Soho House’s celebration of creativity, powered by Porsche
Discover all the dedicated events and art commissions we’ve hosted within our Houses around the world
Tuesday 18 February 2025 By Chloe Lawrance
With a shared belief in spotlighting creative talent, in recent years we have partnered with Porsche to celebrate the power of creativity throughout the Houses and wider community. Ferry Porsche, the brand’s founder, was a dreamer – and it was his creative passion and vision that changed the automative world forever.
Through dedicated events series, one-off celebrations, regular festivals and exciting art commissions, we have worked together to bring our members unique experiences across the UK, Europe and North America. Whether it’s supporting Soho Summit, our bi-annual festival of ideas, or the Soho Visionaries series, Porsche has helped us to find even more platforms for our creative community to come together and thrive.
Read on to see all the highlights from our partnership with Porsche.
Through dedicated events series, one-off celebrations, regular festivals and exciting art commissions, we have worked together to bring our members unique experiences across the UK, Europe and North America. Whether it’s supporting Soho Summit, our bi-annual festival of ideas, or the Soho Visionaries series, Porsche has helped us to find even more platforms for our creative community to come together and thrive.
Read on to see all the highlights from our partnership with Porsche.
Soho Visionaries
Soho Visionaries amplifies the voices of established and upcoming artists and creative changemakers who, like Ferry Porsche, have the courage to dream.
Through this programme, we commissioned site-specific artworks for our Houses from local talent around the world. One of our most recent commissions is a piece by Malaysian artist Marcos Kueh called ‘Driven by Dreams’, found in Soho House Amsterdam. Inspired by Chinese folklore, the three-piece textile, which is hung in reception, features a carp and a dragon. The latter is reminiscent of the horse on the Porsche crest. Now based in the Netherlands, Kueh is the winner of the 2022 Ron Mandos Young Blood Award.
Other commissions include Yinka Ilori’s ‘Beacon of Dreams’ installation on the grounds of Soho Farmhouse, Bernat Daviu’s ‘Visca la Vida! (Fidel)’ oil painting at Soho House Barcelona, and Nicole Wermer’s ‘Attachments (Digest)’ digital collage at Soho House Berlin.
The series is supported by programming in our clubs, which offers a range of sessions for members, including immersive dinners, hands-on workshops, creative member mixers, and expert talks.
Soho Visionaries amplifies the voices of established and upcoming artists and creative changemakers who, like Ferry Porsche, have the courage to dream.
Through this programme, we commissioned site-specific artworks for our Houses from local talent around the world. One of our most recent commissions is a piece by Malaysian artist Marcos Kueh called ‘Driven by Dreams’, found in Soho House Amsterdam. Inspired by Chinese folklore, the three-piece textile, which is hung in reception, features a carp and a dragon. The latter is reminiscent of the horse on the Porsche crest. Now based in the Netherlands, Kueh is the winner of the 2022 Ron Mandos Young Blood Award.
Other commissions include Yinka Ilori’s ‘Beacon of Dreams’ installation on the grounds of Soho Farmhouse, Bernat Daviu’s ‘Visca la Vida! (Fidel)’ oil painting at Soho House Barcelona, and Nicole Wermer’s ‘Attachments (Digest)’ digital collage at Soho House Berlin.
The series is supported by programming in our clubs, which offers a range of sessions for members, including immersive dinners, hands-on workshops, creative member mixers, and expert talks.
Soho Visionaries artist Marcos Kueh at Soho House Amsterdam
Yinka Ilori, ‘Beacon of Dreams’ at Soho Farmhouse
Soho Summit
Soho Summit is our biannual festival of creativity and ideas, taking place in different Houses around the globe. Including inspiring talks and screenings, art installations, hands-on creative workshops and socialising over food and music, members come together for three insightful days with creative innovators from the worlds of art, music, film, fashion, and design.
The inaugural summit took place at Soho Farmhouse and featured conversations with Jeremy O. Harris, Sinéad Burke, Sir Paul Smith, Michèle Lamy, Andrew Scott, and Emma D’Arcy. There were also workshops by Priya Ahluwalia and Bernat Daviu, plus a gala dinner, and a live performance by Anne-Marie.
This was followed by a summit at our Los Angeles-based Houses with Jeremy Scott, Arianne Phillips and Catherine Opie all in attendance, plus screenings of Killers Of The Flower Moon and Rustin, a masterclass with Riley Keough and Gina Gammell, a performance by Tiffany Haddish, and workshops by artists David Horvitz, Anna Carey and Dané Estes.
Most recently, our summit took place in Rome, where the likes of Daisy Ridley, Sam Taylor-Johnson, Marisa Abela, Gianni Politi and Charlie Brooker all joined us for the event. There was also an opening dinner at Cecconi’s on the rooftop with a performance by The White Lotus star Beatrice Grannò, workshops by Numero Cromatico, Alessandro Calizza’s live painting on the ground-floor windows and doorways to the House, and a closing party with Maribou State.
Soho Summit is our biannual festival of creativity and ideas, taking place in different Houses around the globe. Including inspiring talks and screenings, art installations, hands-on creative workshops and socialising over food and music, members come together for three insightful days with creative innovators from the worlds of art, music, film, fashion, and design.
The inaugural summit took place at Soho Farmhouse and featured conversations with Jeremy O. Harris, Sinéad Burke, Sir Paul Smith, Michèle Lamy, Andrew Scott, and Emma D’Arcy. There were also workshops by Priya Ahluwalia and Bernat Daviu, plus a gala dinner, and a live performance by Anne-Marie.
