The Gilded Standard

I helped shape the look of the magazine's first issue and wrote Straight from NYC, a column that took me from the spectacle of the Met Gala to the business behind Broadway.

Issue 1, Summer 2026 — a magazine on luxury, investments and the understated power of quiet wealth, built around Indian art. "The Known" follows Manjit Bawa, Jehangir Sabavala and Nilima Sheikh; "The Next" follows Manjunath Kamath, Matthew Krishanu and Bhagyashree Suthar. Each artist comes with a collector's wish list, and the issue closes with a quick guide to investing in art.

My work ran from the cover's typography and grid through to the column I wrote for the issue — Straight from New York, and the essay inside it, The Economics of Applause, on what Broadway teaches about capital that compounds quietly.

“From the restless avenues of New York, where capital and culture collide in equal measure, Avantika views India's wealth story through a global lens.”