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Photography

Hope: It’s for the best

The theme of the 2019 Prix Pictet was ‘Hope’. These photos by shortlisted nominees capture life in places that are remote and perhaps forsaken – but that contain a kernel of optimism.

  • Issue #134
  • 9 min read
Hope: It’s for the best
Business

From the art

While you’re stuck at home, it’s a good time to think about what you want from your office in the future. We meet three companies who believe that art enhances morale, identity and relationships.

  • The Entrepreneurs #2
  • 1 min read
From the art
Art

Making a scene

Mexico’s second city, Guadalajara, is dynamic yet intimate. It entices emerging artists as well as collectors on the hunt for fresh talent.

  • Issue #132
  • 11 min read
Grand neoclassical arch monument on a busy tree-lined street.
Culture

That’s a wrap

Behind the scenes at the V&A's ambitious kimono exhibition, where lighting designers, technicians and curators orchestrate a final day of meticulous preparation before the doors open.

  • Issue #132
  • 4 min read
Exhibition display with colorful kimono garments on white platforms around a central red sculptural tree
Culture

Shared passion

Art collectors Mera and Don Rubell have found a suitably generous new space to display their remarkable collection.

  • Issue #130
  • 8 min read
Shared passion
Culture

Pride of place

Among the art-laden walls of Zürich’s Kronenhalle, photographer Michel Comte has found lifelong respite from his globetrotting work with the famous and fashionable.

  • Issue #130
  • 3 min read
Pride of place
Art

Showing their colours

Tokyo's contemporary-art scene is growing, thanks to energetic gallerists with a passion for their country's creativity. We profile four of them and their key artists.

  • Issue #129
  • 12 min read
Woman with glasses and shoulder-length hair sits at wooden desk in front of floor-to-ceiling bookshelves
Business

Smarter art

The image of the starving artist is well established. But as these entrepreneurs show, there are ways to make creativity pay – without having to sell out.

  • The Entrepreneurs #1
  • 10 min read
Smarter art
Politics

Team culture

After decades dodging the issue of art looted by the Nazis, France has set up a new mission to find the heirs to thousands of works that have lain unclaimed.

  • Issue #127
  • 3 min read
Team culture

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