Whimsical signet rings, sculptural menorahs, rocklike crayons — and more gifts we’re coveting this year.
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In Paris, an Apartment Built on Heirlooms and Wicker
IN 1953, THE parents of Benoît Rauzy, 53, a co-founder of the design studio Atelier Vime, moved into a timeworn two-floor flat in Paris’s Saint-Germain-des-Prés. The neighborhood — a tangle of streets radiating from the 11th-century Saint-Germain-des …
Continue readingYayoi Kusama’s Signature Spots Return to Louis Vuitton
The artist’s distinct polka dots once again adorn a new collection from the fashion house, which includes leather goods, trunks, shoes and ready-to-wear.
Continue readingCould Theatrical Movies Shut Out Streamers for the Top Oscars?
A year after Apple’s historic best-picture win, the lead categories could be filled entirely by big-screen films. But don’t call it a comeback just yet.
Continue readingThe Communist Party Is Losing China’s People
BEIJING — The scenes in China in recent days have been electrifying. Last weekend, in several cities across the country, from cosmopolitan Shanghai to far-western Xinjiang, ordinary people took to the streets to denounce the government’s stifling …
Continue readingHouse Passes Bill to Avert a Rail Strike, Moving to Impose a Labor Agreement
The House approved a bill to force rail companies and workers to accept a pending agreement. It also passed a separate measure to add seven days of paid leave, a key demand of the employees.
Continue readingNow Arriving: Yayoi Kusama and Kiki Smith’s Grand Central Madison Mosaics
Beach scenes, wild turkeys and fantastic abstract forms in glass grace the M.T.A.’s new Long Island Rail Road terminal, with works by other artists.
Continue readingDoes Broadway Need Another ‘Romeo and Juliet’ Musical? Pat Benatar Says Yes
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Romeo, devastated and bereft, gazed over Juliet’s lifeless body, lying atop a table in a rehearsal studio at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts here. But rather than offer a farewell soliloquy before taking …
Continue readingHiroshi Miyamura, Given Medal of Honor in Korean War, Dies at 97
He was the first living Japanese American to receive the country’s highest military award for valor.
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