WORLD OF CABANA

MASTERS & MUSES

Meet the artists, designers, creatives and tastemakers who truly inspire Cabana. Read interviews with the design world's most exciting talents, and thoughtful essays on the lives and legacies of those we most admire.

"Masterpieces Only": Finders Keepers with antique dealer Tomaso Piva

With a legacy spanning three generations – specializing in Veneto and Lombardy masterpieces only – Milanese dealer Tomaso Piva, exhibiting at this year's TEFAF Maastricht, shares with Sara Pierdonà the stories of the exceptional pieces that have passed through his hands: his greatest find and the piece he’ll keep forever.

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Best in Show: TEFAF 2025

From a monumental Picasso worth more than £50m to the Head of an Angel and a female fertility idol from the first millennium BC, we discover the TEFAF directors' highly curated selection of masterpieces from this year's Fine Art and Antiques Fair in Maastricht.

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Finders Keepers with Avid Collector Mary Randolph Carter

Mary Randolph Carter has managed to turn her passion for antiques and objects into a career, but without being obliged to pass on her finds. The celebrated author shares with Sara Pierdonà the incredible story of two objects: her greatest find and the piece she'll keep forever.

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The Interview: Alidad

Iranian-born interior designer Alidad sits down with Cabana to tackle our Masters & Muses interview, sharing insights and highlights from an illustrious career. With characteristic charm and humour, Alidad shares his dream dinner party guests, ideal (and nightmare) interiors, favourite fabrics, guilty pleasures, greatest challenges and more.

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One Day with Decorator Benedict Foley

In this series, we glimpse into the daily routines and rituals of creatives and tastemakers. Benedict Foley is an interior designer and antiques dealer who has recently launched a fabric collection with his partner, fellow decorator Daniel Slowik. With a love of storytelling, history and attention to detail, Benedict talks to Eleanor Cording-Booth about the rhythms of his day.

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Inspired By: Raoul Dufy

Inspired By: Raoul Dufy

A French painter associated with the Fauvist movement, Raoul Dufy saw the world in motion. His works, lively and decorative, showcased colours spilling beyond their lines. In a century preoccupied with angst, Dufy chose to paint joy. Emma Becque explores his life and enduring legacy. 

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Moore & Malaparte: Exploring the rhythmic interplay between two masters

As Gagosian Paris unveils an exhibition exploring the rhythmic interplay between the work of British sculptor Henry Moore and Italian architect Curzio Malaparte, Emma Becque speaks with Zoë Santa-Olalla, Director of Gagosian, about Moore's organic vision, enduring influence, and the natural world's abundant influences on both masters.

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The Interview: Bunny Williams

From her spectacular home and gardens in Connecticut, Bunny Williams shares tales from an illustrious career in design, while revealing her guiltiest pleasures, greatest challenges, and why Dolly Parton is her dream dinner guest.

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One Day with Robbie Williams

Ever since Robbie Williams revealed himself to be a fan of Cabana - a copy of Issue 20 could be seen on his coffee table during his Netflix series - we have been intrigued to learn more about the singer's aesthetic style and taste. Sophie Goodwin learns about the interior life and artistic persuasions of the multi-hyphenate creative, fresh from the press tour of his new film, Better Man.

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One Day With: Olivia Von Halle

Since establishing her eponymous brand in 2008, Olivia Von Halle has redefined the art of luxurious sleepwear, elevating the humble pyjama set to a much-coveted wardrobe must-have. She talks Sophie Goodwin through the routines and rituals of her day - from taming unruly chickens in the country to saunas and cold plunges in London.

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Highlights from the Editor's Circle with Remy Renzullo

The Editor's Circle: Cabana's new online talks are a space for inspiration and connection, inviting our audience into the soul of Cabana, one conversation at a time. Read on for an insight into the first live talk of 2025, with celebrated decorator, Remy Renzullo.

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The Interview: Will Fisher

British antique dealer, Will Fisher, established Jamb more than 20 years ago, cementing over the decades a stellar reputation for dealing in fine antiques and producing fine reproduction antiques. He sits down with Cabana to talk career-defining moments, teenage regrets and guilty pleasures.

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Objects of Note: The Ringstein Kabinett

Antique dealer Laura Kugel sheds light on, and shares beautiful images of, one of the 18th-century's most remarkable decorative objects: the 'Ringstein Kabinett', miniature treasure troves holding dozens of polished, carved stones from around the world.

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The Interview: Francis Sultana

Maltese-born interior designer Francis Sultana sits down with Cabana to share his dream (and nightmare) interiors, favorite fabrics, career highlights, guilty pleasures, greatest challenges and much more.

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Finders Keepers with Lee Stanton

Lee Stanton, a notable Southern California-based antiquarian and 30-year collector of British and European antiques, invites Cabana into his Laguna Beach home where he generously shares the stories of two extraordinary objects: his greatest find and the piece he’ll keep forever.

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The Interview: Michael S. Smith

Renowned interior designer Michael Smith – famously Barack Obama’s ‘decorator in chief’ – sits down with Cabana to share highlights from an illustrious life in design. Read on to discover Michael’s dream (and nightmare) interiors, favorite dinner guests, guiltiest pleasures and greatest challenges.

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