Art
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The Future Never Looked So Bright!
Giacomo Balla, Automobile in corsa, Painted in 1913Estimate $12/18 million
“This is a treasure-trove of Modernism. Collections rarely explore a theme with such power and unity. Each work adds a distinct chapter, showing artists’ engagement with a radically transforming universe – mass communication, the automobile and airplane, technology, photography and cinema. Just as today’s world was born in those years, many more recent movements such as Pop Art, Minimalism, Conceptual Art and Abstraction also have their roots in the artists represented here.”
Simon Shaw, Head of Sotheby’s Impressionist & Modern Art department in New YorkThe New York Sotheby’s Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale is set for November 6 2013. It will open with a private collection of seminal works created between 1910 and 1930. Futur! Masterworks of the Avant-Garde features museum-quality examples by artists including Giacomo Balla, Joan Miró, Francis Picabia, Pablo Picasso and Juan Gris. Together, these works tell a compelling story of the European avant-garde, from Cubism and Futurism, through Dada, Surrealism and Abstraction.
The fourteen pictures, estimated to sell for $67.2/95.1 million, represent perhaps the finest group of Modernist masterpieces to appear at auction since Sotheby’s landmark sale of the Malbin Collection in 1990. Sotheby’s will debut the collection in its London galleries from 12 – 17 October, before returning to New York for exhibition in its York Avenue galleries beginning 1 November. Highlights will also be shown in Hong Kong and Moscow this autumn.
Juan Gris, Tabac, journal et bouteille de vin rosé, Papier collé, oil and charcoal on canvas Painted in June 1914, Estimate $7/10 million“These extraordinary selections reflect the vision of Alain Tarica, who helped form the collection during the late 1960s and early 70s, and is celebrated for creating the collection of Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé, and several others. M. Tarica explained how these remarkable works were brought together: “In the same way that the Italian Renaissance was an exceptionally rich period of radical cultural renewal, breaking with long-held traditions, the first half of the 20th Century in Europe also marked a major revitalization in the arts. This couple wanted to build a collection centered on the avant- garde of the first half of the 20th Century, when the artists were working, as they were during the Renaissance, as genuine innovators.”
Simon Shaw, Head of Sotheby’s Impressionist & Modern Art department in New YorkFuturist painting burst into the consciousness of the international art world with the opening of the exhibition Les Peintres futuristes italiens at the Galerie Bernheim-Jeune in Paris in February 1912, and the following month with a group exhibition at Herwarth Walden’s Galerie der Sturm in Berlin. Automobile in corsa, which dates from the movement’s crescendo in 1913-14, is one of the greatest examples of their aesthetic principles. It belongs to a groundbreaking group of works that Balla executed in 1913-14 on the theme of cars in movement, exploring the Futurist themes of dynamism, speed and light. This series took Futurism to the brink of Abstraction. Supremely rare, Automobile in corsa is one of the most spectacular of the series.
Top: Francis Picabia Volucelle II, Ripolin on canvas Painted in 1922. Estimate $6/8 million Bottom: Joan Miró Bonheur d’aimer ma brune, Oil on canvasPainted in 1925. Estimate $9/12 million -
Luxury Hotels That Live Up To The Hype
Still looking for an elegant and luxurious home away from home while you travel with your family for the rest of the summer ?
Why not try any one of these insanely beautiful and soignee hotels listed here? All of them stemmed from The World Top 100 Hotels in the United States and Canada, from The Robb Report.
There are so many fine choices to look at, (from the Mandarin Oriental in Atlanta, The Four Seasons in Santa Fé, to the Waldorf Astoria here in New York).
But alas, time only allowed for simply nine of which I’ve had the pleasure of staying in.
For the complete list, check out the article directly from The Robb Report. Hope you’re enjoying your time in the sun!
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Remembering Rembrandt van Rijn & His Genius
photo via guardian.co.uk“The best of everything – that’s (that is) what I wish you allThe best of everything – a rembrandt (hanging) on your (the) wall.”Frank SinatraMASTER STROKE
Today, art lovers all over the world are celebrating the life and art of Dutch Baroque master Rembrandt (1606 – 1669). Before I start a yet very busy week, I thought it’s worth the time to stop and take notice that Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn was one of the greatest and most influential painters in the history of Western art. I find it both remarkable and fascinating how his paintings depicted a masterful and compassionate side of his sadly complex and at times, anguished life. Although he was made famous in his early 20s, his personal life was marked by tragic deaths and financial ruins. Rembrandt combated these difficulties by painting with great technical brilliance which made his work universally significant.
