Luxury
Watches, jewelry, leather, couture and rare editions examined at workshop level, with materials, production numbers and the price genuinely asked.
How Film Festivals Are Actually Funded, From Cannes to Sundance
Major festivals run on a mix of public subsidy, corporate sponsorship, accreditation and ticket revenue — with the balance explaining why European and American festivals feel so different.
How the amfAR Cannes Gala Turns Auction Lots Into Millions
How the Sundance Institute Actually Funds Its Festival
Government grants, corporate sponsorship tiers, program-specific foundation gifts, and a new campus partnership show how one of the country's marquee festivals really pays its bills.
The Economics of Met Gala Tables and Tickets
A Met Gala table costs $350,000 and individual tickets $75,000 as of 2025, per the Metropolitan Museum of Art — revenue that funds the Costume Institute, the curatorial department that remains the museum's only one financed largely by its own benefit.
How Luxury Fashion Houses Report Heritage Craft
The métiers d'art story luxury houses tell — ateliers, artisans and preserved skills — is now a documented corporate strategy of acquisitions, dedicated collections and named workshops rather than a footnote to the runway.