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What Do Basketball Stars Talk About in the Locker Room? Fine Art, According to Kevin Love
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (501+ words) Where does the story of your personal collection begin? The first contemporary piece I bought was Ed Ruscha’s The End. That felt like an entry point that made sense to me. There was text, film, humor, ambiguity, and a kind…...
Here's How to Spend the Perfect Day in the Hamptons This Summer
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (113+ words) Spending a dreamy day in the Hamptons isn’t hard—choosing where to spend it is. Whether it’s a lazy Monday you’re after or a full weekend getaway, we’ve compiled an itinerary full of pampering, performances, and play at a must-visit…...
Casa Batlló Could Have Been a House Museum. Instead, It Invites Contemporary Artists Reinterpret Gaudí's Legacy
1+ day, 17+ hour ago (297+ words) It’s stirring to imagine that the building could have gone to seed. Its original custodians—the wealthy textile merchant Josep Batlló and his family—relinquished control of the property in the 1950s. During the second half of the 20th century, the building’s…...
We Asked 18 Food Insiders Where (and What) to Eat in New York This Summer
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (1226+ words) Summer has always been the season for trying something new—especially in New York. Longer days and warmer nights have a way of encouraging us to stray from our routines. This can mean wandering a little farther, eating a little…...
Filmmaker Julie Dash Talks Shooting in the Midst of Construction Sites and Tsunamis
2+ day, 10+ hour ago (880+ words) Daniel Merritt: Your interest in filmmaking was really fostered through screenings at the Studio Museum in Harlem—Italian neorealists, Sergei Eisenstein, and other challenging filmmakers that you encountered at a young age. Can you talk about your formative cinematic experiences?...
How Willem de Kooning, Bill Murray, and Dan Aykroyd Helped This Painter Build a Life in the Hamptons
2+ day, 11+ hour ago (1061+ words) When did you first settle in the Hamptons, and what brought you out there? It was a Pan Am pilot you bought the house from? And the house was super funky, right? Very ’70s, very hippie. Well, the whole bathroom in…...
Lobster Rolls at the Landmarks: The Fine Arts Work Center Takes Over Provincetown
3+ day, 1+ hour ago (112+ words) Food and Drink: Specialty cocktails featuring GlenPharmer spirits, a seasonal dinner by MAX Ultimate Food (showcasing local Cape Cod ingredients), a plethora of desserts, and an espresso martini bar kept guests buzzing all weekend long. That, and music by DJ…...
Have You Seen Those Giant Soccer Ball Sculptures Around New York? Here's Where They Came From.
3+ day, 2+ hour ago (510+ words) As soccer fever sweeps through the city, we caught up with the artist to talk about graffiti’s long road to the museum, painting inside a pentagon-and-hexagon contraption, and what soccer means to a kid who grew up traversing the New…...
U.S. Theaters Wanted Benedict Lombe to Change One Thing About Her Play. Here's Why She Refused
3+ day, 9+ hour ago (403+ words) So much of playwriting involves sifting through the specific and contemporary to find the universal: something deeper than circumstance, and even language. It’s there that the work emerges. How does a play start for you? Sometimes writing a play just…...
If People Bring Their Dogs to Sant Ambroeus, Should This African Safari Guide Be Able to Bring Her Lion?
3+ day, 7+ hour ago (469+ words) You’ve said Africa should be encountered with intelligence, humility, and virtue. I’d love to hear what that means in practice, and where you think outsiders most often get it wrong. Growing up in Zimbabwe, which early life experiences shaped your…...