Arts & Entertainment

At TEFAF New York, the Masterpiece Market Had Plenty to Celebrate

TEFAF New York shows visitors moving through the fair’s aisles beneath large suspended floral installations and an illuminated TEFAF sign.” width=”970″ height=”647″ data-caption=’With lines stretching down Park Avenue on the preview day, TEFAF New York made its triumphant return. <span class=”lazyload media-credit”>Photo: JITSKE NAP</span>’> For four days, TEFAF brought its unmistakable European flair to New […]

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Inside Rex Reed’s Dakota: An Afternoon of Unrepentant Opinions and Hollywood Tales

On February 12, 2022, I interviewed Rex Reed in his apartment for my podcast about aging showbiz legends, “The Originals.” Though I’d worked for the New York Observer in the late nineties, I’d never met Rex or seen him before in the flesh—like fellow columnist Peter Bogdanovich, he wisely steered clear of the grubby, overcrowded

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9 Timepieces That Blurred the Line Between Horology and Art at Watches and Wonders

Rolex-Cartier.png?w=970″ alt=”A collage of three watches set in a grid” width=”970″ height=”640″ data-caption=’Haute horology is as much about artistic innovation as it is about mechanical ingenuity. <span class=”lazyload media-credit”>Courtesy the watchmakers</span>’> Métiers d’art—which translates as “art professions”—refers to the highest levels of decorative craftsmanship used to create objects of beauty. In watchmaking, these techniques are

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Steve Huffman on How Reddit Powers A.I. and Rebuilds Itself With It

Steve Huffman in a black sweatshirt.” width=”970″ height=”718″ data-caption=’Steve Huffman says Reddit supplies key training data for A.I. while using it to improve the platform itself. <span class=”media-credit”>Stefanie Keenan/Getty Images for for Village Global</span>’> Just like oil powered the industrial age, conversational data is the digital fuel of the A.I. era. Reddit, a 20-year-old platform

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Christie’s $1.1 Billion Night Confirms the Health of the Market’s Upper End

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

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At Edinburgh’s Timberyard, Chef Bart Stratfold Wants to Define New Scottish Cuisine

Bart Stratfold&#8217;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

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The 12 Most Exciting Restaurant Openings in New York City This May

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,

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At the Guggenheim’s 2026 YCC Party, Artist Diane Severin Nguyen Created Breathing Room

LG/main:[–thread-content-margin:var(–thread-content-margin-lg,calc(var(–spacing)*16))] px-(–thread-content-margin)”> This year’s edition of the fête celebrated the 30th anniversary of the Guggenheim’s Young Collectors Council and the group’s fund, which supports emerging and established contemporary creatives. Several artists whose work has been supported through the YCC were spotted in the crowd, including Anthony Akinbola, Jes Fan, Lucia Hierro, Tommy Kha, Baseera Khan,

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