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The Continuing Reinvention of Willem de Kooning
Dish with Jugs, about 1919-21, Charcoal on wove paper, 19 3/4 × 25 5/16 in. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Van Day Truex Fund, 1983, © 2026...
Nine Dynastic Sagas That Consider the Architecture of Inherited Power
From the biblical tale of Cain and Abel to HBO's Succession, family sagas centering on power and inheritance have always exercised a hold on the public imagination. There is...
Liwei Liao Creates a Tasting Menu of His Own at The Butcher’s Counter
The Butcher’s Counter opens at Joint Seafood in Los Angeles on August 14th. Evan Robinson Dry-aged fish guru Liwei Liao has influenced how elite chefs all over the country...
Basket Case: How the Nantucket Lightship Bag Became the Ultimate Island Status Symbol
Early editions of the lightship bag can be viewed at the Nantucket Whaling Museum. William DeSousa-Mauk Summer has always been a verb for Nantucket’s seasonal residents, but this year,...
Art, Death and Taxes: What Collectors Need to Know About Creating a Legacy That Lasts
From gifting to trusts to building a private own museum, art collectors can keep the collection—and the peace—intact with strategic estate planning. Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images (Editor’s note: This article...
With an Inherited Watch Collection, Doing Less Is the Smartest Move
Ideally, only after a collection has been thoroughly evaluated should decisions be made about what to keep and what to bring to auction. Courtesy Phillips Once upon a time,...
The Runway-Ready Fashion of ‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’ Is Coming to Christie’s
Iconic fashion from “The Devil Wears Prada 2” will be offered online during New York Fashion Week. 20TH CENTURY STUDIOS Next month, Christie’s is going all in on the...
At Chishuru, Adejoké Bakare Is Cooking West African Cuisine on Her Own Terms
Nigerian Chef Adejoké Bakare in her London restaurant. Matt Paice In February 2024, Adejoké Bakare became the first Black female chef in the U.K.—and only the second in the...
The New Philanthropy Power Brokers Are Fandoms
The future of charitable giving lies in the digitally connected fan communities that already organize themselves around sports, entertainment and shared passions—and in giving those communities meaningful ways to...
“It’s About Time”: At 86, Gladys Nilsson Gets Her First Major Retrospective
Gladys Nilsson with curator Francesca Wilmott and preparator Ido Agranov at the Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, California, 2025. Photo: Phong Tran Recently, the Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento opened...
