The Shafik Gabr Foundation and Humanity in Action launches the Gabr Fellowship. The Fellowship is an innovative international educational exchange created to foster greater understanding and cooperation among emerging leaders in Egypt and the United States. It will take place from June 2-16 in Egypt and from October 19 – November 2 in the [...]
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B BEYOND Magazine, together with sister publication FAULT Magazine and the Linveco Cultural Foundation, is proud to be an official media partner (stand M14) at international art fair, Art 13. Held in the beautiful great hall of Kensington Olympia in Central London, the event gathers some of the best and most prestigious artists and galleries [...]
B Beyond Magazine is pleased to announce that it will be one of the official media partners for the prestigious new London art fair for contemporary and modern work, Art 13. The fair takes place in just under a month from 1-3 March at London’s huge and historic Kensington Olympia venue. More information on our stand, to be shared with sister publications FAULT [...]
B Beyond Magazine is delighted to be a media partner of Art13 London The first edition of Art13 London, the city’s new modern and contemporary art fair will take place at Olympia Grand Hall in West London from 1-3 March 2013 (VIP preview: 28 February 2013). The Fair, sponsored by Citi Private Bank, has been [...]
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The world’s most generous virtual charity gift This year for the first time in the Christmas ‘virtual gifts’ landscape, ActionAid, the anti-poverty charity, is offering people and companies the unique chance to fund an entire emergency program in Bangladesh as a Christmas gift! This most generous virtual charity gift ever offered costs a mere £30,000. [...]
Capri, palazzo style From the quirky to the urban cool, to the ‘beyond star’ luxury, we travelled down the Amalfi coast to finish our trip, fittingly enough at the Capri Palace hotel. There are many hotels in the world called ‘palace’ and the word has a clichéd overtone to it, but there is nothing clichéd [...]
La Dolce Vita Amalfi Coast style As our obsession with Italy and all things Italian continues, BBeyond explored yet another part of the country for 10 days over Easter 2011. The Amalfi coast is perhaps as not as well known or popular with the superyacht owners that traditionally put anchor at Portofino or Porto Cervo [...]
Vedi Napoli e poi muori The next destination of our trip is, of course, the redoubtable Naples. Often referred to as the most dangerous city in Italy, Naples seems to enjoy its reputation in a mischievious sort of way. But if you can move past the now notorious (and still overwhelming) piles of rubbish and [...]
BB interviews David Richards, chairman of ProDrive and Aston Martin. BB. Your involvement in every aspect of motorsport spans 3 decades. How and why did it all start? DR Where did it all start? Well, I suppose all small boys’ dream is to go motor racing, to play with cars. I was brought up [...]
Redefining the perception of time Dr John C Taylor : Portrait of a contemporary inventor as an artist “The perceived duration of each minute varies from person to person and depends on circumstances. As you get older, you become more aware that time isn’t on your side and every minute that passes is gone forever. [...]
Pearl Lam, trailblazer and superwoman of the art world I meet Pearl Lam at her penthouse appartment in Mayfair, London which is a mini-reflection of her: eclectic, idiosyncratic, original… For all the influence and respect she commands within the global art establishment, she has retained her mischivieous girl look. Petite, vivacious and very attractive, she [...]
“Collecting is an adventure” Conversation with Dakis Joannou, one of the most significant contemporary art collectors today and founder of the Deste Art Foundation. BB Who was the first artist whose work you bought? DJ Jeff Koons was the first artist I started to collect. As for buying, anything from a very early age… BB [...]
David Rockefeller, head of the legendary philanthropic dynasty, gives BB this exclusive interview: BB The name of Rockefeller is one of awe-inspiring legacy. Is the path of a standard bearer a lonely and onerous one or is it a privilege? What do you consider your own most important legacy to be? DR As children, my [...]
Christian Rhomberg, founder of the all-powerful Kee Club in Hong Kong is interviewed for BB by Louise Bleach CR KEE was designed to be something of a ‘home away from home’ for our members. It is designed similarly to a grand residence and what we try to do at KEE is to maintain a large [...]
John Caudwell is one of Britain’s most successful entrepreneurs and a passionate philanthropist. He has offered BB an exclusive interview. BB How and why did you start CAUDWELL CHILDREN? JC I started it 11 years ago. All I had done up to then was build my business and like most people, I didn’t exactly have [...]
The full text of our exclusive interview with T Boone Pickens appears in the Spring 2012 edition of B Beyond magazine, along with pictures taken at the Pickens’ Mesa Vista ranch. BB. The Pickens Plan makes two overwhelming arguments – one is global and has to do with sustainable energy; the other is US-specific and [...]