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
photo by gijsvanderwal, via flickr
REMBRANDT Harmenszoon van RIJN – Saskia van Uylenburgh in Arcadian Costumephoto via paintings are picture_-_A_Woman_in_Bed_-_Google_Art_Project_-_cropped.jpg?w=960)
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
Photo via www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
Rijn Van Rembrandt Self Portraitphoto via artmight.com
Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn, La Petite Filleby magika42000 via flickr
The Night Watch, Rembrandtby CarolynEaton via flickr -
The Grand European Tour: 1st Destination – Art Basel
Saul LEITER, Cap, c.1960 3/10Chromogenic printFirst Time in Art BaselExhibiting for the first time at Art Basel, Howard Greenberg Gallery of New York City will present an important exhibition of iconic and captivating work by leading photographers of the 20th and 21st centuries. The wide-ranging selection will include photographs by Eugène Atget, Richard Avedon, Edward Burtynsky, František Drtikol, Bruce Davidson, William Klein, Saul Leiter, Arnold Newman, Edward Weston, and Edward Steichen, among others, at Art Basel in Switzerland, June 13-16, 2013. The Gallery has shown at Art Basel Miami Beach for more than eight years.The premiere of a new photograph by Edward Burtynsky, an artist known for his documentation of humanity’s impact on the planet, will be one of the highlights of the exhibition at Howard Greenberg Gallery. The large-scale image depicting a gushing Chinese dam on the Yellow River in HenanProvince, will also be the cover image for a new book on Burtynsky’s series about water, to be published by Steidl this fall. In addition, Watermark, a feature documentary film will be released in September 2013. Coinciding with the book and the film will be an exhibition entitled WATER of Burtynsky’s photographs from 2007 to 2013 at Howard Greenberg Gallery from September 19 through November 2, 2013.Among the 20th-century masterpieces of photography will be the work of the celebrated French photographer Eugène Atget, who brought a poetic and meditative tone to his landscapes. Saint-Cloud, a park with spectacular gardens in the Western suburbs of Paris, inspired him enormously, and several of his photographs taken there in the 1920s depict his transcendent vision.
Howard Greenberg Gallery is well known for its specialization in Czech photographers, who pushed the boundaries of the medium to modernity beginning in the 1920s and into the 1950s. Among them were František Drtikol and Josef Sudek, whose moody nudes will be on exhibition.
Arnold Newman photographed many famous artists in the 1940s and ‘50s, and a number of his portraits will be on view including those of Alfred Stieglitz and Georgia O’Keeffe, Max Ernst, and Willem de Kooning. Of particular note will be an extraordinary oversized image of the legendary composer, pianist, and conductor Igor Stravinsky. The only one of its kind, the portrait was made for a museum exhibition in 1951, and is known as the photographer’s signature work.
An enchanting 1930 Edward Steichen portrait of Anna May Wong, the first Asian American actress to gain international recognition, will also be on view. A number of rare still-lifes by Steichen, Edward Weston, and Brett Weston show the masters’ remarkable ability to find exquisite beauty in simple objects.
A 1940 photographic collage by the American artist Herbert Bayer, who was the last surviving member of the Bauhaus, projects a quality of surrealism its integration of images of figurative sculpture with lines of perspective. Born in Austria, he was an influential graphic designer, painter, photographer, sculptor, and architect, whose work was represented in a number of important exhibitions at The Museum of Modern Art in New York City.Photographs by William Klein, one of the leading photographers of the postwar era as well as an influential filmmaker, painter, and graphic artist, will be exhibited following a critically acclaimed exhibition this spring at the Gallery in New York. A long-time resident of Paris, William Klein began his career as a painter, first studying with Fernand Léger. On view will be his early black and white fashion photographs taken for Vogue in the 1960s, and his painted contacts — enamel painting on blown-up contact sheet outtakes from the 1960s through 1990.
