NETJETS EU VOLUME 15 2021

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CULTURAL CACHE
works by Francis Bacon, Georg Baselitz, Frank Stella and Anselm
Kiefer – is on display at the winery atop Mount Veeder in Napa.
More of Hess’s collection can be seen at another winery:
Bodega Colomé (bodegacolome.com) in the Andes, the oldest
continuously producing winery in Argentina and one of the world’s
highest vineyards at nearly 2,300 metres above sea level. The
on-site James Turrell Museum is a truly remarkable showcase
of the artist’s immersive light installations – in a building Hess
worked with Turrell himself to design – as well as a number
of drawings and other works by the artist in Hess’s collection.
IN RECENT YEARS, South Africa’s picture-perfect valleys surrounding
Stellenbosch and Franschhoek have emerged as a relatively
compact centre for both world-class wine and African art. There
are Hess’s fingerprints here, too – he built the still thriving gallery at
Glen Carlou (glencarlou.com) before selling the property in 2016
– but Cape Town’s emergence on the global art scene, led by the
city’s MOCAA, has spurred wineries across the region to showcase
art from all over the continent. Grande Provence (gpgallery.co.za)
hosts a gallery that focuses on South African artists, while Cavalli
Estate (cavalliestate.com) features both a gallery and a residency
programme. Jeweller Laurence Graff’s personal collection is
on display at Delaire (delaire.co.za), a testament to the history
and quality of African artists. La Motte (la-motte.com) similarly
features the collection of its owner, Hanneli Rupert-Koegelenberg,
but here the art is more global in scope, with a recent exhibition
featuring works by figures as diverse as Picasso, German
Käthe Kollwitz and experimental Israeli artist Yaacov Agam.
Australia’s expansive vineyards are taking part, too, led by
Pt Leo Estate (ptleoestate.com.au) in Victoria, which features
pieces by blockbuster artists scattered across the grounds.
Elsewhere in the Antipodes, the sculpture garden at Brick
Bay (brickbaysculpture.co.nz) in New Zealand showcases
leading local contemporary artists, while in Tasmania,
the iconoclastic Museum of Old and New Art (mona.net.
au) was built on the Moorilla (moorilla.com.au) estate,
making for a permanent multisensory pairing like no other.
Aesthetes seeking pedigree should naturally turn back
toward France – and the southwest in particular. Malromé
(malrome.com) was the summer home of the Toulouse-
Lautrec family, and today pieces by its most prominent
artistic member, Henri, are on display, in combination with
changing contemporary exhibitions – best enjoyed with a glass
of the bordeaux in hand made from the surrounding terroir.
Finally, at the venerable Château Mouton Rothschild (chateaumouton-rothschild.com),
the art exists not just for atmosphere:
Since 1945, the winery has commissioned an artist to draw a
label for it, and the originals are on display. There’s a Francis
Bacon from 1990, a Niki de Saint Phalle from 1997, as well
as works from Dalí, Miró, Chagall, Picasso and Warhol. It’s a
remarkable collection from a remarkable winemaker—and evidence
of yet another reason why wine and art go together so well.
DOWN UNDER
Siloam – the tunnels leading
to the underground galleries
at MONA in Tasmania
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