May 2026

Following the euphoric start of New York’s spring auctions last week with Sotheby’s $433 million result, Christie’s topped $1 billion in a single evening with the historic blockbuster S.I. Newhouse sale and the house’s 20th Century Evening Sale in rapid succession. The night closed with a 97 percent sell-through rate, as deep bidding, prearranged guarantees […]

Bart Stratfold’s guiding philosophy at Timberyard is to practice responsible cooking with ethical, locally-sourced ingredients.”> For Bart Stratfold, the ethos of Timberyard is simple: the ingredients should be “as best as possible and from as close as possible.” That’s the approach the chef takes to every dish on the Edinburgh restaurant’s menu, which showcases the

“Satan is ever ready to seduce us with sensual delights—ahahahahaha!” sneers a horny nun in one of cinema’s most infamous antireligious screeds. In a muted first week at the Cannes Film Festival, where Hollywood opted not to premiere any big movies and the initial competition selections ranged from austere to demure, the hottest ticket on

There’s a noticeable shift in atmosphere when May arrives in New York, and we don’t just mean weather fronts. The stretching of daylight hours, the blossoming of flowers, the gradual warming of temperatures—it all contributes to a population that’s nearly dizzy with happiness (and maybe some spritzes, too). Capitalizing on this citywide explosion of joy,