Art Basel
June 13-16, 2013
Hall 2.0/Booth D4
Eugene ATGET, Saint-Cloud, 1922Gold chloride printing out paper print; printed c.1922
Frantisek DRTIKOL, Nude, c.1927-29Pigment print; printed c.1927-29
William Klein, Smoke + Veil x 3, Paris (Vogue), 1958 (painted 2004)Hand-painted gelatin silver print; printed later, 19 5/8
Berenice ABBOTT, Fifth Avenue Houses, Nos. 4, 6, 8, 1936Gelatin silver print; printed c.1936
Edward WESTON, Egg and Bone, 1930Matte-surface gelatin silver print; printed c.1930
Walker EVANS, Main Street, Saratoga Springs, New York, 1931Gelatin silver print; printed 1930s
Arnold NEWMAN, Willem de Kooning, New York, 1959Gelatin silver print; printed c.1959
Herbert BAYER, Study of Perspective, The Measure of Man, 1940Images Courtesy Howard Greenberg GalleryAll Rights Reserved -
The 2013 Spring Show
Bernard Goldberg Fine Arts The 3rd Annual Spring Show came and went and it was glorious. I remembered attending the first show and thought how powerful that bold splash of red looked in the entrance of the lobby as soon as I walked in. The energy, the atmosphere, the content of the space with its outstanding decorative and fine arts were thrilling then, as it was from May 1-5. My tour on Friday, May 4th, was a huge success, and I’m hoping to share the images with you as soon as possible, and I’d like to say a special thank you to everyone who attended and the many others for their support.
“A glorious welcome to springtime in New York.” VSP
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Brett Beldock, New York 
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John Eric Riis, Georgia 
Milord Antiques, Montreal I’d like to apologize for the lack of posts these last few days, but I’ve been ill, and following my doctors orders by resting to regain my strength. Right now is an exciting time in New York, and Paris and I wish I had enough time to recount them all. My following posts will highlight my favorite decorative and fine art pieces from the fair, The Kips Bay Designer Showhouse, the much talked about Collective.1 Design Fair, various interviews, and much more.
- Art, Design, Galleries, Kips Bay, Kips Bay Boys and Girls Club, Life and Style, Parties, The Weekender
Out On The Town: This Month’s Hottest Events
Clockwise: David Patrick Columbia and Vyna St. Phard (Doyle New York), Felicia Zwebner, Bryant Keller, Jennifer Duneier (Irene Mamiye Gallery), Thom Filicia (Mandarin Hotel), Solstiss Lace showroom, Nicky Haslam and Vyna St. Phard (Baroncelli), Irene Mamiyeand Stephen Dweck (Irene Mamiye Gallery).Kips Bay President’s DinnerOne week ago at The Mandarin Oriental Hotel, the annual Kips Bay President’s Dinner raised over $500,000 for the Kips Bay Boys & Girls Club. It was a great evening that gathered New York’s influencers and design elite including Dennis Basso, Somers and Jonathan Farkas, Tony Ingrao, Randy Kemper, Vicente Wolf, Thom Filica, Bunny Williams, Margaret Russell, Mario Buatta, Richard and Marcia Mishaan, Jim Lebenthal, and James Huniford, among many others. The Kips Bay Boys & Girls Club choir also treated guests to two performances throughout the evening, the first was ’96,000’ from the Broadway hit In The Heights, the second was ‘The Prayer’, originally performed by Andrea Bocelli.