This was followed by a summit at our Los Angeles-based Houses with Jeremy Scott, Arianne Phillips and Catherine Opie all in attendance, plus screenings of Killers Of The Flower Moon and Rustin, a masterclass with Riley Keough and Gina Gammell, a performance by Tiffany Haddish, and workshops by artists David Horvitz, Anna Carey and Dané Estes.
Most recently, our summit took place in Rome, where the likes of Daisy Ridley, Sam Taylor-Johnson, Marisa Abela, Gianni Politi and Charlie Brooker all joined us for the event. There was also an opening dinner at Cecconi’s on the rooftop with a performance by The White Lotus star Beatrice Grannò, workshops by Numero Cromatico, Alessandro Calizza’s live painting on the ground-floor windows and doorways to the House, and a closing party with Maribou State.
Talk with Emma D’Arcy for Soho Summit at Soho Farmhouse
Beatrice Grannò performs at Soho Summit in Rome
Celebrating art and culture events
Soho House and Porsche have come together to mark major art and culture moments in both our Houses and Cities Without Houses communities. Notable events include a talk at Soho House Paris for Art Week with director of the Neue Nationalgalerie, Klaus Biesenbach and artist Alvaro Barrington; and our Art Invasion takeover at White City House for International Women’s Day, with a programme led by Kate Bryan, Chief Art Director at Soho House. The event included panels with leading artists Sonia Boyce, Caroline Walker and Lindsey Mendick, as well as museum leaders Maria Balshaw, director of Tate, and Zoé Whitley, director of Chisenhale Gallery.
Together, we have also brought temporary art installations into our Houses at key art world moments. During Art Basel Miami, we introduced two site-specific sculptures in the lobby of Soho Beach House and in the Beach Tent by local artist TYPOE; to celebrate Copenhagen Art Week, we invited Danish artist and Soho House Copenhagen member Martha Hviid to create a temporary site-specific installation in the Wellness Studio; and for Soho Art Fayre, multi-disciplinary artist Scarlett Bowman created ‘Stuff of Dreams’, a patchwork tapestry created on the front of Soho House 76 Dean Street.
At Shoreditch House poet-artist Gommie hosted an interactive dinner, where he performed his poetry between courses. This included a debut spoken-word piece inspired by the historic life of a tablecloth, which was then produced in physical form as a painted table covering. To celebrate Milan Design Week, our Cities Without Houses Milan community was invited into the iconic studio of artist Luca Pignatelli to experience a one-off dining experience. In Madrid we collaborated with MOCO Museum during ARCO, Spain’s International Contemporary Art Fair, to host a three-course dinner followed by a screening of four immersive short films by Ezequiel Pini.
In May 2024, Soho House New York welcomed some very special guests to celebrate an evening of fashion and design, powered by Porsche. Following fashion’s biggest night out – the Met Gala – the party was hosted by Barry Keoghan and featured DJs, drinks and a live performance from singer-songwriter, Raye. Plus, the biggest entrance moment in the city: Porsche’s Electric Garden installation.
Soho House and Porsche have come together to mark major art and culture moments in both our Houses and Cities Without Houses communities. Notable events include a talk at Soho House Paris for Art Week with director of the Neue Nationalgalerie, Klaus Biesenbach and artist Alvaro Barrington; and our Art Invasion takeover at White City House for International Women’s Day, with a programme led by Kate Bryan, Chief Art Director at Soho House. The event included panels with leading artists Sonia Boyce, Caroline Walker and Lindsey Mendick, as well as museum leaders Maria Balshaw, director of Tate, and Zoé Whitley, director of Chisenhale Gallery.
Together, we have also brought temporary art installations into our Houses at key art world moments. During Art Basel Miami, we introduced two site-specific sculptures in the lobby of Soho Beach House and in the Beach Tent by local artist TYPOE; to celebrate Copenhagen Art Week, we invited Danish artist and Soho House Copenhagen member Martha Hviid to create a temporary site-specific installation in the Wellness Studio; and for Soho Art Fayre, multi-disciplinary artist Scarlett Bowman created ‘Stuff of Dreams’, a patchwork tapestry created on the front of Soho House 76 Dean Street.
At Shoreditch House poet-artist Gommie hosted an interactive dinner, where he performed his poetry between courses. This included a debut spoken-word piece inspired by the historic life of a tablecloth, which was then produced in physical form as a painted table covering. To celebrate Milan Design Week, our Cities Without Houses Milan community was invited into the iconic studio of artist Luca Pignatelli to experience a one-off dining experience. In Madrid we collaborated with MOCO Museum during ARCO, Spain’s International Contemporary Art Fair, to host a three-course dinner followed by a screening of four immersive short films by Ezequiel Pini.
In May 2024, Soho House New York welcomed some very special guests to celebrate an evening of fashion and design, powered by Porsche. Following fashion’s biggest night out – the Met Gala – the party was hosted by Barry Keoghan and featured DJs, drinks and a live performance from singer-songwriter, Raye. Plus, the biggest entrance moment in the city: Porsche’s Electric Garden installation.
Musician RAYE performs at Soho House New York
Salone de Mobile dinner in Milan with light installation by Parachilna
Spotlighting creative pioneers
‘No Passengers’ is a three-part docu-series produced in partnership with Porsche featuring three short films that spotlight creative pioneers pushing culture forward. The first film focused on the world of British designer and artist Mac Collins; the second followed the story of twin brothers Steve and Nick Tidball and their boundary-breaking label Vollebak; and the final instalment was a video of a fully electric Porsche Taycan car inside a virtual pluralistic universe, created by designer and visionary Nelly Ben Hayoun-Stépanian.
Head to Soho House social channels to see our creative spotlight, which follows the story of mixed media artist and Soho Beach House member TYPOE. In this video, he shares how he was inspired by the colours and vibrancy of Miami, the home of Soho Beach House and Miami Pool House.
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