PALMER Vol. 6 is coming out November 25th. Below, Editorial Director Stefano Tonchi gives a preview of what to expect.

We did not plan to make this issue about women, and it was not a decision influenced by current events. Women, strong women, have been the center of Palm Beach society since its inception as an idyllic resort, where it was a place to build a life away from a world dominated for centuries by men. For many women, it was a town to grow up in away from convention, a paradise where affluence gave women influence and the opportunity to make decisions and pursue culture and the arts. And so, it was no surprise when this issue organically became a celebration of women, their lives and accomplishments.

Nobody embodies the spirit of Palm Beach more than Jane Holzer: 1960s It girl, glossy magazine socialite, philanthropist, real estate mogul, icon—simply Baby Jane. In celebration of her commitment to the local community, Holzer will be honored at the Historical Society of Palm Beach County’s 22nd Annual Archival Evening. Writer James Reginato sat down with her in her art-filled New York townhouse to discuss everything from her early childhood in Palm Beach to her heyday at Andy Warhol’s Factory and in New York fashionable society, up to her more recent successes as a collector, businesswoman, mother, and grandmother.

Holzer’s passion for public service and her town is something she shares with Sybille Canthal, who works in the West Palm Beach mayor’s office overseeing the public art program, ArtLife WPB. For the last eight years, she has been the mastermind behind the many projects that have made West Palm Beach an exemplary case study in how to use developers’ resources to build communities and create public art for all to enjoy. Collaborating with local institutions and New Wave Art Wknd, Canthal consistently brings interesting artists and curators to town, creating inspiring conversations and great works of art.

Collector and philanthropist Amy Phelan has made art the focus of her life, which she divides between Palm Beach, London, and Aspen, where she hosts the most glamorous and memorable benefits. In 2022, she brought the AmfAR Gala to Palm Beach for the first time, raising over $4 million for the nonprofit. She’s also one of the most generous donors in a town known for its commitment to philanthropy. For this issue, Phelan invited us to visit her ranch in Colorado, where her love for art and giving comes together with her passion for her horses and caring for nature.

Last season, the Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach threw a legendary party of their own. Housed under a glass “greenhouse” filled with native plants, the annual event set a new standard—and drew a guest list of the most important people in town. See the images in our exclusive portfolio, photographed by Landon Nordeman.

A little further away in Miami, the brilliant artist Rachel Feinstein is preparing for her opening at the Bass Museum of Art, on view during Art Basel Miami. In a candid conversation with the art critic Linda Yablonsky, Feinstein, who is married to the blue-chip artist John Currin, talks about the simultaneous challenges of being a woman, a wife, a mother of three, and an artist. The Florida native asked her fellow Floridian fine-art photographer Roe Ethridge to accompany her as she revisited the places and influences of her childhood in and around Miami, all of which are subjects of a large mural-like artwork Feinstein has created for the museum, and are recurring themes in her artistic career.

Florida is in the background—and the foreground—of this entire issue of PALMER. We take you into the secret gardens of some palatial Palm Beach houses, refurnished with contemporary outdoor design objects, in paintings by Elisa Alcalde. We present you with the photographs of American master Walker Evans and Russian-born Anastasia Samoylova in a visual dialogue across time and Florida’s geography. Annette Tapert celebrates the glamour of shopping and strolling down Worth Avenue, one of the most iconic streets in the United States, designed by Addison Mizner more than a century ago, and as glamorous today as then. The pictures of paparazzo-du-jour Patrick McMullan clearly show that our ladies of Worth Avenue are still enjoying the beautiful life with exquisite company, as they did in the days of Slim Aarons, whose unique work is celebrated in a large retrospective at the Ann Norton Sculpture Gardens.

We invite you to enjoy our poster, nestled here among the pages, with never-before-published images. Palm Beach as it has always been and will always be! Click here to pre-order your copy now.