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Anoushka Mirchandani On the Body as Personal and Familial Archive

It is not immediately clear how Anoushka Mirchandani relates to India, either in the context of her own identity or that of her family’s past. References to her heritage are folded into the articulated material and symbolic texture of her works, which she deliberately leaves open to multiple layers of interpretation. While her visual language […]

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In London’s Classics Week Sales, Old Masters Were Back, But Only the Best of the Best

Following London’s contemporary sales, the major auction houses turned to the timeless beauty of the classics, with Christie’s and Sotheby’s staging their Old Masters sales in close succession. The category has seen a significant rebound in recent years. Christie’s year-end results reported $182 million in Old Masters sales in 2025, up 24 percent year-on-year, while

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‘Challengers’ and the Best Movies About Tennis 

For non-fans, tennis can seem like an unexciting sport. Or, at least, it lacks the cinematic drama of football or baseball, two of Hollywood’s favorite subjects when it comes to sports movies. In Luca Guadagnino’s film Challengers, tennis prodigy Tashi Duncan (Zendaya) meaningfully declares that “Tennis is a relationship.” And in Challengers, perhaps the most

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What We Know About the Ultra-Private Sun Valley Conference Host

The 2026 Allen & Co. Sun Valley Conference, dubbed the annual “summer camp for billionaires,” will kick off in the mountain resort of Sun Valley, Idaho, tomorrow, Tuesday, July 7. One of the most closely watched business gatherings of the year, Sun Valley remains highly secretive. Little public knowledge, beyond who might attend and who

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Strawberries, Tea and Champagne: The London Hotels With the Best Wimbledon Experiences

Summer in England means two things: the potential for actual sunshine and the arrival of Wimbledon. The annual tennis championship (the oldest in the world), held at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London’s Wimbledon neighborhood, kicked off June 29 and continues through July 12. It’s an exciting time in the British

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As the Semiquincentennial Approaches, Collectors Are Rethinking What American History Is Worth

As the United States approaches the 250th anniversary of its founding at a fragile historical moment, looking back at the symbolic objects and documents that helped define the national story can reveal—or at least remind us of—the core values and vision on which the country was built. Like other collectible categories, the market for Americana

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In Paweł Pawlikowski’s ‘Fatherland,’ Thomas Mann’s Divided Germany Is a Study of Artistic Compromise and Family Rupture

Part period piece, part political premonition, Paweł Pawlikowski’s Fatherland rounds out the Polish director’s loose trilogy set in the detritus of World War II. Following fellow black-and-white dramas Ida (2013) and Cold War (2018), the filmmaker’s latest—which won him the Best Director award at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, tied with La Bola Negra—is simple

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