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The Armory Show’s Strongest Argument for Relevance Comes From Its Youngest Galleries

Several veteran galleries skipped the fair this year, while the Present section, dedicated to galleries 12 years old or ...
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7 Watches That Take Yacht Life Seriously

Rolex, Omega and Panerai references build in regatta-specific functions. Garmin’s Quatix 8 can control a boat’s autopilot and ...
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At Independent 20th Century, the Biggest Draw Is the Rediscoveries

Since this fair’s conception, founder Elizabeth Dee has carefully considered its potential impact, asking first and foremost ...
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Spokane Is the Gateway to Walla Walla Wine Country

With historic hotels, a growing restaurant scene and plenty of Washington wine, Spokane makes an easy first stop before ...
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Jeff Koons On Balloon Dogs, Time and Why He Changed His Mind About Luxury

Marking his new collaboration with watchmaker Hublot, the artist describes how a small object like a watch can carry the same ...
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Bark Air President on Fixing the Very Expensive Problem of Flying With Dogs

With fares reaching five figures, Bark Air is testing how far the “fur baby” economy can stretch when commercial airlines ...
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While Some Traditional Fairs Scale Back, the Other Art Fair Keeps Growing

Director Nicole Garton says the fair, which connects artists directly to buyers without dealers, saw a 40 percent increase in ...
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What A.I.’s Most Powerful Leaders Said at Observer’s A.I. Power Index Party

From Bloomberg’s ASKB to Candidly’s mission to bring expert financial guidance to everyone, Observer’s first A.I. Power Index Party celebrated the leaders putting A.I. to work, ...
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Rodrigo Sorogoyen’s ‘The Beloved’ Stages a Father-Daughter Reckoning That Doesn’t Quite Cohere

The Cannes competition title and TIFF Special Presentation raises, then quickly drops, intriguing questions about the ...
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The Herbert Lust Collection Lands at Christie’s, Led by a $30M Giacometti

Family and friends describe the late collector as a scholar first, insisting that, for him, deep knowledge of an artist ...
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What Greg Abel’s First Nine Months Reveal About Succeeding Warren Buffett

Leadership expert Michael Watkins examines how Greg Abel’s first nine months as Berkshire Hathaway CEO offer a case study in ...
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The Best Lesson I Learned on the Road as a Traveling Art Handler

Atelier 4 founder and CEO Jonathan Schwartz recalls an early job in his career when he misplaced a Jasper Johns and how the mishap inspired him to always have at least two art handlers on every ...