The Eternal Magic of Beirut
For many of us, it’s synonymous with war and strife. But for the artists, chefs, designers, architects and scholars who live there, Beirut will always be a place where ideas and beauty flourished ... and flourish still.
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Credit© David Hockney. Courtesy of Pace Gallery. David Hockney Paints Yosemite — on an iPad
More than 20 of the artist’s works made using an app in the Northern California national park are now on view at Pace Gallery.
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CreditPortrait: Rory van Millingen; Turi Kirknes (4) Duro Olowu and Sidney Garber’s Striking Jewelry Collaboration
The dressmaker and the jeweler’s new capsule collection features lightweight lapis and gleaming gold.
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CreditPhotos by Charles Benton/Courtesy of Van Doren Waxter Little-Seen Works From an Artist Who Influenced Stella and Kelly
Al Held’s elegant, calligraphic brush-stroke drawings — a contrast to his signature “concrete” style — are on view next week at Van Doren Waxter.
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On the Verge
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CreditJens Schwarz Brand to Know: The Line Revitalizing Vintage Pieces — by Dyeing Them Black
The Munich-based company BLACKYOTO sends old garments to Kyoto to be transformed.
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CreditLuis Ruiz for Matte One Celebrated Brooklyn Artist’s Futuristic New Practice
Google teamed up with Dustin Yellin on the launch of its new Tilt Brush technology, which allows users to paint in three dimensions.
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CreditEli Schmidt Scenes From a Punk Rock and Storytelling Show, for Deaf People
Last night, the Knockdown Center in Queens hosted the Deaf Club, a performance and music event.
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CreditJulia Stotz How to Arrange Flowers (Because Mother’s Day Is Near)
Eric Buterbaugh, beloved by celebrities and fashion brands, is setting up shop in Bergdorf Goodman next week, and teaches T tricks of the floral trade.
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CreditPhotographed by Inez and Vinoodh Your Weekend Reading: T’s Best April Stories
In case you missed them, we rounded up some of the month’s most interesting pieces (and videos).
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My Bookshelf, Myself
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Credit My 10 Favorite Books: Alan Cumming
The actor shares the titles he’d most want with him on a desert island.
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Feeling For
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CreditJames Chororos A New Shoe Brand That Puts (Extreme) Comfort First
A new line, Hopp, releases shoes with a sleek shape and padded insoles.
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Credit In a Berlin Gallery, Art Critiques Itself
Alexandre Singh’s play “The School for Objects Criticized AE” comes to Sprüth Magers.
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CreditIrving Penn, Lorenzo Mongiardino (B), New York, 1989/© The Irving Penn Foundation Renzo Mongiardino, the Architect of Illusion
On the centenary of his birth, his reimagining of interior design dogma continues to endure.
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Credit Perfect Strangers | Chelsea Handler & Leon Wieseltier
A game of free association between the critical comedian and the comedic critic ricochets between kale, the Kardashians and presidential hopefuls.
