WORLD OF CABANA

ART & CULTURE

Immerse yourself in artisanship from age-old techniques to modern craft, exploring the power and beauty of craftsmanship and culture in all its forms. You’ll also find insightful interviews with the makers, curators and collectors on Cabana’s Radar.

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Milan's Cabinet of Curiosities

Maddalena Tabasso's cabinet of curiosities is one of Milan's best kept secrets, an emporium of unique, often bizarre, objects and unexpected finds in the heart of the city. Sara Piérdona meets the creative duo behind the store.

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The Fabric of Friendship

"Our collections are a reflection of the kaleidoscope of colorful feelings and experiences [we carry with us]": RIANNA + NINA founders, Rianna Kounou and Nina Knaudt, speak to Violet Caldecott about theirquest for the extraordinary.

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The Benaki Gala

A night at the Benaki: Our creative partnership with The Benaki Museum reached a new high when Cabana curated the museum's annual fundraising gala. We presented our Benaki Tableware within the walls of the institution whose treasures inspired our designs, and to an esteemed audience including the Greek President.

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A Certain Nostalgia

Both uplifting and melancholic, Constanza Vallese’s flowers appear on paintings, ceramic tiles, jewellery, and now on a capsule of bronze furniture. The Argentine artist talks to Sara Pierdonà about her newest projects, and why she will never stop learning and searching for beauty.

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The Art of Friendship

A decades-long friendship and strong creative partnership lies at the heart of Alma Zevi's accomplished monograph on the celebrated Swiss sculptor, Not Vital. Harriet Brennan talks to Alma - an art historian and curator, based in London and Venice - about the 10-year undertaking, and life ever since.

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The Poetry of Paper

For centuries, artisans have elevated paper making - a material many take for granted - to an art form far beyond functionality. Sara Pierdonà discovers the potential and poetry of paper, from tea ceremonies in Japan to marbling in Venice.

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Flora Soames on her Love of Collecting

In conversation with art historian, Marco Mansi, English decorator, Flora Soames, discusses her visceral relationship with the objects she collects and the importance of keeping memories alive.

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Painting Great Houses and Gardens

British portrait artist, Phoebe Dickinson, speaks to Violet Caldecott about her instinctive approach to painting and the challenges she’s overcome along the way, while preparing for her solo show ‘Great Houses and Gardens of England’. 

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The Wonderful World of SJ Axelby

As lockdown projects go, SJ Axelby's has been a roaring success. The British portrait artist talks to Camilla Frances, describing how she turned a health crisis - and her love of layered, colorful rooms - into a brilliant new career and two successful books.

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A Hand-Blocked History

As Clarence House unveils a new collection of fabrics inspired by an early example of block printing, Rosanna Falconer explores the history and evolution of the ancient technique - from the first print, more than 1000 years ago, to the craft’s development throughout India.

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Antony Little: An Illustrated Life

He only wears white Chelsea boots, hand-made by a cobbler in Naples, and devours books on classical antiquity, wildlife and botany. Orson Fry meets Antony Little, one of Swinging London’s most sought-after designers, and discusses his creative life ahead of his first solo show.

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A Life Well Collected

In his enchanting house in Sitges, a small coastal town near Barcelona, Spanish artist, Manuel Blesa, lives and works among the largest collection of traditional ceramics in Catalonia. Rebeca Vaisman visits him at home, discovering an artistic soul and a life exceptionally well collected.

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Wrapped in Design

Artist and illustrator, Fin Fellowes, is obsessed with wrapping presents, which led her to launch The Kensington Paperie. She tells Sophie Goodwin why perfectly wrapped gifts are an act of love, and why stationery is the most enduring aspect of any event.

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Texas in Textiles

In celebration of Dallas Design Week 2023, and Vervain’s new collection of fabrics and papers inspired by memories of Texas, Cabana gets under the skin of the Lone Star State, discovering its unique seasons, colors and culture.

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The Golden Age of the Côte d'Azur

Fabrizia Caracciolo journeys through the Golden Age of the Côte d'Azur, exploring the Provencal villages and workshops along the French Riviera where many of Europe's great artists gathered and created. Fabrizia examines the legacies they've left behind.

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In Youth Is Pleasure

Mattias Vendelmans’ eponymous gallery is showing its inaugural exhibition, In Youth Is Pleasure, dedicated to portraits of children by European artists. Sophie Goodwin talks to the Flemish curator about the narrative behind his work, and his long-term plans for the space. 

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Blurring Boundaries

Kenyan-born London-based designer and gallerist, Shiro Muchiri, shares her striking home in Tuscany and tells Harriet Brennan about her mission to build bridges between artisans, makers and developers around the world.

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Into the Archives: The Benaki Museum

At the Benaki Museum in Athens - a repository for Greek decorative arts where one can find some of the world’s greatest treasures - Jamie Sharp examines Greek textiles, discovering stories of civilisation stitched through time.

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Made in Italy

In celebration of a sumptuous new book, Italian Textile Design, Sara Pierdona explores the development of Italian textiles in the 20th century, discovering the people who shaped trends and taste that continue to influence designers today.

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Video: Inside the Benaki Museum

Join Cabana on a mesmeric visual journey through thousands of years of Greek art, history and culture, guided by George Manginis, director of the extraordinary Benaki Museum in Athens. Filmed by Luca Cepparo.

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The Museum of Fruit Turin

Fabrizia Caracciolo explores an unlikely treasure in Turin: an extraordinary pomological collection, created in the 1800s by artisan Francesco Garnier Valletti, consisting of thousands of varieties of apples, pears, peaches, plums and grapes...

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The Ancestors: Pitt Rivers

Nicholas Crowe, assistant curator of the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford, invites Cabana to discover one of the world's foremost collections of anthropology and archaeology, sharing the institution's unique story and revealing his favorite artifacts.

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Portugal: A Ceramic History

Sara Pierdonà explores Portugal's impressive and rich ceramic history, taking time to understand how contemporary makers, and government-backed initiatives like Portugal Ceramics, are sharing and preserving these craft traditions today.

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The Queen of Kimonos

As Sotheby's prepares to unveil the Freddy Mercury Collection, Sarah Hyde discovers the kaleidoscopic colors and exquisite patterns of the Queen frontman's 50 vintage kimonos, gathered over many years of visiting and falling in love with Japan.

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