LUXURY
Events in March & April 2017
Events in March & April 2017
FRENCH LUXURY house
During this breakfast, where high jewellery collection will be focused on, we will explore with an in-house expert which eternal symbols made the success of this mythical brand.
ART & TECH
TALK WITH AN EXPERT
During the past few decades, art and tech have become more interconnected than ever before. We observe it through the new ways of mixing different types of media. Technology has also allowed art to evolve and grow through time as well as making the creation process easier.
Curator and Writer Nicolas de Oliveira will explain how to appreciate and understand.
The talk will take place in a fresh and forward thinking environment, the Waddington Custot gallery displaying ‘Colour Is’.
ENTREPRENEUR
FANNY MOIZANT – VESTIAIRE COLLECTIVE
She launched Vestiaire Collective in 2009, and it has gone from strength to strength, with now an international community of 6 millions members, 47 countries, and 200 employees spread across the world.
Meet Fanny Moizant and learn how to move from a local start-up to a global company.
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The B&C Club thanks SGPB Hambros for kindly hosting this event with us at their office in Mayfair.
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’s DAY
A moment JUST for YOU
Mark International Women’s Day and join us to celebrate it together…
A precious moment to meet and mingle with women, in the beautiful Blancpain lounge, where you will be welcomed and pampered by La Mer. A promise of laughs and surprises…
EXHIBITION
GUIDED TOUR BEFORE OPENING HOURS OF ‘REVOLUTION: RUSSIAN ART 1917-1932’ AT THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF ARTS
Marking the centenary of the Russian Revolution, this powerful exhibition explores one of the most momentous period in modern world history through its groundbreaking art.
Join us for an early morning tour of this far-ranging exhibition to explore, with a curator, the artistic landscape of post-revolutionary Russia. It encompasses Kandinsky’s boldly innovative compositions, the dynamic abstractions of Malevich and the Suprematists, and the emergence of Socialist Realism.
LITERATURE
FREDERIC BEIGBEDER
Frédéric Beigbeder, France’s literary enfant terrible, is a French writer, literary critic and TV presenter. He won the Prix Interallié in 2003 for his novel “Windows on the World” and the Prix Renaudot in 2009 for his book “Un roman français”. He is also the creator of the Flore and Sade Awards.
His books “99 Francs”, “L’amour dure trois ans” and “Au secours pardon” (renamed “L’ideal”) have been adapted for the cinema.
Frédéric Beigbeder will share with you his motivations on ‘write a book or make a movie‘ or how his choice fluctuates between words and image.
CURRENT AFFAIRS
HOW BIG DATA DETERMINEs THE WINNER OF MODERN ELECTION?
Guillaume Liegey is the co-founder and CEO of LMP, a political campaign strategy start-up. He started with the Obama campaign in 2008 and brought data technologies to the French elections in 2012.
Meet Guillaume Liegey and learn how science and an increasing explosion of data has changed the way campaigns are run.
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The B&C Club thanks SGPB Hambros for kindly hosting this event with us at their office in Mayfair.
ENTREPRENEUR
WOMEN ENTREPRENEUR LUNCH
You are an entrepreneur, or about to launch your own venture? This lunch will be the opportunity to meet similar profiles and share advices, insights, experiences and networks.
HISTORY
PRIVATE GUIDED TOUR OF SPENCER HOUSE, LONDON’S FINEST SURVIVING 18TH CENTURY HOUSE
Discover one of the hidden gem of London, built for the first Earl Spencer, which took ten years to complete.
With our guide, we will stroll along the State Rooms and learn about and admire some of the earliest and finest neo-classical interiors in Europe.
ARTIST STUDIO
MEET ARTIST SHIRAZEH HOUSHIARY IN HER STUDIO
Since rising prominence as a sculptor in the 80s, Shirazeh Houshiary investigates through her work spiritual principles and abstract forms.
Represented by Lisson Gallery, she was nominated for the Turner Prize, and you will find her work for example at the MoMA, the Metropolitan Museum, the Guggenheim, the Tate, and in many private collections.
A privilege to meet her …
