Since Gabrielle Chanel fall in love with dance in 1913, French fashion house Chanel and its creatives have frequently supported the performing art. Gabrielle Chanel and Karl Lagerfeld both collaborated with choreographers around the world to create costumes for ballet productions. Continuing the patronage work of its ... More

The North American premiere of Sejong Center’s "One Dance" at Lincoln Center is the tentpole event of Korean Arts Week, presented by SK Group. Delve into the rich tapestry of Korean cultural heritage as 39 dancers from South Korea’s Seoul Metropolitan Dance Theatre, ... More

Six centuries of Venetian sculpture of doges (elected officials) are the subject of a new tome, Venice and the Doges (Rizzoli), by Toto Bergamo Rossi, which chronicles the masterpieces that fill the city’s churches. More

Though they worked more than 50 years apart, impressionist painter Claude Monet and abstract artist Mark Rothko actually have a lot in common. The new book Monet/Rothko (Flammarion) examines these two artists who explored the frontiers of abstraction. More

Linedy Genao, the 31 year-old Dominican American star of the new Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Bad Cinderella, currently at the Imperial Theater, started preparing for the role the day she was cast. “Almost an entire year before our first day of rehearsal,” Genao says. She still takes ... More

Andrew Burnap, 32, has been most known for excelling in dramatic works. He’s done his share of Shakespeare, including Troilus and Cressida and King Lear at the Delacorte in Central Park, and he won a Tony for his leading role in The Inheritance, which he originated at London’s Young ... More

If any young actor has cornered the market on bringing historic Black icons to cinematic life, it’s surely Kelvin Harrison Jr. Barely a decade into his professional acting career, the 28-year-old has already vividly portrayed blues great B.B. King in Baz Luhrmann’s Oscar-nominated fantasia Elvis and legendary activist Fred Hampton in ... More

Having worked as an actress since she was 8 years old, Christina Ricci has had her share of breakout moments. Like as a tiny backup singer and dancer behind Cher in the music video of “The Shoop Shoop Song (It’s in His Kiss),” from the soundtrack of her film debut, the ... More

This month marks the opening of "Cartier Design: A Living Legacy," a stunning retrospective of the maison’s most iconic creations that runs from March 15 through May 14 at Mexico City’s Museo Jumex. The strikingly spare David Chipperfield-designed museum is the perfect backdrop for the collection ... More

Having grown up a “massive” fan of the singer, Will Swenson has always kept a pretty good Neil Diamond impression in his back pocket. “I’ve been known to break it out at parties or the occasional cabaret night,” says the actor. “I guess word got around.” Swenson will get his ... More