigils; having the engraved horizon paper graduated in degrees of amplitude and azimuth, and labelled with thirty two compass points. A cartouche on the globe proclaims ‘Published under the Immediate Patronage of, and dedicated by permission to His Most Gracious Majesty George IVth by John Addison, London; Manufactured and Sold by G&J Cary, 86 St James’s Street London’. Dimensions
H: 54in/137cm Dia: 42 in / 107 cm.

A Black Forest Dog Umbrella Stand by Walter Mader: A carved mountain maple umbrella stand by Walter Mader, in the form of a life-sized dog standing alertly waiting for his owner. Swiss Carvings: The Art of the ‘Black Forest’, by Michael & Simon Daniels, published by the Antique Collectors Club, Suffolk, England, published 2005 See page 101 for an almost identical subject. The Mader Family of Brienz, a lakeside Swiss village were notable carvers of dog subjects of considerable artistic merit.

A 1920’s Louis Vuitton Trunk with LV monogram: converted into a bespoke traveling bar. Complete with the finest burr walnut brass lined woodwork, a complete set of Baccarat barware, Christian Dior silver and 1930’s Napier & Co silver cocktail shakers.

Marilyn vs Brigitte Bardot 2009 by Alex Cao: Alex Cao recreates iconic photographs out of digital mosaics. His intricate collages, often depicting celebrities, are composed of other well-known images, shrunk down to the size of a pixel. One of his best known pieces is an image of Marilyn Monroe composed of tiny images of Brigitte Bardot.

For further information visit: Daniels Antiques -Dealers In Museum Quality Antiques