Nicolas Berggruen is the founder of the Berggruen Institute and its 21st Century Council. The 21st Century Council is a forum for dialogue and action on issues of global governance that recognizes the radical power-shift underway in geopolitics reflected in the rise of the G-20 as the key governing body of globalization. Below is an [...]
Jon Moulton is a veteran of the private equity industry and the chairman of Better Capital. To his peers in the world of finance he needs no introduction. Through this interview, our subscribers can benefit from his unique insight into economy and industry related topics. BB. How is Better Capital different from other private equity [...]
Enter the Dragon: David S. Wong interviews Thurleigh’s David Rosier The S&P 500 index ended 2011 relatively unchanged despite a year of high volatility driven by the European Sovereign Debt Crisis and the pertinent risk of double dip recession. During the year, the markets witnessed the major impacts of the Arab Spring, Japanese earthquake, downgrade [...]
David S. Wong interviews Michael Kerr-Dineen, CEO and co-founder of Cheviot Asset Management. Michael Kerr-Dineen is one of those financiers whose focus on class and quality can only be overshadowed by his determination to deliver on his promise. He has demonstrated this by walking away from giants such as UBS to prove that business can [...]
With a fabulous cover by Wales Madden III, the B Beyond travel and conservation issue is not out and available both as a collectible edition and as a digital download via zinio. The edition contains long and beautifully illustrated interviews with adventurer-turned-conservationst Mark Shand, H.M. the Queen mother of Bhutan, travel philanthropist Linda Cruse, Cheviot [...]
BBP recommends… NICOLAS FEUILLATTE: NON-VINTAGE BRUT CHAMPAGNE FRESH AND STRUCTURED The non-vintage Brut Champagne is aged for at least 2 years. 250 different crus make up the blend. Reserve wines account for 15 – 35% of the blend to maintain the Brut’s consistency of quality and style from one year to the next. BLEND: 20% [...]
The Sovereign Group to offer a new service to clients in order to facilitate a smooth transition in obtaining new residencies and citizenships. While countries who sell passports are often frowned upon the reality is that all countries try and encourage immigration by the wealthy by granting residency which leads to nationality – or nationality [...]
Tsang Kin-Wah PEARL LAM GALLERIES PRESENTS THE SOLO SITE-SPECIFIC PROJECT BY HONG KONG ARTIST TSANG KIN-WAH ECCE HOMO TRILOGY I Curated by David Ho Yeung Chan Exhibition Dates 27thJuly-27th August, 2012 Monday-Saturday, 10am-7pm Press Preview: Thursday, 26th July, 3-5pm Pearl Lam Galleries, 601-605, 6/F, Pedder Building, 12 Pedder Street, Central, Hong Kong HONG KONG [...]
Duncan Bannatyne has bought a work of art by Anthony Russell at the charity auction orgasnised by John Caudwell for his annual Butterfly Ball in aid of Caudwell Children. B Beyond magazine has of course championed Anthony’s works as well as his conservation work in East Africa (indeed, a proportion of the proceeds from any [...]
Lady Linda Wong Davies, Founder and Chairman of the KT Wong Foundation, entertained a number of friends to a screening of a film on the making of Einstein on the Beach, the abstract 1985 opera created by Philip Glass and Robert Wilson. The two producers took the stage after the screening and answered questions from [...]
Anthony Russell, the Kenya-born conservationist best known for his Shompole Lodge concept in the Maasai Mara, had an exhibition of his works in London last week. It isn’t easy to do justice to these unique, powerful and VERY large pieces through computer images and writing alone. As with all art, they have to be seen [...]
Cardinal O’Brien has added his voice to that of an increasing number of people concerned about the rise of poverty in the ‘affluent and mighty West’. Whether you are a regular person, fortunate enough to have a good job, or a major philanthropist pondering how to make a difference in the lives of many, try [...]
Charismatic philanthropist John Caudwell has come up with an ingenious idea to help alleviate London’s accute homelessness crisis which is set to go in one direction – up! He has been granted permission to develop a Mayfair car park into ultra high end residential apartments, but wants to add an extra two storeys into the [...]
Alessandro Benetton, son of the founder of the eponymous Italian fashion retailer, has taken over as head of the family business, following the resignation of his father. The O’Reilly family’s 39-year control of Ireland’s Independent News & Media has come to an end, following the resignation of family member and chief executive Gavin O’Reilly. The [...]
Millesime Bio Challenge 2012 Montpellier, January 24th 2012: La Vialla wines debut at the Millesime Bio Challenge, the temple of European organic wines, and win Gold for the Vin Santo Occhio di Pernice and for the Torbolone, Silver for the Casal Duro and Bronze for the Chianti Riserva! La Vialla is one of the world’s [...]
