David Bowie, famous as a musician, actor and cultural icon, had a lesser known identity: art collector. “The only thing I buy addictively is art,” Bowie told the BBC in 1999. With the help of Sotheby’s, Bowie’s personal collection of artwork will be available for public viewing starting this ... More

To take a newsworthy photograph, one needs a newsworthy subject. But capturing celebrities—especially notoriously private ones—in a beautifully candid frame is difficult. Luckily, photographer Rose Hartman is an expert at doing just that. In her new book, Incomparable Couples, Hartman documents moments inside the lives of America’s most prominent duos. Witness rare ... More

When the hankering for great art in New York overcomes me, the first thing I do is head immediately to the calendar. Weekends at the Met, MoMA, Guggenheim and other major museums are out, as hordes of tourists kill any intimacy. Weekdays aren’t much better, awash with school ... More

Tod’s iconic Gommino loafer has gotten a makeover, this time from New York based designer Marc Thorpe during New York Design Week. Thorpe is the sixth designer to tackle this limited edition project, led by renowned architect Giulio Cappellini, the art director of the Italian design firm ... More

"I’ve never been desk-bound,” says Simon de Pury, a faint grimace clouding his face at the notion. “I don’t have a routine. In this business, flexibility is the name of the game.” It’s this ability to stay elastic that has kept the 65-year-old, Swiss-born de Pury on top throughout his extensive ... More

With the recent opening of Ugo Rondinone’s “Seven Magic Mountains,” a large-scale public artwork outside Las Vegas sponsored jointly by the Art Production Fund and the Nevada Museum of Art, public art is really flourishing. “The exhibit brings together land art and pop art for an unforgettable art experience in the desert,” ... More