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luxury

A three-grid collage of photos of wristwatches worn on a model wearing a striped dress shirt

Marteau & Co Is Bringing the Art World Model to Independent Watch Auctions

Can a platform built around maker rights and deliberate curation shift how collectors and the timepiece market think about what creators are owed?
By Caleb Anderson
An exhibition display shows Chanel handbags in varied shapes, colors and materials arranged across two white wall shelves.

Christie’s Rachel Koffsky On How the Handbag Became the Art Market’s Most Elegant Entry Point

Driven by Hermès devotees, archival Chanel aficionados and a renewed appetite for early-2000s fashion, the handbag market has become one of the auction world's most reliable pipelines for new collectors.
By Elisa Carollo
A model walks through a dark wood-paneled gallery doorway during a fashion show, with seated guests on either side and a large classical portrait painting visible in the room behind her.

The Frick Collection’s Louis Vuitton Partnership Is Luxury’s Latest Cultural Power Move

Art has become one of luxury's strongest competitive tools.
By Elisa Carollo
A profile of Ermenegildo "Gildo" Zegna walking onto a stage.

Gildo Zegna on Leading an NYSE-Listed Family Business With Patience and Innovation

By Sissi Cao
A close-up angled view of a luxury wristwatch with a gold case, black textured bezel and light blue dial, featuring stylized hands and a small aperture, set against a dark background.

The GoS Skadi and a Scandinavian Vision of Watchmaking

By Marcus Henry
Black-and-white portrait of Jean Cocteau resting his chin on his hand while wearing stacked Cartier Trinity rings.

The Mechanics Powering Heritage Brand Jewelry’s Secondary Market Appeal

By Elisa Carollo
A trio of watch fliers on a salmon background advertising for the Vacheron Constantin Concours d’Élégance

Vacheron Constantin Borrows the Luxury Concours d’ Elegance Concept from the Auto World

By Roberta Naas
A salmon-pink illustration depicting modern luxury symbols, including a private jet, yacht, champagne, fine dining, jewelry, sports car, designer furniture and a framed classical painting, with a relaxed figure reclining in the foreground against a stylized city skyline, emphasizing experience, mobility and cultural consumption.

Can the Luxury Market’s Experience-Led Reset Be a Blueprint for the Art Market’s Next Act?

By Elisa Carollo
Professional portrait of Jennifer Findley and Kevin Mansour

Art as Infrastructure: How Cultural Programming Is Redefining Luxury Hospitality


By Sonia Rubeck
An elehgant luminous interior with a Hyppo sculptural bar table.

Lalannes Fever and the Global Demand for Design

By Elisa Carollo
A Sotheby’s auctioneer in a black suit stands in front of a crowded room with Gustav Klimt’s portrait of a woman hanging beside a bidding screen showing Antonio Obá’s Alvorada—Musica Incidental Black Bird.

Christie’s and Sotheby’s Close 2025 With a Market Rebound Fueled by Luxury and New Buyers

By Elisa Carollo

The New Luxury: Why Story, Experience and Authenticity Matter More Than Exclusivity

By Sonia Rubeck
A white Porsche 911 is on display

Porsche’s 99% Profit Tumble Signals Trouble for Luxury Brands Worldwide

By Abigail Bassett
A gold miner reforesting land in Peru

The Hidden Cost of Gold: Miners, Mercury and a Path to Sustainability

By Olga González
An aerial view of a padel court

Where Sport Meets Design: The New Language of Luxury Leisure

By Chris Moore and Nicholas Solarewicz
Frida Kahlo’s 1940 painting El sueño (La cama) depicting the artist sleeping under a skeletal figure on a canopy bed.

Sotheby’s Bets Big On Abu Dhabi With a $150 Million Preview and Luxury Collectors’ Week

By Elisa Carollo
Cars drive past Louis Vuitton flagship store wrapped like massive travel trunks.

LVMH and Hermes CFOs Say Luxury Titans Are Starting to Feel Tariff Pains

By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly
Man in black shirt speaks into mic against purple background

LVMH CEO Bernard Arnault Has Personally Invested in 5 A.I. Startups This Year

By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly

Swarovski US Chief Dissects Americans’ Unique Taste and Luxury Trends: Interview

By Sissi Cao
Older man with grey hair wearing dark blue suit

Billionaire Bernard Arnault’s Net Worth Has Had Its Ups and Downs

By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly
Shiny Louis Vuitton trunk pictured among a forest with a waterfall

Louis Vuitton Is Selling Its Iconic Trunk as a $39k NFT

By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly
Grand hall decorated with table, chairs and lxuurious decor

Rothschild Masterpieces Are Coming to Christie’s This Fall

By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly
Bernard Arnault and his daughter Delphine Arnault sitting front row at a Louis Vuitton show.

Bernard Arnault Names His Daughter as Dior’s Newest CEO in LVMH Shakeup

By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly
Rolls-Royce Spectre

Rolls-Royce Unveils the World’s Most Expensive Electric Car

By Sissi Cao
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