Category: Art

500 YEARS OF HISTORY AT SICILY’S VILLA TASCA | TRAVEL

Posted on August 28, 2024August 28, 2024 By Layne Randolph

Haute Living, August 2024
Over the centuries, the Palermo estate has been a haven where royalty, artists, and intellectuals sought inspiration and respite. The villa’s opulent interiors have welcomed luminaries such as German opera composer Robert Wagner, Italian violinist Niccolò Paganini, and Former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, each leaving their mark on its storied halls. Wagner, for instance, stayed on the property in 1927 while he was writing the third act of Parsifal, and 60 years later, at 85, he composed “Villa Tasca” based on his visit.

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ROME | HISTORICAL CITY OF CULTURE AND STYLE | TRAVEL

Posted on March 30, 2024June 2, 2024 By Layne Randolph

Haute Living Magazine
Oh, but the history. No family represents the tie between the papacy and the Renaissance better than the Borgheses. The Borghese Family were the Medicis of Rome during the Renaissance period—they owned everything. Beyond the Borghese Gardens, Villa Borghese, and the Borghese Gallery is the Palazzo Borghese in the center of Rome. Cardinal Camillo Borghese bought the palace in the early 1600s.

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VILLA IGEIA: PALERMO’S RESORT FOR KINGS OF THE GOLDEN AGE | TRAVEL

Posted on March 30, 2024July 11, 2024 By Layne Randolph

Haute Living Magazine
This reborn resort feels as chic as it must have been when the wealthy aristocrats, royalty, and international jet set graced it during Palermo’s golden age of the Belle Epoque.

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DISCOVER ART, ARCHITECTURE, AND FINE WINE AT NAPA HOT SPOTS | ART & WINE

Posted on December 26, 2022March 30, 2024 By Layne Randolph

AFAR magazine
The worlds of wine and art have been linked for centuries. Wine appeared in ancient drawings of vines and harvest in Egyptian tombs, the Renaissance brought paintings like Caravaggio’s Bacchus, and today wine still has the power to inspire artists. Both passions are associated with creativity, culture, and pleasure, and both express and evoke emotion—so naturally blending the two creates a heightened sensory experience.

That seems especially true in Napa Valley, where oenophiles and art experts often produce the perfect pairing. Here are five places to experience them together.

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ARTIST JESSEL MILLER: DIVINE INSPIRATION | ART

Posted on May 28, 2021March 30, 2024 By Layne Randolph

Napa Valley Life Magazine
Jessel is a bit of a Renaissance woman, fitting for an artist who studied her craft in the birthplace of the Renaissance, Florence, Italy. She is an acclaimed artist, the author of six books (a seventh to be released soon), an art and painting instructor, a songwriter, and an accomplished businesswoman.

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HESS COLLECTION: WORLD CLASS WINE EXPERIENCE | WINE

Posted on May 31, 2020March 30, 2024 By Layne Randolph

Napa Valley Life Magazine
Founder Donald Hess’s art collection began when he bought a painting as décor for his new home. Years later, a friend studied the painting and informed him that he owned a Picasso. That gave Hess his first inclination that he might have an eye for art curation.