James Druckman, Tony Ingrao, Margaret Russell, Randy Kemper, Richard Mishaan, Jennifer Steinbrenner, Bunny Williams, Jamie Drake, Daniel Quintero
Tony Ingrao, Margaret Russell, Randy Kemper
Richard Mishaan, Margaret Russell
Thom Filicia
Bunny Williams
Richard Mishaan, Marcia Mishaan
Mario Buatta, Patricia Sovern
Susan Henshaw Jones, James Lebanthal
Jennifer Steinbrenner, Daniel Quitero
Michael Bruno, Lizzy Fraser, Mario Buatta
Kips Bay Boys & GirlsPhoto courtesy Patrick McMullanIrene Mamiye Soho Gallery OpeningNew York-based artist Irene Mamiye opens a gallery space at 89 Spring Street in Soho to showcase her fine art photography, furniture from the Chroma Collection, design and video. Mamiye is best known for incorporating various digital imaging techniques into her fine art photography. Inspired by light, color and movement, her work explores the intricate relationship between her complex personal history, the camera’s unique relation to reality, and the visionary possibilities of digital imaging. Mamiye’s work has been exhibited in prestigious national venues, including: Phillips De Pury & Company, Sotheby’s, Art Basel/Miami, HW Gallery in Naples, Hamburg Kennedy NY and East Hampton, 212 Gallery in Aspen, and Cheryl Hazan Gallery NY.
Irene Mamiye
Irene Mamiye Gallery in Soho
Irene Mamiye and Stephen Dweck
Felicia Zwebner and Charles Mamiye
Bryant Keller and Suzanne Eason
Alberto Villalobos and Mercedes Desio
Dana and Jennifer Duneier
Felicia Zwebner, Bryant Keller, Jennifer Duneier
Randall Tarasuk and Charles Pavarini III
Jack Lynch and Steven Stolman
Michael Gabriel and Eric Hilton
Elyse Mamiye
Nina Reeves and Beth Mitchell
Alyson Mamiye, Lisa Mitchell and Nicole Cohen
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Postcard From Cartagena
With its 400-year old Spanish colonial refurbished mansions, upscale boutique hotels, fusion restaurants, distinctive fashion labels, and fine jewelry boutiques, Cartagena, Colombia’s best-kept secret, is emerging as the place to visit this year. The country’s civil war has subsided and this vibrant seaside city is experiencing a stunning rebirth. While many visitors only knew about Cartagena from ‘Romancing the Stone’ or the fiction of Gabriel Garcia Marquez, the city is resurfacing. Wealthy residents of Bogota have bought abandoned properties, and turned them into lavish weekend getaways-replete with terraced swimming pools.
The best way to enjoy this sultry Caribbean port city with its easy vibe is by simply putting on a pair of comfortable shoes, and meandering along narrow, cobble stoned streets past pastel-colored walls, and discreet doors that hide fountain-gurgling courtyards accented with tropical plants. During the day, when the temperature hovers over 90 degrees, I visited several attractions: the haunting Palace of The Inquisition, the Gold Museum with its fascinating collection of pre-Columbian jewelry and artifacts, the bright yellow, Baroque Cathedral. Café-edged plazas were filled with vendors selling watermelon, mango and papaya, and shots of strong espresso. A taxi is rarely needed. And the most romantic way to experience Cartagena is via, a horse-and-carriage ride through the city’s winding streets.
Outstanding works by Yoko Ono, Leo Villareal, Nick Cave, & Mickalene Thomas, to name just a few, fill the historic district’s museums, churches, pop-up galleries, industrial buildings, and public spaces.
Throughout the year, Cartagena hosts classical music, literary and film festivals. Most recently, the International Contemporary Art Biennale, Cartagena is taking place throughout April 7th. Founded by Nohra Haime, the ebullient owner of prestigious galleries in NY and Cartagena, this year’s fair is focused on paintings, sculpture, video, photography and performance pieces created by 120 Colombian and international artists. Outstanding works by Yoko Ono, Leo Villareal, Nick Cave, & Mickalene Thomas, to name just a few, fill the historic district’s museums, churches, pop-up galleries, industrial buildings, and public spaces. What enhances this experience is a chance to view art works within timeless locations scattered throughout the city. Just outside the city’s walls is Getsemani, a yet-to-be gentrified locale filled with technicolor wall murals painted by local artists, a vibrant street and lively nightlife. Everyone goes to Café Havana for late-night salsa and the best mojitos in town. Nearby, Casa Lola, with its rooftop pool, is the place for travelers in the know.
Left: Martha Stewart at the Palace of Inquisition Contemporary Art Biennale cocktail reception
During the opening days of the Contemporary Art Biennale, I attended a glamorous gala dinner at the Museum of Modern Art of Cartagena. The event attracted the likes of elegantly attired women and their partners in crisp, white embroidered guayaberas, various political officials (former and present), and a contingent of jet-setters from NY (including Martha Stewart) who always manage to be in the right place at the right time.
