Art Basel Hong Kong: West

Highlights from the Western component of the recent fair

More than delivering the caché of the Art Basel name, the inaugural Hong Kong edition contextualized Asian art in the global community. Showcased aside it, an array of Western artists rounded out the festival with grandeur, color and abstraction. Cuban-American Luis Gispert‘s large-format photograph “C-5” (2013), seen within the Rhona Hoffman Gallery presentation, delivers the incredible realism of an airplane interior partnered with a fantastical …

Test Drive: 2014 Bentley Flying Spur

We take the "party in the front, business in the back" saloon on its maiden drive from Beijing to the Great Wall

We’ve been following the all-new Bentley Flying Spur from its sneak peek in London to its debut at Geneva’s International Auto Show and to the factory in Crewe, where we saw the first production car roll down the assembly line (you’ll see more about that later this year). Itching to road-test the car for months, we eagerly accepted Bentley’s invitation to join them in China, …

Valerii Danevych’s Wooden Timepieces

Timepiece movements made entirely from wood by a Ukrainian watchmaker and craftsman

We’ve seen our fair share of wooden watches in the past, but nothing prepared us for the work of watchmaker Valerii Danevych, which we saw at while visiting Baselworld 2013. Working from his hometown in Kiev, Ukraine, Danevych comes from a long line of cabinetmakers and has been refining his craft of miniature joinery since childhood. Since 2005 he has been dedicated to creating timepieces …