NEW YORK (May 22, 2023) – Art Bodega Magazine will celebrate the launch of its tenth anniversary Issue with a special extended issue dedicated to the 50 Most Beautiful People in the Arts and Philanthropy. The quarterly luxury chronicle of arts, society, and philanthropy will highlight influential philanthropists and society figures with a special 112-page anniversary edition featuring select photoshoots by renowned photographer Nigel Barker. Barker and Art Bodega Publisher Rebeca Herrero will reveal the issue next Monday, May 22, in New York at an exclusive launch party and anniversary celebration at FiveStory NY, with an afterparty to follow at Serafina.
According to Rebeca Herrero, Publisher of Art Bodega Magazine, each of the 50 diverse personalities from the arts and charity circles profiled in the anniversary issue “have a particular talent that makes the world a better place.” The 50 Most Beautiful in the Arts and Philanthropy issue will offer five distinct cover designs including the Manhattan issue featuring renowned philanthropist Jean Shafiroff, the Beverly Hills issue featuring Kyle Richards of Bravo’s “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills,” the Hamptons issue featuring real estate developer Cagri Kanver, and the Palm Beach issue featuring equestrian and titled sponsor of USEF, Shereen Fuqua. A special national issue features cover art shot by Nigel Barker, featuring Miami philanthropist Ana Veiga Milton, CEO of One Sotheby’s Mayi de la Vega, “Real Housewives of Orange County” host and influencer Keni Silva, and Venita Aspen of “Southern Charm.”
Reflecting on this milestone, Herrero also remarked: “I wanted to celebrate all the new places and the faces who are bringing fresh energy and growth to our cities after the pandemic with a series of on-location photoshoots in New York City, Miami, and Puerto Rico.”
Other notables profiled within the glossy pages include beauty mogul Peter Thomas Roth, celebrity chef Todd English, and polo player Grant Ganzi. Members of the Allende Family, including actor Fernando Allende of “Mexican Dynasties,” are also featured, as are socialites and philanthropists Denise Rich, Wilnelia Merced Forsyth, Vivienne Ventura, philanthropist and Ritz Carlton hotelier Daissy Olarte de Kanavos, restauranteur Vittorio Assaf, and others.
Art Bodega also worked with NYC photographer Andres Fernandez for the anniversary issues. Fernandez shot Kyle Richards’ cover and spreads at the NH Collection and Serafina Restaurant inside the luxury hotel NH Collection, part of the Minor Hotels Group. The shoot featured luxury brands including Buccellati, Stephen Silver Jewelry, Nicole Rose Jewelry, clothing and shoe brands like Jimmy Choo, Zhivago, ITML (In the Mood for Love) and many others provided by Designer Revival, and FiveStory New York on 79th and Madison Avenue, amongst others.
Herrero asserts that this special issue features some of the most beautiful photos ever to grace the journal’s pages. “Art Bodega Magazine was established as a forum for arts and culture that also artfully profiles the influential society figures and philanthropists who make an impact in those circles,” she says. “I’m proud that, ten years on, we have met and surpassed that mission and I look forward to sharing our special anniversary edition and many more issues of Art Bodega Magazine to come.”
The magazines are distributed in New York City, The Hamptons, Wellington, Aspen, Miami, and Palm Beach – now also including distribution at the Ritz Carlton in NOMAD, New York. For the complete list visit artbodegamagazine.com.
About Art Bodega Magazine
Founded in 2013 by journalist Rebeca Herrero, Art Bodega Magazine is one of the top regional luxury publications in cities with a high concentration of ultra wealthy readers and art collectors. From South Florida to New York, the glossy print magazine covers all stories relevant to the luxury marketplace, including the jewelry sector, luxury real estate, high end fashion, art market, high society events, affairs of cultural relevance worldwide, and stories that are compelling about individuals in philanthropy and finance. From news about the latest developments inside The Rockefeller Foundation, to the Equestrian elite class in Wellington, Aspen, The Hamptons and other cities.
This lifestyle journal identifies the trends of what the luxury market audience desires and transforms it into a piece of art on its own, with photo shoots of high-level production by top photographers in the world including Nigel Barker, John Russo, Patrice Casanova, Andres Hernandez among others. Celebrities and high society women that are part of the charity circuit in Palm Beach and Manhattan, Miami and Aspen, have been a part of Art Bodega Magazine since its inception in the luxury world. One of the few magazines that prints in the local neighborhoods of Palm Beach, Aspen, The Hamptons, Bal Harbour, South of 5th (Miami), Ocala, Chicago and now exclusive distribution at the Ritz Carlton in NOMAD, New York (NOMAD derives from the North and West of Madison Square Park in New York City), Art Bodega Magazine is trespassing the boundaries of a regional magazine to a more expansive national publication covering fashion trends, the arts, Art Basel, museums, institutions, charity events, as well as financial news in the Luxury Market.
