Arts and Culture
Style, Sex, Media, and The Stage
James Ijames tells us about why his Pulitzer may change his life, how “Fat Ham” reinvents “Hamlet,” confronting prejudice in theater, and his next play and first novel.
Plus, Prince William is booed at the FA Cup Final, Britain’s most splashy soccer match, and Harry and Meghan prepare to celebrate their 4th wedding anniversary this week.
Charles and William attended the State Opening of Parliament in place of the queen. Father and son have not always been close, and now face a new test of their relationship.
Glenn Bernbaum, who owned the celeb hangout, died in 1998. So why do people swear he’s still knocking about upstairs?
This week, Christie’s sold Andy Warhol’s portrait of Marilyn Monroe, “Shot Sage Blue Marilyn,” for $195 million. The purchaser remains unknown—like many other big-spending buyers.
The $250 million estate sale of Anne Bass goes on the auction block Thursday at Christie’s. It’s not the only uber-monied art collection going up for sale.
The leading contemporary art gallery alleges that they bought a fake Seurat for $2 million from a man falsely claiming to be the artist’s descendant.