Fashion Photography: From Edgy to Excess
Helmut Newton and Guy Bourdin revolutionized fashion photography from the late 1960s through the ’70s
Books and Literature
Best Art Books of 2022
Lots of NFT art collections nose-dived in this year’s crypto crash, but a well-stocked library
2022 Best Wine (and Whisky) Books
‘Drinking With the Valkyries: Writings on Wine’ by Andrew Jefford For years Andrew Jefford has
Michelle Obama’s Fashion Declaration of Independence
When is a book tour not just a book tour? When it is a platform
How Ralph Ellison’s World Became Visible
Judging the photographs of an artist who is not primarily a photographer raises a prickly
How Peter Asher, a Jack-of-all-Trades in Music, Mastered Them All
In the mid-2000s, after spending time as an executive at Sony Music, then taking on
Julie Powell, Food Writer Known for ‘Julie & Julia,’ Dies at 49
As a child, her brother said, Ms. Powell was both bookish and dramatic. “She loved
Steve Keene Made 300,000 Paintings in a Home Full of Easels
When the artist Steve Keene and his wife, Starling Keene, an architect, spent $140,000 on
Lee Child on Storytelling
Then came Nov. 4, 2001, a Sunday, 54 days after Sept. 11. Initially I had