French photographer Brigitte Lacombe has teamed up with Phillips Auction House in New York to release a selling exhibition of photographs, Brigitte Lacombe: Complicities, for the first time in her storied 40-year career. The portraits (available in both black-and-white and color) capture intimate moments in the lives of Hollywood’s elite ... More

While Montauk—the formerly quiet fishing village at the far end of Long Island—has in recent years become something of a hipster Hampton, photographer Ben Watts fell in love with the town back in 1998, before the hordes arrived. Now he’s releasing Montauk Dreaming, a photo-driven book paying tribute to the ... More

Just in time for spring’s awakening, SoHo’s downtown Leica store is hosting a mini-exhibit of the iconic society photographer Slim Aarons. The small collection of 18 pieces uncovers a rarefied, privileged class (from the 1950s-‘70s) circling around fashionable, swanky locales. After all, "Attractive people doing attractive things in attractive places" was ... More

Entering this year's Costume Institute exhibition, the ambitious and extravagant China: Through the Looking Glass, is akin to opening the door to Wonderland. The lights are dim, the pathways twisted, the walls lined with mirrors in a disorienting display of reflective surfaces. But don't fret, dear reader. Once your eyes adjust ... More

When you’re the manufacturer of the world’s finest pianos, celebrating a milestone comes with an obligation to go above and beyond. And that’s exactly what Steinway & Sons did in honor of their 600,000th piano. The iconic brand commissioned master artisan Frank Pollaro to create a one-of-a-kind instrument that embodies luxury ... More

He may be the only world-class artist who can boast of learning to paint via a correspondence course—in prison. Fortunately, Malcolm Morley was a better artist than a thief. As colorful as his cinematic, action-packed paintings, Morley is sipping a cappuccino at the Carlyle hotel in New York and reminiscing ... More

 “It’s kind of a tragic story. It was the 1990s and I was living on Prince and Crosby streets, and 303 Gallery was in the neighborhood. I’d always go around and look at all the art in SoHo in the different galleries, and that’s when I started seeing some of ... More

Bulgari kicked off Milan Design Week with the unveiling of a beautiful Serpenti installation inspired by the luxury brand’s famous icon. The geometic structure—designed by architectural genius Zaha Hadid—exhibits the Bulgari Serpenti collections dating back to 1960. Among the showcased treasures is a stunning (and brand new) tubogas necklace with pink ... More