Magazine
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A Bulgari Necklace With a Jazz Age Flair
The tassel has been used as decoration at least since the time of the ancient Egyptians — one made of…
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The Perfect Dinner for Two
I bought a stainless-steel kitchen prep table in 2016 because I once read that you could throw hot pots and…
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Do the Memes Help the Movies?
The cultural anthropologist Ernest Becker once wrote that “in his greatest genius, man is still mocked.” This sentiment might be…
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A Modernist Gem in Paris, Meticulously Restored
ÉRIC TOUCHALEAUME WAS a teenager in the late 1960s when his cultured, peripatetic parents moved the family from Bordeaux to…
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The Hand-Beaded Chanel Bag That Takes 120 Hours to Embroider
The origins of Chanel’s classic flap handbags can be traced back to February 1955, when the house’s founder, Gabrielle “Coco”…
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Laurie Anderson Has a Message for Us Humans
When the HirshhornMuseum told Laurie Anderson that it wanted to put on a big, lavish retrospective of her work, she…
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The Haunting Power of Miso-Maple Loaf Cake
After 30 years of having a room in the basement devoted entirely to Lego towns and villages, space stations and…
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Do We Really Want Nonstop Action From Football?
“Just keep matriculating that ball down the field, boys!” So went the Hall of Fame coach and broadcaster Hank Stram’s…
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The Married Couple Behind the Dreamy Feminist Action Film ‘Mayday’
When the cinematographer Sam Levy and the writer and director Karen Cinorre, who are now married forty-somethings, first met —…
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The Many Layers of Lorna Simpson
In January, the artist Lorna Simpson awed readers of Essence magazine with collages featuring photographs of that month’s cover star,…