"Diana Vreeland was really a larger-than-life character," says expert graphologist Annette Poizner of the late fashion editor. "She was intuitive and analytical, creative and colorful, psychologically minded, extremely intelligent, animated, dramatic, flexible, good physical coordination, fast thinking and fast moving." Though Poizner never actually met the fashion visionary, she's ... More

It seems to be a case of art imitating art. Just three years ago filmmaker Ang Lee commissioned Alexis Rockman to conceptualize the visuals for the Academy Award-winning Life of Pi, and now the resulting work is hanging in one of the artist's two shows, currently drawing in-the-know crowds in ... More

When I finally reach Robert Indiana at his home on the island of Vinalhaven, Maine, he is munching from a Zabar's gift basket his art dealer, Paul Kasmin, has sent him and is very apologetic. "I'm sorry—for long periods of time, I don't answer the phone," he explains, of a ... More

San Francisco was practically salivating over the "Italian ice" being served up September 18 for the opening of The Art of Bulgari: La Dolce Vita & Beyond, 1950 – 1990, at the de Young Museum. The well-heeled (and much-bejeweled) turned out to fête the 128-year-old jewelry house with ... More

When she was just 13 years old, in the late '70s, Swiss-born New York gallerist Dominique Lévy was given her first introduction to Yves Klein ("Untitled Anthropometry," c. 1960 pictured right). She was at the Geneva homes of blue chip art dealers Eric Beyersdorf and Alain Tarica, the man who ... More

On a trip to Paris in the early '70s, tired of the monument and bar circuit, retail magnate-turned-real estate developer Ron Pizzuti wandered into a gallery in the Montmartre district and came across a Frank Stella Sinjerli Variation that changed his life. "It was beautiful. I was just attracted to ... More

Considering the prices that Jeff Koons' artwork can fetch, scoring one of the artist's popular balloon-like sculptures for a mere $20,000 seems like a steal. And when a bottle of Dom Pérignon Rosé Vintage 2003 comes nestled inside, well, that's even more super-luxury bang for your buck. ... More

Robert Lee Morris hasn’t aged in over thirty years, he’s transformed. In his eyes are countless memories of hippie communes, the Factory scene and dinners at Peter Luger with Roy Lichtenstein, and in his Fifth Avenue studio at Miriam Haskell headquarters, a treasure trove of pictures with designers, ... More

During the reign of King Louis XVI and his wife, Queen Marie-Antoinette, the court at the Palace of Versailles was filled with gossipy nobles and required one to retain the highest etiquette. The unwelcoming court atmosphere, in addition to the chaos of the Palace, led the Queen to spend time ... More

This is how Luciano Benetton describes art collecting in a foreign country: "I feel like a hiker who reaches a good outpost where he can get the widest possible view of his surroundings." And like any hiker at the brink of a beautiful view, the man behind the Benetton Group ... More