Posts by Sophie Clearwater
Photo London, Like Its Host City, Is Outward-Facing and Ever-Changing
Steven Meisel, Bella Freud, 1993. Coloredge Photo London has had a change of backdrop. After 10 years at Somerset House, the U.K.’s leading photography fair has moved five miles west to Olympia, a renovated 19th-century exhibition space in Kensington. From now through May 17, visitors can see photographs brought by galleries from around the world…
Read MoreOpenAI CFO Sarah Friar and Anthropic’s Krishna Rao Are Racing For Compute Power
Both about two years into their jobs, Anthropic CFO Krishna Rao (left) and OpenAI’s Sarah Friar are locked in a high-stakes race to secure compute power. Photos courtesy Anthropic/by Brian Lawless-Pool for Getty Images There’s one thing top of mind for CFOs at A.I. companies: compute power. As their firms race to dominate Silicon Valley—and…
Read MoreRex Reed and the Death of Expert Opinion We Thought We Didn’t Need
Reed in his element at a New York event in the 1970s, moving through the glittering world he chronicled—and skewered—in print. Penske Media via Getty Images When I saw Joan Collins move through the crowd toward Rex Reed, and by default, me, I got that special sickening feeling you get when you’re friends with a…
Read MoreCerebras IPO Creates Billions for CEO Andrew Feldman and Early A.I. Chip Backers
Andrew Feldman co-founded Cerebras in 2016 with four former colleagues from SeaMicro, a server company he founded and sold to AMD. Getty Images for for Village Glo Cerebras Systems didn’t just go public this week; it minted billionaires and delivered one of the biggest venture paydays in years. The A.I. chip startup priced its IPO…
Read MoreIndependent Opens With Solo Presentations, Early Sales and (Most Importantly) Breathing Room
Independent, New York, 2026 runs at Pier 36, through Sunday, May 17. photography by Kunning Huang / CKA. Design by Solid Objectives Idenburg Liu (SO–IL). Courtesy of Independent. Independent opened yesterday (May 14) in a new location in Lower Manhattan’s Pier 36, which is much less central and less immediately connected than Tribeca, but still…
Read MorePremium Spirits Meet a More Fragmented Global Economy
A year after tariffs reshaped global trade, drinks brands are confronting a more fragmented, price-sensitive and unpredictable market. Unsplash+ A year after the latest wave of U.S. tariffs reshaped global trade, the drinks industry is still absorbing the aftershocks. Scotch whisky exports to the U.S. have dropped by 15 percent, European wine imports were down…
Read MoreSotheby’s $433 Million Contemporary Evening and Mnuchin Sales Kicked Off New York’s May Marquee Auctions
Coinciding with several art fair openings, Sotheby’s kicked off a May auction round in New York expected to exceed $1 billion with The Now & Contemporary Evening Auction and a dedicated sale of works from the collection of legendary dealer Robert Mnuchin. The duo of sales generated $433.1 million—a result that fell neatly within the…
Read MoreThe Eight-Figure Auction Lots to Watch in New York Next Week
Pierre-Auguste Renoir, La Femme aux lilas (1876/1877) Held by the same family for 87 years, this luminous Renoir carries with it the legacy of one of the most distinguished collecting dynasties of 20th-century New York. Over the course of four decades, Joan Whitney Payson—a formidable businesswoman who co-founded the New York Mets in 1962, becoming…
Read MoreDoes the Experience of Beauty Show Up in the Brain? With Electrodes and a Museum Collection of Artifacts, These Neuroscientists Aim to Find Out
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Researchers are tracing the brain and body’s response to aesthetic expression in search of a scientific value to art Manuela Callari May 15, 2026 By studying brain waves, heart rate and shifts in neurotransmitters and hormones, researchers aim to quantify the experiences of beauty and art. Illustration by Emily Lankiewicz. Images from: Wahyu via Adobe…
Read MoreSNL alums Alec Baldwin, Darrell Hammond to speak at LBJ Library event Monday
The LBJ Foundation and Harry Ransom Center are hosting the SNL icons Monday evening at the LBJ Presidential Library for a conversation about their careers, including their experiences on the show. Source link
Read MoreWhy the Coach Tabby Is the Perfect Summer Bag for Timeless Styling & Holding All Your Vacation Essentials
It’s time to get to know our favorite summer bag! Coach has so many must-have bags for warm weather, but you can never go wrong with a timeless pick like their Tabby bag. It can hold all your summer travel essentials. And if you aren’t already familiar with all of the specifics about Coach’s Tabby…
Read MoreAt the 2026 NYCB Spring Gala, Fran Drescher, Hari Nef and Olivia Palermo Opined On the Power of Ballet
Fran Drescher and Hari Nef. WWD via Getty Images Last week, the New York City Ballet celebrated its annual gala with full-wattage star power. There’s nothing quite like seeing 83-year-old Rolling Stones singer, Mick Jagger, walk the red carpet with his wife, ballerina Melanie Hamrick (who happened to be the Event Chair of the gala).…
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