Curator Diya Vij Named NYC Culture Commissioner

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What's a Gen X to Do?

New leader for the Louvre, big mess at the Berlinale, Juliette Lewis turns into a chair, and our heroes drop like flies.

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How to win a bidding war

Pundits are saying that Netflix “lost” the bidding for Warner. Actually, they won. They didn’t just win because they got a nearly $3 billion breakup fee. They won because in just about every contentious public auction, the winner is the one who is willing to overpay the most.

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Frieze LA Meets the Real World

Intentionally or not, this year’s edition brought issues of class, labor, and immigration into the fair tent.

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The Jazz Pictures the FBI Silenced

Fearing for her safety, Lisette Model buried her photos of artists like Billie Holiday and Louis Armstrong, but a new book reveals them to the world.

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