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Cool Kids Are Into Art: Paris Edition, Part II

Save this for your next trip to Paris, especially if you’re heading there for Art Basel :) I love Paris, and one guide simply wasn’t enough.

Oct 14 • Nastasia

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The New Status Symbol Is Knowing

For a long time, luxury has been largely about possession: having something that other people could recognise as valuable.

Oct 3 • Nastasia

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September 2026

Against Optimization

On the cult of the curated life, our obsession with designing the “right” one, and the beauty of leaving some things to chance.

Sep 17 • Nastasia

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Being Difficult to Impress

On taste, discernment, and learning to stop being impressed by things that are designed to impress you.

Sep 10 • Nastasia

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August 2026

Cool Kids Are Into Art: The Ultimate Summer Art Guide

Across the world, a new generation of travellers is following a different map: one drawn not by traditional landmarks, but by artists, architects and…

Aug 6 • Nastasia

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July 2026

Can Art Influence the Closing of a Deal?

The world’s most prestigious institutions have spent years building some of the most valuable art collections in existence.

Jul 30 • Nastasia

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Cool Kids Are Into Art: A Lanzarote Guide

Returning to his native Lanzarote in the 1960s after years spent in Madrid and New York, César Manrique imagined the island as a living artwork.

Jul 23 • Nastasia

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Will Art Save Us?

From suffering, from meaninglessness, from ourselves. Perhaps the philosophers understood something we have forgotten.

Jul 16 • Nastasia

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Cool Kids Are Into Art: Costa Smeralda Edition

Designed by dreamers

Jul 2 • Nastasia

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June 2026

Cool Kids Are Into Art: A Paris Guide

Paris has reclaimed its position as the centre of the European art world.

Jun 23 • Nastasia

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Cool Kids Are Into Art: A South of France Guide

The South of France has always attracted people who take beauty seriously.

Jun 10 • Nastasia

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May 2026

Cool Kids Are Into Art: Capri & Napoli Guide

Napoli reminds you that life is meant to be enjoyed fully: emotionally, aesthetically, spontaneously.

May 27 • Nastasia

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