In business and in life, and for Michael art, life and business are indivisible, he needs to exchange ideas with imaginative minds. His restaurants serve as sophisticated salons for the creative and style-conscious, for many friends from the worlds of film, art, fashion.  And at the center is Michael, Mr Chow, a one-man corporate image, painted, drawn, photographed by a roster of the most distinguished artists of the last thirty years.

   
    By Philippe Garner, Christie's London