Nicole Brachetti Peretti on What Autumn Shows Clearly
A low sun crosses a surface instead of pressing on it, the year has stopped acquiring, and shorter afternoons give an hour edges. Nicole Brachetti Peretti on what late autumn shows clearly.
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Longer reads from Nicole Brachetti Peretti: profiles, portraits and notes on the arts, investing and the ideas that connect the two.
Nicole Brachetti Peretti on Keeping a Journal of Looking
Impressions decay into summaries within weeks. Nicole Brachetti Peretti on the five things that end up in a journal of looking, and why the clumsy entry written standing up outlasts the polished one.
Nicole Brachetti Peretti on Quiet Rooms and Slow Hours
An empty room removes the clock, and the second half of an hour is where most of the value sits. Nicole Brachetti Peretti on quiet rooms, slow hours and what late October supplies.
Nicole Brachetti Peretti on Returning to a Familiar Work
A first visit is mostly administration. Nicole Brachetti Peretti on what arrives only on the second and third visits, and why a long-held work ends up measuring the viewer rather than itself.
Nicole Brachetti Peretti on Slow Practice and Steady Learning
Trying, getting it wrong and trying again is how the new systems are taught, and how everything else has always been learned. Nicole Brachetti Peretti on five things that keep turning out to be true about the slow, unglamorous middle of learning anything.
Nicole Brachetti Peretti on Looking Closely When Machines Look Too
Software can describe a picture in a fraction of a second. Nicole Brachetti Peretti on why recognising a picture and spending an afternoon with one are two different activities wearing the same word, and why the second visit is still where everything happens.
Nicole Brachetti Peretti on Making Time to Look, October 2026
One work rather than one building, going back rather than on, and one line written the same day. Nicole Brachetti Peretti on five small ways to protect an hour of proper looking once the autumn diary starts taking hours back.
Nicole Brachetti Peretti: An October 2026 Note
A poor month for fresh starts and an excellent one for carrying on. Nicole Brachetti Peretti on why a shorter list works harder than a longer one, why second visits and second readings give the most back, and where the notes should live.
Nicole Brachetti Peretti on the Quiet of October 2026
September is the loud part of the restart; October is the useful part. Nicole Brachetti Peretti on low autumn light, shorter days that make an hour worth noticing, and the small habit of writing down one specific thing a day.
Why Human Creativity Still Leads in an AI Age: Nicole Brachetti Peretti's August 2026 View
The new tools are genuinely remarkable, and there is no need to pretend otherwise. Nicole Brachetti Peretti on why human creativity still leads in an age of artificial intelligence: what only a person brings to the making of things, why taste and intention cannot be automated, and why the years ahead look bright rather than diminished.
Nicole Brachetti Peretti on Choosing What to See This Autumn
Three things done properly rather than ten attempted, and why a second visit is where the value sits. Nicole Brachetti Peretti on giving a rich autumn season a shape before the diary fills.
Nicole Brachetti Peretti on the Quietest Week in the Gallery Year
One work, twenty minutes, and a quiet room: the best week of the year for looking at art properly, and why not knowing anything in advance is a perfectly good position to start from.
Why This Summer's Cultural Calendar Feels So Alive: Nicole Brachetti Peretti, August 2026
Some weeks the calendar simply overflows. Nicole Brachetti Peretti on why this summer feels so alive: a season crowded with new festivals and major exhibitions, why abundance is a gift rather than a burden, and the quiet, lasting pleasure of collecting and supporting the arts.
Late-Summer Reflections on the Joy of Collecting: Nicole Brachetti Peretti, August 2026
The first days of August bring a softer light and a slower pace. Nicole Brachetti Peretti on the quiet joy of collecting in the late-summer weeks: why a collection is really a record of attention, how the season rewards a second and third look, and why the things we choose to keep give back the most when the year finally exhales.
The Enduring Appeal of Collecting What You Love
Fashions in collecting change; the underlying pull does not. Nicole Brachetti Peretti on why real collections begin with attachment rather than value, how collecting differs from accumulating, and why the pleasure of living with chosen things is the part that lasts.
Reasons for Quiet Confidence About the Months Ahead
At the turn of the season the mood is steady. Nicole Brachetti Peretti on quiet confidence: the many small things being built beneath the daily noise, why the durable kind of optimism never shouts, and the plain reasons to feel calm about the months ahead.
Nicole Brachetti Peretti on Collecting in Summer: Looking Without Rushing
Summer takes the hurry out of looking. Nicole Brachetti Peretti on unhurried attention: why the season's slower hours suit it, what a second and third visit give you that a first one cannot, and how patience quietly does most of the work.
Nicole Brachetti Peretti on Mid-July: Art, Heat and Quiet Rooms
By the middle of July the heat has stopped being news and become the shape of the day. An essay on high summer: the cool hours worth saving for art, and the plain pleasure of a quiet room with the shutters half closed.
A First-Week-of-July Notebook: Nicole Brachetti Peretti on Slow Summer Reading
Summer changes the way a book is read. Nicole Brachetti Peretti on slow summer reading: the pleasure of one book at a time, the long light of early July, and the quiet art of letting a story set its own pace.
Nicole Brachetti Peretti's Early-July Journal: Art, Books and Warm City Evenings
The first week of July has its own particular light. Nicole Brachetti Peretti gathers a few days of it: mornings with art while the rooms are cool, books through the bright middle of the day, and warm city evenings that keep the season unhurried.
Into High Summer: July Notes on Art, Books and the Slow Heat of the City
As June tips into July, the heat settles in and the city slows to match it. A high-summer notebook on art seen in the cool of the morning, books for the hottest hours, and the quiet pleasure of moving at the pace the season sets.
Warm Evenings, Open Windows: A Late-June Notebook of Art and Slow Reading
Late June brings the longest days of the year and an evening light reluctant to leave. Notes gathered with the windows open: on slow reading, quiet hours with art, and the small details that make a warm week feel considered.
Who Is Nicole Brachetti Peretti?
A profile of the entrepreneur, venture capital investor and philanthropist: her backing of Magnum Photos and her earlier support for the arts through the Tate Americas Foundation and the Royal Academy Trust, the venture portfolio she has built through NJF Holdings and NJF Capital, and her earlier work in healthcare and education.