SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION London Calling The Personal Touch AS THE LAST REMAINING FAMILY-OWNED LUXURY HOTEL IN LONDON, THE GORING IS RENOWNED FOR ITS WARM, INTIMATE ATMOSPHERE AND PERSONALISED SERVICE The hotel’s fleet of footmen in their scarlet tailcoats says it all. Impeccably English and perfectly individual, the hotel’s suites and bedrooms are uniquely decorated with Gainsborough-silk-lined walls and offer the utmost comfort combined with up-to-the-minute innovations. Located in Belgravia – one of the most exclusive and elegant areas in central London – The Goring is perfectly placed for spectacular sights and style. The iconic walls of Buckingham Palace border the district and nearby Knightsbridge, Mayfair and Sloane Street make for a fashionable stay. The Goring offers stunning yet relaxed dining options that are popular with locals and guests alike, from The Dining Room with its fabulous British food celebrating the best seasonal produce to the chic, lively bar with its sublime collection of signature cocktails, not to mention the hotel’s world-renowned afternoon tea. The Goring Garden is one of the finest – and largest – private gardens in London with a sensational season of summer events planned this year. Many of the bedrooms and suites overlook the manicured lawn and guests are encouraged to relax with a good book and a cup of tea or to sip a refreshing sundowner. THE GORING – BEESTON PLACE, BELGRAVIA, LONDON SW1W 0JW THEGORING.COM FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO MAKE A BOOKING, PLEASE CONTACT YOUR CENTURION TRAVEL SERVICE
Art & Design A CLOSE-UP ON THE ARTISTS, ARTISANS AND ARCHITECTS ENLIVENING OUR WORLD IN FOCUS THE FORECAST IS FAIRS First, there was art-fair fatigue, then came Covid-19. Claire Wrathall speaks to gallerists and organisers around the world to answer the question: can the art fair be saved? PHOTO TARAN WILKHU Carefully transporting a painting in Cromwell Place, a new, multigallery space in London’s South Kensington U ntil the pandemic changed everything, summer was the season when, fresh from the vernissage at Venice, the art world decamped to Switzerland for Art Basel. In 2019, it drew 93,000 visitors from more than 80 countries, and 290 galleries exhibited. As Hauser & Wirth’s president and co-founder, Iwan Wirth, said that year: “Nothing can replace the experience and energy” of the world’s most important contemporary art fair. But that was then. The 50th-anniversary edition of Art Basel, which should have taken place in June 2020, was postponed and then cancelled, along with almost twothirds of the 365 or so art fairs that used to take place annually, which accounted for half, sometimes as much as 70 per cent, of a dealer’s annual income. › CENTURION-MAGAZINE.COM 75
