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.

The Interview: Gaia Chaillet Giusti del Giardino

Gaia Chaillet Giusti lends her talent as a garden designer to many spheres: to the cinema with Luca Guadagnino, to private commissions and, ultimately, to large-scale hotel projects for clients, including Belmond. Her training as a botanist keeps her feet on the ground. She sits down with Cabana to share highlights from an illustrious career in gardens and botany.

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The Interview: Charles J. Stick

Virginia-based landscape architect Charles Stick is much-lauded for his historically sensitive, culturally aware gardens influenced by the proportions of his design masters, including Palladio and Russell Page. Charles sits down with Cabana to share highlights from an illustrious career, along with his guiltiest pleasures, greatest challenges, most memorable trips and dream dinner party guests.

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Finders Keepers with Extraordinary Collector Gordon Watson

Legendary antique dealer, collector and decorator Gordon Watson has spent more than four decades buying and selling exceptional objects. His treasure-filled home in Tangier is the ultimate stage for his museum-worthy finds, acquisitions and memories. He shares with Cabana the story of two such pieces: his greatest find and the piece he'll keep forever. 

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One Day with Oda Jaune 

In this series, we glimpse into the daily routines and rituals of artists, creatives and tastemakers. Beguiling Bulgarian painter Oda Jaune talks Sophie Goodwin through her day in a wide-ranging conversation that touches upon the compulsion to create, the thrill of surprise, dining like a medieval Queen and creating an alternative artistic universe.

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"Masterpieces Only": Finders Keepers with 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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