Colombians are warm and welcoming, and a chance to meet Colombia’s First Lady, Maria Clemencia de Santos dining with Cecilia Pineras, Chile’s First Lady, Nicole Furman, selected as one of Colombia’s most stylish women by Mexican Vogue, well-known artist Valentino Cortezar (father of fashion designer Esteban), among many others too many to mention.Right: Mariana Zegarra, owner of Mariana’s Beach Club
For a change of pace, I booked a trip to Mariana’s Beach Club for a relaxing lunch. Boarding a private boat for a hair-raising10-minute ride across the bay, I arrived at Terra Bomba, a tranquil oasis where cerviche and sangria were served on oversized. white sofas in breezy patios. In very recent years, Cartagena has become a destination for discerning culinary travelers. First and foremost, La Vitrola is the must see-and –be- seen, highly-touted restaurant and club. Reminiscent of old Havana, this charming place is a combination of whirring fans, swaying palms, dark window shutters, and happy patrons who push tables aside to salsa dance. Reservations are a must. Another restaurant that I discovered was the brand-new, refined Frank and Frank. On its rooftop terrace, I joined a group of locals for rose wine and stimulating conversation, before dining on citrus-flavored filet of red snapper served with potato crisps.
Iglesia de la Catedral
I was fortunate enough to book a room at the Casa del Coliseo. Located in the heart of town in a lovingly restored 17th century colonial building, its owner, Juan Carlos Duque-Arilia, a well-known Miami-based interior designer, has created a chic and comfortable spot. With an unerring eye for detail, he has joined the old-world (historic photos of Cartagena, large salons with crystal chandeliers, marble-patterned floors) and the new (cable tv, A.C., wireless internet featured in impeccably-clean rooms with amazingly comfortable beds). Each morning, after a cooked breakfast, Maria, the tireless and attentive concierge, helped me map out a daily itinerary. And in the late afternoon, I would retreat to the rooftop terrace for a bracing swim.
Fernando Botero
The luxurious, terra-cotta-walled Sofitel Santa Clara attracts an international crowd that returns year after year: spacious rooms filled wit décor handcrafted in Colombia. fine restaurants, the El Coro bar, 1621wine bar, enormous swimming pool, and sybaritic spa make it a perfect getaway. I spent a perfect, languid afternoon enjoying ice-cream, endless iced- cappuccinos while taking in the sight of an extravagant, recumbent Botero nude in the lush courtyard.
Right: Centro de Formacion de la cooperacion Espanola
My week in Cartagena went by too quickly. On my last evening, I strolled to the Café del Mar, an open –air bar overlooking the ocean. Marveled at gorgeous sunset before catching a 41/2 hour flight on Jet Blue to JFK.
Casa del Coliseo
Rose Hartman is a freelance travel writer, photographer and author of 3 photo books about style.
Text and Images by Rose Hartman
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Lead photo via Conor Fernandez
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Wild & Beautiful: Andy Warhol’s Endangered Species at Sotheby’s
Majestic: Andy Warhol – Endangered Species, Bighorn ramSotheby’s London
COMPLETE SET OF ANDY WARHOL’S ‘ENDANGERED SPECIES’ PRINTS SERIES AT SOTHEBY’S IN LONDON IN MARCH 19, 2013
Only Andy Warhol can paint a ram and managed to make it look handsome! But I am not surprised at all since his love and appreciation for color embodied just about all of his creations. But tell me, have you ever seen one of the above pictured screenprint before? When I first came across the ram (and Warhol’s other 9 artworks), I was utterly smitten! And I suspect you will be too, if you have a serious interest for Andy Warhol‘s rare prints.
