Comfortable is not the same as “safe”. Because someone more hungry, and more visionary, will sooner or later show up. Jeff Koons, whose exhibition was in Florence at the same time we were, reinvents himself every few years. (Sure, his balloon animals remain his trademark, but they simply fund his constant transformations).

As the palm-dotted resort is frequented by superstars the likes of Emma Thompson, Paul McCartney, Tom Jones, and royalty like Prince Albert of Monaco and Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, one can expect to see very few styled-shoots taking place in its premises. In fact, there have only been two within its 21 […]