August 31, 2016

The Interloper on Avenue B

In the early morning hours of Aug. 7, 1988, Jerry Saltz, now the art critic for New York Magazine but then a struggling 35-year-old writer, stared […]
August 31, 2016

When Donald Met Melania, Paolo Was There

A couple of weekends ago, Paolo Zampolli received a text message from Melania Trump, the wife of the Republican candidate for president, urging him to give […]
August 31, 2016

Scene City: Rihanna, Drake and DJ Khaled Party After the V.M.A.’s

Scene City By BEN DETRICK Without meat dresses or controversial interruptions, the MTV Video Music Awards, held Sunday at Madison Square Garden, lacked some of the […]
August 27, 2016

Venus Williams, Off the Court

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Venus Williams’s ability to get around a tennis court quickly is well known. She is 6-foot-1 and nearly can get from […]
August 27, 2016

Venus Williams Gave Me a Tennis Lesson

“Katie, I am noting your split step isn’t happening.” Those words set into motion the best tennis lesson I’ve ever received. It was from Venus Williams. […]
August 27, 2016

Vows: United in Love, But Living on Separate Coasts

Vows By JESSE McKINLEY Of all the skills needed to be a successful museum director — curating collections, charming donors, keeping the lights on — perhaps […]
August 26, 2016

Scene Stealers: From Pro Football to Hollywood, Trevor Pryce’s Plan B

Scene Stealers By BROOKS BARNES LOS ANGELES — When Trevor Pryce retired as a pro football player in 2011, it would have been very easy for […]
August 26, 2016

Modern Love: Security in a Bright Yellow Suitcase

Modern Love By DEANNA CLEVESY On more than one occasion I have rolled my bright yellow carry-on suitcase into the office on a Monday morning to […]
August 25, 2016

Sonia Rykiel, Fashion Designer for the ‘Fragile, but Strong,’ Dies at 86

Sonia Rykiel, the Paris fashion designer who planted her contrarian flag on the Left Bank in the 1960s, flouted haute couture conventions and created chic ready-to-wear […]
August 25, 2016

At Home With: An Artful Life in Four Shipping Containers

Lars Fisk has weathered two hurricanes in the four shipping containers he calls home. Once planted on the edge of the Costco parking lot that abuts […]