The complete set of ten screenprints of his Endangered Species will take center stage at Sotheby’s London in an auction of Old Master, Modern and Contemporary Prints on 19 March 2013.The entire collection is estimated to bring between $370,000-450,000, the Endangered Species project was the result of a conversation between Warhol and Frayda and Ronald Feldman, his New York art dealers, concerning the ecological issue of beach erosion. With his interest and curiosity in animals, Warhol was keen to take on this project, proposed by the Feldmans. The vibrantly coloured screenprints, produced in 1983, were described as ‘animals in make-up’ by Warhol. They are all portrayed majestically yet betray a poignant resignation to their fate. Placed in isolation as individual prints, they are positioned on the same level of elevation as the artist’s illustrious screenprints of 20th-century luminaries, such as Marilyn Monroe, Liz Taylor and Muhammad Ali. Keep in mind that complete sets of Warhol prints are very rare to the market. To inquire about this sale, contact Sotheby’s directly.
Warhol – Endangered Species, Bald eagle
Warhol – Endangered Species, Giant panda
Warhol – Endangered Species, Black rhinoceros
Warhol – Endangered Species, Orangutan
Warhol – Endangered Species, African elephant
Warhol – Endangered Species, Pine barrens tree frogWarhol – Endangered Species, Grevy’s zebra
Warhol – Endangered Species, San Francisco silverspot
Warhol – Endangered Species, Siberian tigerImages courtesy Sotheby’s LondonAll rights reserved -
Romare Bearden: America’s Greatest Collagist
Romare Bearden, Three Women, LithographPhoto via pegalstonfinearts.comThe SotrytellerOne of the most memorable moments in art last year was the centennial celebration of Romare Bearden’s body of work at various museums and galleries exhibitions throughout the world. Often referred to as this nation’s greatest collagist, Romare was a visual artist whose works went through many phases and styles, through a wide range of media. As a native son of Charlotte, North Carolina, this talented African-American artist, modernist, citizen of the world, left us with an impressive body of work that tells a unique, diverse, and evolving story.“Romare Bearden is one of, if not the greatest, American visual artist of the20th Century and should be celebrated as such.”Russell Goins, a friend and collaborator of the famed Harlem artist Romare Bearden
Romare Bearden, Casting the Net, 1987. Collage and Watercolor on PaperPhoto via Jerald Melberg Gallery
Romare Bearden, Conjur Woman, 1964Photo via Nonsite.org
Romare Bearden – Time Magazine Cover, 1968Photo via Dailyartfixx.com
Family Dinner by Romare BeardenPhoto via Artspace.com
Romare Bearden-Pittsburgh Memory-1964Photo via DailyArtFixx.com
Romare Bearden watercolor on paper, 1944Photo via Scadmoa.org
Romare Bearden, Mother and child, LithographPhoto via pegalstonfinearts.com
Romare Mearden, Near the Watering Hole Collage and Watercolor on PaperPhoto via Jerald Melberg“Artists like Bearden see what ought to be, look at what is, and then, through their work, try to remove the contradition.”Sarah Lewis, author and curator
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On Top Of The World
SKI LUXE
If you’re looking for a luxury ski vacation in France, look no further than Courchevel. This “St Tropez of winter sports” has been named the sixth most expensive place in the world to buy real estate. And according to a study quoted on Christie’s Real Estates, around one in six high-net-worth individuals owns a ski chalet. Not a bad way to get your adrenalin going year round!
Dali Exhbit at Courchevel, France, 2010Photo via On The SnowAs the biggest connected ski resort in the world, boasting three very impressive ski level, Courchevel’s tantalizing lifestyle will certainly transport anyone at the top of the world!
A temporary Chanel boutique in the heart of the Courchevel Resort which was on display from December 19, 2011 until December 14, 2012.Photo via Tangent Magazine
Le Strato, Courchevel, FrancePhoto via Conde Nast Traveller
Chalet Grande Roche Courchevel, FrancePhoto via elitedaily.com
Chalet Darkoum is an exquisite family destination, four storey chalet containing three comfortable apartments with a high ratio of bathrooms to bedrooms.Photo via Alpine Answers
The 1650 Level Resort Skiing at CourchevelPhoto via Trips Geek
Courchevel, FrancePhoto via The Fancy
Courchevel, France, 2012
A majestic crest as seen on the region’s official websitePhoto via Courchevel
Photo via International Luxury Travel Market
Venez nous joindre!Photo via Conde Nast TravellerNOTE: Please notify us directly, if you believe that certain images on this post are alleged to infringe upon the copyrights of others, according to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Thank you.
