John Maloof first discovered the work of Vivian Maier in 2007, when he bought a box of her negatives at a Chicago auction house. Maloof was planning on using the photos to illustrate projects of his own, but soon enough recognized something special about the works he’d acquired. “I didn’t buy ... More

"I really, really like clients who cannot express an idea in words," says Adam Tihany, who'd much rather they cook for him instead. That's because Tihany's clients are Thomas Keller, Daniel Boulud and Jean-Georges Vongerichten—just to name a few. They're some of the world's top chefs renowned for their ... More

Any camera phone owner worth her Instagram followers knows there's a flood of knowledge to discover about someone through the photos on their smartphone. This month, Milk Gallery gave the world a look through Peter Arnell's. The former ad man's first retrospective, running through April 1, spans 30 ... More

Richard Avedon named her “the most beautiful woman in the world.” In 1967, Life Magazine put her on their cover, calling her “the girl everybody stares at.” But if a single word is needed to describe the German Countess Veruschka, born Vera von Lehndorff, we'd say it's transformative. Formerly unseen pictures by Johnny ... More

If you’re looking for a nine-to-five job where you can make a good living, it isn’t producing theater,” Paula Wagner says with a grin. “That’s not what it’s about.” What it is about for Wagner—the Hollywood super agent who helmed the career of Tom Cruise, produced blockbuster franchises and even ... More

Twenty years is a long time in the evolution of a cable news network—and a career. “When I first started, it was Ted Turner’s CNN, meaning it was a very different kind of vibe,” CNN’s chief congressional correspondent Dana Bash tells DuJour. “He used to say, ‘The news was the ... More

Over the past two decades, British painter Jonathan Yeo has explored countless aspects of the human visage. There are the oil portraits of political and media heavyweights including  Rupert Murdoch, Tony Blair and David Cameron that capture soft moments behind stern exteriors. There are the collages of the under- and over-sexed crafted ... More

When Stuart Comer left London last year for New York, he didn’t relocate for a new job—he relocated for two. The former film curator at the Tate Modern signed on to be the Museum of Modern Art’s chief curator of media and performance art as well as part of the ... More

“My work is about finding identity,” says Brooklyn-based artist Paul Nathan, whose photographic investigations have led him to capture everything from the heavily tattooed hipsters of Williamsburg (Generation Ink) to the finely dressed dogs of the Big Apple (Couture Dogs of New York). Through the latter, he entered a circle of top ... More

Inside the volcano Jennifer Connelly was about to learn the truth. The actress was in Iceland, taking a break from filming the biblical-disaster epic Noah, when she and her family decided to visit one of the island nation's famous lava pits. It seemed, as so many things do, like a ... More