Art! History! Glamour! Vogue’s Hamish Bowles Hits London, the English Countryside, and Paris’s Renovated Ritz Inline
Photo: Mark Rothko, No. 15, 1957. © 1998 Kate Rothko Prizel & Christopher Rothko ARS, NY and DACS, London.1/24Mark Rothko’s imposing works on view at the Royal Academy’s “Abstract Expressionism” show.
Photo: Manuel Harlan / Courtesy of The Old Vic.2/24Glenda Jackson and Morfydd Clark in the Old Vic’s modern interpretation of King Lear.
Photo: Manuel Harlan / Courtesy of The National Theatre3/24A swan-like Elizabeth Debicki onstage with Mark Strong and Hope Davis in The Red Barn.
Photo: Manuel Harlan / Courtesy of The National Theatre4/24Hope Davis, Nigel Whitmey, and Anna Skellern in a Swinging Sixties scene from The Red Barn.
Photo: Self-Portrait with Palette by Pablo Picasso, 1906; © Succession Picasso/DACS, London 2016.5/24Picasso’s artistic development, seen here in two self-portraits on view at the National Portrait Gallery’s show.
Photo: Courtesy of The National Portrait Gallery, London.6/24Installation shot of “Picasso Portraits” with Woman in a Yellow Armchair (1932), a portrait of Marie-Thérèse Walter.
Photo: Courtesy of The National Portrait Gallery, London.7/24A room dedicated to portraits of Picasso’s first wife, Olga Khokhlova, at the National Portrait Gallery, London.
Photo: Courtesy of Hamish Bowles8/24The view from my window at Isabel and Julian Bannerman’s Trematon Castle in Cornwall at dawn.
Photo: Courtesy of Hamish Bowles9/24Isabel Bannerman’s flower still life photographs decorate a landing at Trematon Castle.
Photo: Courtesy of Hamish Bowles10/24The cozy castle sitting room.
Photo: Courtesy of Hamish Bowles11/24Union Jacks add a patriotic flair to the chimney piece.
Photo: Courtesy of Hamish Bowles12/24Chintz and a chandelier in the castle’s drawing room.
Photo: Courtesy of Hamish Bowles13/24A traditional breakfast of local kippers was served.
Photo: Courtesy of Hamish Bowles14/24The palais de poulets in the ancient castle keep at Trematon.
Photo: Courtesy of Hamish Bowles15/24The bucolic views from the lawn at Trematon Castle.
Photo: Courtesy of Hamish Bowles16/24The Bannermans’ whimsical wooden obelisk in their gardens at Trematon Castle.
Photo: Courtesy of Hamish Bowles17/24A detail of the conservatory at Trematon Castle.
Photo: Courtesy of Hamish Bowles18/24At Lady Tania and Dr. Jamie Compton’s house in Wiltshire.
Photo: Courtesy of Hamish Bowles19/24Flowers chez Mario Testino at his luncheon in honor of Anna Wintour and Franca Sozzani.
Photo: Courtesy of Hamish Bowles20/24Yours truly in Alexander McQueen by the glittering Swarovski sun at the BFC Fashion Awards.
Photo: Courtesy of Hamish Bowles21/24Oversize paper flowers in pinks and burgundies decorated London’s Royal Albert Hall for the award show.
Photo: Courtesy of Hamish Bowles22/24Franca Sozzani accepts the Swarovski Fashion Award for Positive Change.
Photo: Courtesy of Hamish Bowles23/24Belle époque style in my room at the Paris Ritz, newly refurbished by Thierry Despont.
Photo: Courtesy of Hamish Bowles24/24The scene in the L’Espadon restaurant at the Paris Ritz, setting for Karl Lagerfeld’s Chanel Métiers collectsion.