A REDISCOVERED MASTERPIECE: PAUL CÉZANNE’S STUDY IN WATERCOLOR FOR HIS SEMINAL MODERN MASTER WORK “CARD PLAYERS” RARE WORK ON PAPER ASSUMED LOST TO HISTORY EMERGES FROM A PRIVATE TEXAS COLLECTION AFTER NEARLY 60 YEARS To be auctioned off by Christie’s!
The Stephen Friedman Gallery hosted a private view of its Li Tianbing exhibition, currently on show at 25-28 Old Burlington Street, London, W1S 3AN. Li Tianbing is, of course, known to B Beyond readers, having been profiled with an interview and selected works as part of our Shanghai feature in 2011. At the time, the [...]
The Balcon at 8 Pall Mall, London, UK, is in the heartland of venerable gentlemen’s clubs, art galleries, and discreet but opulent eateries. It is also a short walk down Haymarket so, convenient to theatre goers and anyone who wishes to avoid the garishness of Piccadilly Circus and Shaftesbury Avenue. B Beyond had a memorable [...]
In the Spring 2012 edition of B Beyond magazine, read interviews with: Nicolas Berggruen on austerity measures, the future of Europe, Africa commodity exchanges and his vision of the West’s economic future. T Boone Pickens, Texan oil mogul and alternative energy proponent, on alternative energy and US foreign policy Investing in Art, the last [...]
The year of discontent Editor’s letter published in the last 2011 edition of B Beyond magazine 2011 has been a year like no other in living memory. There have been other recessions and economic downturns; markets have collapsed; wars have erupted; civil unrest and ethnic cleansing have ravaged individual countries, and natural disasters have decimated [...]
The only music dedicated photo gallery in the UK, Rock City Art, was launched on the 2nd December 2011 by founder photographers Mick Hutson and Andy Willsher. The Rock City Art gallery concept was founded by leading UK music photographers Mick Hutson and Andy Willsher. The idea of a gallery evolved from the Six Shooters [...]
Ever since Nick Clegg, Deputy Prime Minister of the UK, voiced strong reservations about the EU veto, exercised by his prime minister, David Cameron, the Daily Mail, self-anointed organ of the English middle classes, has been on a Clegg-bashing mission. We are not a partisan publication, so our reaction is above and beyond any national [...]
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B Beyond was recently a guest at a private dinner to celebrate a collector’s acquisition of two Zhu Jinshi works (not the one featured in this article!). As we marvelled at the large, 3D oil paintings, the conversation focused on the artist and the fact that he is producing fewer works. The scarcity factor [...]
When I first began advocating sustainable luxury seven years ago, it was considered an oxymoron. But over the past few years it has been shown that the two concepts, luxury and sustainability, are not necessarily opposing but can in fact be very complementary. Luxury celebrates the authenticity of craftsmanship, noble materials and a notion of [...]
Phone hacking, Norway shootings, murderous polar bears, London riots, stock market jitters, US credit rating downgraded, Greece, Italy, Spain going belly up, famine in Somalia… Every day seems to bring a new woe and each woe is quickly forgotten as it’s replaced by the next. Fans hardly got the time to mourn Amy Winehouse before [...]
Amber Atherton deconstructs B Beyond
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Dakis Joannou and his wife Lietta entertained artists, collectors, friends and media to a two day art extravaganza late June. His Deste Foundation hosted the first portion of the art fest, INVESTIGATIONS OF A DOG, Works from the FACE* Collections, curated by Nadja Argyropoulou). For those who haven’t seen the show yet (it has already [...]
Dakis Joannou and his wife Lietta entertained artists, collectors, friends and media to a two day art extravaganza late June.
D&G party at One Hyde Park Do rent-a-crowd blondes galore and name-dropping to gossip columnists add up to flat sales at the Candy&Candy flagship development? Who knows… Sadly, one of the most attractive features of the development – the Mandarin hotel terrace overlooking the park right next to the apartment buildings – remains closed (even [...]
©Getty Images Hilarious to see Hugh Hefner’s age-augmented girth alongside his ample-bodied bunnies posing for a revival of the Playboy Club. We will refrain from copying and pasting all the ageist jokes at his expense. His daughter Christie married into the ultra respectable circle of US establishment (her husband is Illinois state senator William Marovitz) [...]
Second generation takes control at Westfield Frank Lowy, founder of the world’s biggest shopping centre chain Westfield, has stepped down as chief executive of the company and will be succeeded by his two sons. Young Mittal steps closer to the top job at ArcelorMittal Aditya Mittal, son of steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal, has significantly increased [...]
