In a nearly three-hour marathon double sale, the first in its new Breuer Building digs, Sotheby’s on Tuesday evening sold Gustav Klimt’s portrait of Elisabeth Lederer for $236.4 million, the second ...

Wolfgang Van Halen has explained his thoughts on the term ‘nepo baby’. The frontman and multi-instrumentalist of hard rock project Mammoth, who’s the only child of hard rock trailblazer Eddie Van ...

Auguste Renoir’s masterpiece *A Girl with a Pink and Black Hat* (1891) fully embodies the French Impressionist master’s ...

In her unnerving novel, Viola van de Sandt explores the breakdown of a relationship over one very, very messy evening. By Ivy Pochoda Ivy Pochoda’s most recent novel is “Ecstasy.” When you purchase an ...

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