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Who Owns Mars? Inside the $129B Reclusive Family Behind the Candy Empire
Jacqueline Mars (center) and her granddaughters, Graysen Airth (left) and Katherine Burgstahler (right), at the formal Artist’s Dinner honoring the recipients of the 40th Annual Kennedy Center Honors at...
Six of the World’s Richest People Who Are Not Leaving Billions to Their Children
Some of the world’s wealthiest individuals have no plans to pass on their wealth to the next generation. Getty Images In the next two decades, the heirs of the...
Inside the Calvert Brothers’ Art Club for Everyone
In June, NYC Culture Club inaugurated its new gallery space at the Port Authority Midtown Bus Terminal. Photo: Parker Calvert Over the years, Clayton Calvert and Parker Calvert have...
Fine Art Insurance Is Often Worth More for What It Prevents Than What It Pays Out
Proactive due diligence, from advance planning and staff training to better data and site-specific risk assessments, can help protect irreplaceable works before a disaster occurs. Observer Lab Many collectors...
The Essentials With Joey Wölffer: Horses, Sag Harbor Haunts and Carrying on the Family Business
Growing up on her family’s farm in the Hamptons, Joey Wölffer was more interested in riding horses and playing with the potato bugs that inhabited the potato-field-turned-vineyard than she...
The Bad Planning That Leaves Many Artist Estates Tangled in Lawsuits
Robert Indiana with his iconic LOVE sculpture in Central Park, New York City, in 1971. Jack Mitchell/Getty Images (Editor’s note: This article was originally published on June 4, 2018.)...
Larry Ellison’s Decades-Long Obsession With Competitive Sailing
Larry Ellison looks on after Oracle Team USA lost race 1 of the America’s Cup Finals on June 17, 2017 in Hamilton, Bermuda. Xaume Olleros/Getty Images David Ellison’s Paramount...
America’s Family-Owned Restaurant Legends, From Hamburgers to Cheesesteaks
Believe it or not, Dairy Queen did not invent its signature Blizzard. The company lifted the idea—frozen custard whipped so stiff it is served upside down to prove it...
Joshua Foulquier Built a Restaurant Around the Art His Mother Loved
The salon at Chez Fifi, featuring an oil portrait of Puri (Fifi’s mother) between the windows and a Cleve Gray work over the striped banquette. Courtesy Chez Fifi The...
Soccer ball kicked on road causes car crash during Uruguayan match in scary moment
Maybe Estadio Parque ANCAP should invest in some nets around the field. A soccer match between a pair of Segunda Division Profesional league clubs in Uruguay caused a minor...