Dominique Strauss-Khan stepped down as head of the IMF, following his arrest for an alleged sexual assault on a New York chambermaid. But who will succeed him at the helm of the fund? Mr Strauss-Kahn had been expected to quit the fund in June and return to France to compete for the Socialist nomination for [...]
Witty quote on Nick Clegg from the usually stern Guardian newspaper: < Labour hates the Liberal Democrat leader because he is essential to keeping the Tories in power, and the Tories hate him for the same reason.> Dominique Strauss-Kahn faces trial for assaulting a hotel maid. One would have thought he could use a discreet [...]
An interesting, mixed nationality BB inner circle dinner last night led to reflections about the disparity of cultural perceptions. A wealthy Russian entrepreneur and his interpreter for the night, a St Petersburg finance under-graduate, expressed astonishment at Gorbachev’s popularity in the West. Gorbachev, who enjoys a quasi celebrity status and whose Raisa Gorbachev Foundation counts [...]
Another day of contentious commentary on Bin Laden’s killing across several news channels. Was it assassination or lawful killing protecting US national interests?… While the parsing of semantics continues, we are shown picture of Bin Laden’s compound, with bloodied bodies and trashed backyard. Astonishing to see the Spartan conditions in which the world’s most hunted [...]
Dr Williams gets in trouble over Osama bin Laden Dr Williams dares to speak the unspoken – in this instance, many people’s reservations about the way Bin Laden appears to have been executed. The rationale – that Bin Laden orchestrated the murder of a multitude of civilians (I find the misnomer “innocent victims” particularly objectionable [...]
Years ago, when Osama’s name first appeared in the newspapers, someone who had once had a working partnership with the Bin Laden construction company gave me his personal impressions of the young Osama: a quiet but intelligent zealot, with enough cash to keep a step ahead of the West’s “Most Wanted” campaign. And so it [...]
‘The deepening loss of personal trust at the top of the coalition government engendered by the bitter AV referendum campaign was exposed when David Cameron was accused of a systematic and shortsighted attempt to trash Nick Clegg’s leadership.’ One can’t help thinking that this is more of a ‘parlamentarian opera’ than a real political rift. [...]
Oil-rich Libya is on course to become the new Iraq. France and the UK are said to be “unrepentant” about bombing the Libyan dictator’s compound, although official statements avoid commenting on the casualties – Gaddafi’s son and three grand-children. “All is fair in love and war” seems to sum up the reaction of the West.
“I don’t see how anybody can be other than enthused about this country,” Buffett told Berkshire shareholders last Saturday. We wonder… According to City Group Chief Economist Willem Buiter, the next 4 decades belong to Africa, Mongolia and a few other resource rich territories. America is trading more and more on “brand reputation” than on [...]
They clearly haven’t heard the expression “cut your losses”. Not to take too strong a position on it (and based on the Social Network movie, Zuckerberg doesn’t come out smelling of roses exactly), but this one has clearly ran its course. In any event, FB has evolved into something entirely different from the original concept, [...]
Multi-million dollar homes boast bowling alleys and flying swimming pools it is reported today(visit source article). Those in the know, however, understand that real significance in the wealth/influence stakes is measured not by the bowling alley and swimming pool, and not even by the omnipresence of the uniformed staff and ubiquitous private jet, helicopter, yacht [...]
The Raine Group, the boutique investment bank started by two former Wall Street dealmakers, has received new investments from three media and technology executives, Eric Schmidt, Sean Parker, Peter Chernin, as well as other big names from the media and technology sectors. Eric Schmidt, the former chief executive of Google Inc, Sean Parker, the former [...]
Since launching their label Rodarte in 2005, the Mulleavy sisters have achieved an enviable status – their work is celebrated as art as well as fashion. In 2009 Rodarte won the CFDA Womenswear Designer of the Year award and became the first fashion house to receive a United States Artists grant, the following year the [...]
Robert de Niro should not have entrusted the paintings of his late father — noted abstract artist Robert De Niro Sr. — to the Salander-O’Reilly gallery, two alternate jurors said Thursday as they were released from the grand larceny trial of gallery director Leigh Morse. Morse sold two of the paintings to a San Francisco [...]
A painting depicting a 1940s village scene of Indonesia under Dutch rule will be a star attraction at an auction where prices are expected to reflect growing interest in Southeast Asian art, experts say. The piece, “Stand Guard For Our Motherland”, painted by Indonesian artist S. Sudjojono in 1965, is tipped to beat its estimate [...]
New York’s Lincoln Center has attracted an array of ultra wealthy individuals (or their spouses) to sit on its board of directors. In exchange, it has offered a piece of immortality by naming key buildings after its distinguished patrons. The list reads like a non-profit’s dream come true: David Rubenstein (the Center’s vice chair of [...]
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