Austrian medi-spa Lanserhof, a leader in regenerative and preventive medicine in Europe, will soon arrive in the UK to launch an outpost in the former Dover Street Market building located directly opposite The Arts Club, with plans to open in early 2019. Dr Christian Harisch, CEO of the Lanserhof group commented: “Lanserhof has a long-standing…
Online retailer Matchesfashion.com is set to open a brick-and-mortar store in the coming months. In an effort to make its brand more experiential, the new venture will serve as a cultural hub complete with shopping, events programming and a broadcasting centre. What’s more, the store will feature all of the designers Matchesfashion.com carries. In-store retail…
Earlier this summer, designer Osman Yousefzada launched his London townhouse retail space, The House of Osman, filled with a carefully curated edit of beautiful clothes, artworks, interiors pieces and books. The building dates from the 1760s and like many on Fitzrovia’s Percy Street, was once an opium den, but Osman has put it to new…
Helmed by acclaimed graphic artist Frith Kerr, Studio Frith presents an exploration of women in art in the exhibition Ahead of the Curve – Women Artists, open until 2 November. Displayed in the celebrated architecture of 2 Willow Road, the former home of Ernö and Ursula Goldfinger, the show invites a series of women designers…
This coming weekend, Hackney Wick’s Giant Steps will include an exciting food showcase from BASTARDA, a collaborative project by sommelier Honey Spencer and chef Anaïs Van Manen. An addition to Giant’s Step’s full weekend programme of performances, Spencer and Manen have merged their talents and experience to present an innovative mash-up of food and wine….
A self-taught, multimedia artist, Franz West is remembered for his spirited and unconventional sculptures and furniture, which often necessitate audience involvement. The artist concentrated on taking objects that are ostensibly utilitarian—like pieces of furniture—making them eccentric and playful. In his furniture pieces, West tended to parody high modernism: familiar, refined shapes formed out of coarse…
To commemorate the 250th anniversary of London’s Royal Academy of Arts, acclaimed British architect David Chipperfield has updated the institution’s design. In his upgrade of the RA, the architect has renovated gallery space and built a new auditorium. Perhaps his most consequential alteration to the RA, however, is unifying the institutions 6 Burlington Gardens building…
The Store X and the New Museum have announced twenty one artists that will be featured in their collaborative show Strange Days: Memories of the Future, opening at The Store X, 180 The Strand, on 2 October. This group exhibition presents a host of video works by artists previously exhibited at the New Museum, blending…