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Video: Design Talks

At W's annual Design Talks series at Art Basel Miami, Editor in Chief Stefano Tonchi sat down with friend and fashion icon Diane von Furstenberg for a candid discussion on career, family and becoming the woman she always wanted to be.
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’93 TILL INFINITY

“NYC 1993: Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star,” on view until May 26, offers a deep look back at the art scene of that particular time and place, not to mention the seismic cultural events and sociopolitical factors that shaped it.
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The Change Agent

Theaster Gates is constructing a brilliant art career—and transforming his Chicago neighborhood—one salvaged building at a time. read more
June 2013
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Girls, Girls, Girls!

Where the artist Yoshitomo Nara conceives his enchanting enfants terribles. read more
May 2013
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FRIEZE FRAME: WHAT TO SEE THIS WEEK

Frieze New York is only in its second year, but the mega-art fair, which opens to the public on Friday, already feels like an institution. And like most of the city’s traditions, this one has built-in pageantry: a weeklong blur of deals, dinners, parties, and of course, splashy openings. To lure the big-fish collectors and international artelligentsia in town, galleries have pulled out the big guns—Koons, Kelly, McCarthy. Here are a few blue-chip shows to see and be seen at this week. read more
May 2013
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Frieze Frame

For the second annual Frieze New York art fair (May 10–13), curator Cecilia Alemani has assembled a series of installations specific to the event’s Randall’s Island home. read more
May 2013
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Paper Tiger

With her sharp scissors—and even sharper wit—the collage artist known as Linder has honed a fierce vision of glamour. Skye Sherwin gets an eyeful. read more
May 2013
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Design Doyenne

At 27, she commissioned the Seagram Building. Now, a half-century later, Phyllis Lambert deconstructs its legacy in a new book. read more
May 2013
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Solway Selects: May 2013

Arts and Culture director Diane Solway’s must-see for May: Noah Baumbach's latest film Frances Ha, starring Greta Gerwig and Mickey Sumner. read more
May 2013
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Some Things from Berlin Art Gallery Weekend

For serious shoppers, Berlin Gallery Weekend may seem gratuitously unwieldy—a sort of quasi art fair not gathered under one convenient tent, but scattered all over the German capital. But for those like myself who are just looking, the beauty of this vaguely organized annual enterprise is that it forces you to visit all of the incredible repurposed spaces the city never seems to grow short of. read more
April 2013
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Call of the Wild

Photographer James Houston redefines the natural world with a lush tome and an exhibition. read more
May 2013
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Growing Up Judd

At 101 Spring Street, Donald Judd not only conceived some of his most important work— he also raised a family. read more
May 2013
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