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Xander Soren’s Wines Make a Case for Pinot Noir With Sushi
Xander Soren, with a bottle of his winery’s new chardonnay. Shimane Michimasa I’m running late to meet Xander Soren for a wine tasting at Maison Healdsburg, but my tardiness...
Experts On How to Mitigate the Ethical and Environmental Impacts of Collecting Art
Artists like Tom Friedman transform trash, corrosion and entropy into new forms of sustainability. Courtesy Lehmann Maupin Most of us try to be good individually and to do our...
Two Dealers on West Broadway: A History
Larry Gagosian and Leo Castelli in 1999. Photo by Rose Hartman/Getty Images Twelve years ago, I opened a gallery on West Broadway. Everyone told me I’d fail. The space...
Institutions Are Increasingly Rethinking Public Art Conservation With Climate Extremes in Mind
Simone Leigh’s towering, 24-foot-high bronze sculpture Satellite sits outside at the Nancy and Rich Kinder Building at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images...
Bernardo Paz Is Extending Instituto Inhotim’s Legacy With a New Museum for Art and Nature
Museu Bernardo Paz will transform 311 acres of the Minas Gerais countryside into an expansive new destination dedicated to contemporary art, nature and community. Photo: Niin Content / Debora...
Yankees-Rays could be epic. But it shouldn’t be happening yet
Because of an MLB playoff format that was antiquated at inception, the two best teams in the AL were always going to meet in the Division Series if they...
The Mets’ Carson Benge makes his case for Rookie of the Year: ‘I think I deserve it’
If Carson Benge becomes the Mets’ third National League Rookie of the Year recipient in the 21st century, it will be because his strong finish to this season helped...
Legal trouble for Mamdani’s pied-à-terre tax is just beginning
Cross your fingers that a state judge’s slapdown of the pied-à-terre tax’s rollout marks the beginning of the end of the whole misbegotten tax. This week’s ruling came in...
Putin says Russia will use ‘all weapons’ in its arsenal if any of its territory is attacked
President Vladimir Putin on Thursday reiterated Moscow’s long-held position that Russia is not planning to attack European countries but will respond to aggression with “all weapons” in its arsenal....
Dear Abby: My grandson has cut me off after all the heartbreak I’ve had losing several family members
DEAR ABBY: I am a 79-year-old woman who, over time, has suffered the loss of several family members. Now I’m facing the worst loss imaginable. A year ago, my...
Rep. Jayapal doubted Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson’s leadership over mass shooting response in texts with governor
Progressive House Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) doubted Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson’s leadership as officials scrutinized her response to the deadly mass shooting at a food festival. Jayapal expressed the...
Mamdani calls for US to join ICC, arrest Netanyahu during Theo Von podcast appearance: ‘Architect of a horrific genocide’
If he had it his way, the US would join the International Criminal Court (ICC) and enforce an arrest warrant against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, New York City...