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At the New Museum Spring Gala, the Art World Turned Out for Lisa Phillips
John Waters and Jeff Koons Yvonne Tnt/BFA.com After nearly three decades at the helm of the New Museum, former director Lisa Phillips deserved a sendoff worthy of the institution,...
Ex-OnlyFans Exec RJ Phillips Taps Controversy With Zoop’s Enhanced Games Deal
The OnlyFans founding exec doubles down on polarizing partnerships to grow his creator-first platform. Courtesy Zoop RJ Phillips, a founding executive of OnlyFans, is once again leaning into controversy...
How Sweden Built One of Europe’s Most Stable Art Markets
Works in Galerie Forsblom’s booth at Market Art Fair. Chloe Alyshea, courtesy the gallery and Market Art Fair I’m sitting in a café in the hip, alternative Södermalm neighborhood...
Early Nvidia Investor Mark Stevens Gives $200M to USC for A.I. Push
The couple, Giving Pledge signatories, have backed education, health care and the arts. Photo illustration/Stevens photo by Steve Cohn, Ginsburg Hall rendering by HOK Mark Stevens, a venture capitalist...
Gildo Zegna on Leading an NYSE-Listed Family Business With Patience and Innovation
Gildo Zegna’s vision blends tradition with modernity, guided by the idea that true luxury reveals itself over time. ANDREAS SOLARO/AFP via Getty Images Last Friday, Ermenegildo Zegna Group, the...
An Insider’s Guide to Los Angeles When the 2026 FIFA World Cup Comes to Town
Soccer is a universal language spoken across the world. It is a sport that crosses borders and cultural barriers, bringing people together for some friendly (and maybe not-so-friendly) competition....
De Pont Director Maria Schnyder On Why Financial Independence Is a Museum’s Greatest Asset
Housed in a former woolen mill in Tilburg, the De Pont Museum of Contemporary Art offers 7,000 square metres of exhibition space that ranges from intimate 12-cabinet galleries to...
LAS Art Foundation Pushes Quantum Art Forward in a New Venice Commission
LAS Art Foundation is a nomadic, non-profit art foundation that commissions and produces ambitious, research-led projects at the intersection of art, science and advanced technology. © 2025 Andrea Rossetti...
Austin Reaves needs to step up his game or the Lakers have no chance
Austin Reaves sat by his locker with his feet in an ice bucket. He stared at the ground and spoke in hushed tones.  The Lakers desperately needed him to...
7 Amtrak Trains That Make the Slow Way Worth It
Train travel in America has always been something of a dare. The country laid 250,000 miles of track in the 19th century, effectively invented the long-distance passenger train, then...
Padma Lakshmi serves ‘America’s Culinary Cup’ with a side of gorgeous jewels
Spring is in full bloom in New York, and so is Padma Lakshmi’s career. “I was passing by Central Park, and all these beautiful flowers, magnolias, cherry blossoms, were...
How to survive a ‘pollen tsunami’ — and 5 subtle signs it’s time to see a doc, including ‘allergy face’
Spring in NYC is famously fickle — we have to prepare for everything from slushy snow and gloomy rain to gusty wind and even “pollen tsunamis.” Wait, pollen tsunamis?...