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Milan, Italy - After 7 long years in the planning, Miuccia Prada's and husband Patrizio Bertelli's private casa for their contemporary art collection, was finally unveiled end of last week. Hot on the heels of various collaborations around the globe between luxury fashions houses, contemporary art and starchitects (the most recent example which comes to mind being Frank Gehry's tour de force in the Fondation Louis Vuitton), Rem Koolhas's stellar architectural masterpiece will

“You have to be brave with a building like this. The Whitney’s collection is about the liberty and freedom of American art, and the building should reflect that. None of these artists were very polite, after all. So why should we be?” New York - That should put into perspective the architectrual intent of Renzo Piano whose newest museum, the Whitney Museum of American Art, cements the venerable institution's move downtown to the Meatpacking District in New York City after yea

CHENGDU, CHINA- Chengdu, as China’s gateway to her west, is a proud metropolis that shows off her historical side as staunchly as she embraces the modernity to become a proper global city. And there is probably no better hotel in Chengdu right now that embodies this spirit and attitude with more aplomb than the newest member of the self-styled Swire Group’s House Collective hotels, The Temple House. Bespokcracy had a short sojourn at The Temple House just before 2015 came to

Singapore - Singapore is quickly becoming a beehive of activities especially where contemporary arts is concerned and Dom Perignon's commission of 3 Singaporean artists of different niches- of installation, of edible art and photography- in an exclusive event held at the F1 Pit Building on 29 April 2015 is a good testament to that. Dom Perignon is no stranger to such high-profiled commissions as any lay-bubbly drinker would know, having seen the distinctive reworking of their