Editor in Chief Jacqueline Terrebonne Shares Highlights from Galerie’s Collectors 2024 Issue

For those who may not have already found that special something they can’t get enough of, we’ve assembled a plethora of stories that might spark a new fixation. For example, there’s the Lady Arpels Brise d’Été watch, an absolute marvel from the Van Cleef & Arpels Poetic Complications series, with hand-painted enamel flower petals that gently flutter. We also look at why Surrealist paintings are having a big moment both at auction and in museums right now. And for those wanting to adopt a passion with limitless possibilities, we take a trip to Louis Vuitton’s long-standing atelier outside Paris, where every type of trunk imaginable is made by expert craftsmen using some of the same techniques from hundreds of years ago.

But what a true collector needs more than anything might be a spectacular home to showcase all his treasures. In our cover story, designer Ernest de la Torre conceived exactly that for wealth adviser Todd Morgan and utilized the arresting canvases and sculptures in his trove as both influence for the palette and permission to be fearless with the interiors. On Lake Como in Italy, Villa Cagni Troubetzkoy is a work of art unto itself—the product of a decade-long restoration by skilled and highly specialized artisans. And the home of designers Timothy Roberts and Kevin Haynes demonstrates one doesn’t need to be a maximalist to prove their collecting chops.

Each of these stories gives a very personal look at not only the collectors but also the makers who dedicate their lives to creating things worth collecting. I hope you find them all equally inspiring.

A version of this article first appeared in print in our 2024 Collectors Issue. Subscribe to the magazine.