Good Morning Monaco Thursday, June 19, 2025 Monaco economy sees record revenues and strong trade start in 2025 Monaco’s economy delivered a timely reminder of its resilience in the first…
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Good Morning Monaco Wednesday, June 4, 2025 Roca Team abruptly suspends Mike James The Roca Team’s preparations for the Betclic Elite semi-finals have been thrown into disarray after the club…
James Brewer reviews a rehang and refit that adds lustre to the unparalleled collection of Western European art A complete and imaginative redisplay of more than 1,000 of the National…
Good Morning Monaco Saturday, May 3, 2025 New housing project “La Luciole” announced in Monaco Monaco’s government has unveiled plans for a new state-owned residential building as part of its…
By James Brewer Gods and goddesses caught in amorous pursuit; mythical sea creatures frolicking around such quests; sea nymphs and putti (cherubs) in curious attendance. These, amid crashing waves, are…
By James Brewer He is famed in his homeland for his monumental paintings of the Valley of Mexico. José María Velasco’s rigorously precise yet lyrical works pay homage to the…
By James Brewer Laura Holmes, a London-based painter, cooks up a feast of wild colouration, as is to be seen in her latest exhibition outing. She is one of four…
By James Brewer She has been described as “femme fatale of the London/Polish art scene.” Warsaw-born Marta Lola Boros revels in being “Baroque and Gothic, creative and capricious” and here…
Astonishing Things: The Drawings of Victor Hugo. Royal Academy highlights his fascination with castles – and with the Ocean
By James Brewer Victor Hugo, the wonderfully prolific French writer, “is just as splendid as Rembrandt,” wrote Vincent van Gogh in a letter to his brother. Whether Vincent was referring…
Behind The Sky: A Tribute to Missing Persons from the Croatian Homeland War, at London’s D Contemporary gallery
By James Brewer When war is over – it is not over. Pain, trauma and the anguish of not knowing what has happened to countless missing loved ones remains bitterly…
By James Brewer Some of the most glorious, God-fearing artwork early in the 14th century came from a man who was supposedly so disdainful of the authorities that later commentators pronounced…
By Elena Sendona on March 15, 2025 Fashionality.nyc At MIA PHOTO FAIR BNP PARIBAS 2025, Moiré Gallery Milano presents DONNA SOGGETTO (Woman Subject), an evocative exhibition that reclaims female identity as a subject of dialogue rather…
By Elena Sendona on March 13, 2025 Milan Design Week has always been a global stage for innovation, creativity, and artistic vision, but this year, 10 Corso Como takes its role to new heights, transforming…
A Community’s Effort to Rebuild a Historic Landmark In October 2023, the beloved Lady Portaitissa Church in Astypalea suffered a devastating fire, tragically caused by a baptism candle. This historical…
Good Morning Monaco Thursday, March 6, 2025 Condamine market plans revealed as Monaco sets course for major restructuring The future of La Condamine market is taking shape as Monaco’s town…
by John Faraclas The best ever global social event of its kind over the last 40 years in the British capital – the administrative capital of Shipping, was by far,…
This Year’s Unique Gift at the HESGB 2025 Gala: A Hand-Sculpted Shell Pendant by Dimitris Roussetos This year, the ladies attending the HESGB 2025 Gala* were gifted a unique, hand-sculpted…
Artists Blandine Bardeau and Misa Gott ‘touch the moon, almost’ with their new work
Artists Blandine Bardeau and Misa Gott ‘touch the moon, almost’ with their new work By James Brewer Plaudits have greeted the latest work – which is of variously magical and…
Royal Academy takes pride in ‘Brasil! Brasil! The Birth of Modernism’ By James Brewer Brasil! Brasil! – it sounds like the refrain for a samba, but it is the impelling…
National Gallery’s stunning presentation of Parmigianino’s The Vision of Saint Jerome
National Gallery’s stunning presentation of Parmigianino’s The Vision of Saint Jerome By James Brewer A “cover-up” by one of the most innovative artists of the Renaissance is in plain sight…
Electric Dreams: Tate Modern reminisces over Art and Technology Before the Internet
By James Brewer Is it, was it, science or art? Ahead of the internet, numerous high-powered intellects were beavering at the crossroads of technology and artistic expression – and of…
By James Brewer The National Gallery chose the title Van Gogh: Poets and Lovers. It could well have added the words “… and Olive Trees,” because the artist’s reverence for those sun-loving…
Flash 99,4’s Andreas Stamatopoulos talks with John Faraclas on PM Mitsotakis visit in London, emphasising on the Parthenon Marbles and other issues
Late last night we were fortunate to speak live on ERT3 Flash 99.4 with world acclaimed journalist Andreas Stamatopoulos on: Viewers can listen live here below:
Dulwich Picture Gallery extols an overlooked artist: ‘Tirzah Garwood: Beyond Ravilious’
By James Brewer A captivating designer, painter, printmaker and embroiderer of the 1930s and 1940s, Tirzah Garwood (1908–1951) is at last justly hallowed by a London exhibition of the current…
By Elena Sendona on November 18, 2024 As the holiday season approaches, 10 Corso Como, Milan’s iconic lifestyle store, offers a curated selection of gifts that seamlessly combine elegance, functionality, and the brand’s signature…