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Corporate Cultural Investments Are Finding Their Place in ESG Reporting
For a long time, culture was viewed at best as an economic driver, and more narrowly as a generator of tourism. Successful culture-led development strategies around the world have...
Watchmakers Are Catching Up to Cartier’s Small-Case Instincts
Austin Butler is often photographed wearing slimmer watch styles. Photo by Emma McIntyre/FilmMagic For much of the past two decades, luxury watches seemed to move in only one direction:...
At Paris Fashion Week, Luxury Has to Prove What It’s Worth
From Hermès to Loro Piana, the luxury industry is confronting a new question: can the story behind a product justify the price on the label? Photo by Kristy Sparow/Getty...
Inside the Room: The Founders, Investors and Operators at Observer’s A.I. Power Index Party
SpreeAI Head of Product Banu Jafarli and Talisman Associate Partner Oscar Hoyle. Jason Crowley/BFA.com On Wednesday, Sept. 23, 145 founders, CEOs, investors and executives crowded around the horseshoe bar...
Prada Heir Lorenzo Bertelli Has a Versace Problem
Prada heir Lorenzo Bertelli is overseeing Versace’s turnaround as the group cuts stores and resets pricing. MARCO BERTORELLO/AFP via Getty Images Lorenzo Bertelli, the former rally driver expected to...
What A.I.’s Most Powerful Leaders Said at Observer’s A.I. Power Index Party
On Wednesday night, 145 A.I. founders, CEOs, investors and executives gathered at Dante Elizabeth Street for Observer’s inaugural A.I. Power Index Party. The evening celebrated the 2026 A.I. Power...
7 Watches That Take Yacht Life Seriously
The Rolex Yacht-Master 42 in RLX Titanium The Rolex Yacht-Master II is arguably the most famous purpose-built yacht watch ever made. Its programmable countdown was designed for the critical...
Rodrigo Sorogoyen’s ‘The Beloved’ Stages a Father-Daughter Reckoning That Doesn’t Quite Cohere
Javier Bardem and Victoria Luengo. Courtesy TIFF More interesting than alluring, Rodrigo Sorogoyen’s Cannes competition title and TIFF Special Presentation El ser querido (or The Beloved) follows a fearsome...
Inside Tom Wesselmann’s Studio, Tomokazu Matsuyama Considers Pop’s Afterlife
This September, Matsuyama is showing his work side by side with a selection of Tom Wesselman’s work. Image courtesy of MATSUYAMA STUDIO Generations and geographies apart, few things could...
The Long, Strange History of Yacht Clubs
Yacht Club de Monaco. picture alliance via Getty Image At the Monaco Yacht Club, the social hierarchy starts at the necktie. The club’s dress code requires a member’s tie...
