Antiques: Old Fabrics and New Designs

Antiktex Ltd., a Manhattan company, is one of a handful of companies with large stocks of old fabrics.

Art Review: Artists Leap Into the Moment

“How Soon Is Now?” at the Bronx Museum of the Arts is almost nothing but symptoms reflecting almost nothing but failings.

Art Review | 'Pretty Ugly': Art Makes Such Weird Bedfellows

Everyone-into-the-pool gallery group shows like “Pretty Ugly” are a welcome distraction in a steamy New York midsummer.

Art Review: Inspired by Vikings and Volcanoes

Two exhibitions of Icelandic art are on view for another couple of weeks at Scandinavia House and the Luhring Augustine gallery.

A 7,500-Square-Foot Ad for Chanel, With an Artistic Mission

A futuristic art pavilion, commissioned by Chanel and designed by London architect Zaha Hadid, will make a temporary appearance in Central Park this fall.

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In Ancient Alleys, Modern Comforts

Some of Beijing’s traditional courtyard homes are being refurbished with a mix of modern sensibility and respect for original detail.

In the Closet: July 23, 2008, Part 2

What can we say: There was just too much groundbreaking footage for a single video. In the second segment, Tyler and Josh run through a few highlights from our Fall 2008 Buyer's Guide.

In the Closet: July 23, 2008

Is anyone really going to wear a pajama-themed suit? Do real men wear peds? Scott "The Sartorialist" Schuman joins Tyler and Josh for a recap of the burning issues of Spring 2009.

Architecture: Lost in the New Beijing: The Old Neighborhood

A construction boom tied to the Olympics is threatening two types of housing in China’s capital.

Abroad: Berliners Get a Crash Course in Glittery Celebrity Culture

Germany has long been funny about celebrity, which makes the show at the Helmut Newton Foundation a particularly fascinating and revealing exercise.

Art: Yeats Meets the Digital Age, Full of Passionate Intensity

A digital resurrection allows Yeats to stride again along the hinge of the 19th and 20th centuries.

Art: Leaves Speak; a Journalist Listens

Janet Malcolm, using camera more than pen, conveys her fascination with burdock.

Design Review | ‘Home Delivery’: Instant Houses, Then and Now

The Modern makes a convincing case that prefabricated housing was both a central theme of Modernist history and a dream that remains very much alive today.

Paul Byard, 68, Dies; Architect Renovated Landmarks

Mr. Byard, a land-use lawyer who returned to school in his late 30s to be an architect, became an important figure in the renovation of some of New York’s most prominent landmarks.

Art Review | 'Muraqqa': An Emperors’ Art: Small, Refined, Jewel Toned

A show at the Sackler Gallery in Washington showcases 82 rarely seen paintings, of the most elegant and refined variety, that were commissioned by Mughal emperors.

Vibrant Gateway Planned for Lincoln Center Campus

The architects Tod Williams and Billie Tsien hope to transform Harmony Atrium, now an underused pass-through, into a “front porch” for Lincoln Center.

Art Auctions on Cruise Ships Lead to Anger, Accusations and Lawsuits

Auctioning “fine art” on cruises, often to first-time bidders, has become big business — but some customers say they did not get what they bargained for.

Art: The Image Is Familiar; the Pitch Isn’t

Artists have appropriated images from advertising for decades. What happens when the tables are turned?

GQ: Emma Stone

A sexy behind-the-scenes look at 'Superbad' actress Emma Stone.

Matter: Here Comes the Neighborhood

A housing project, Museum of Modern Art-style.

Architect Supports Changes to Times Tower

Renzo Piano said he supported plans by officials of The New York Times to alter the facade of the newspaper’s year-old building, which he designed, to prevent people from scaling the tower.

Art Review | 'Sand: Memory, Meaning and Metaphor': A Celebration of Sand, in Vast Quantities or One Grain at a Time

A baggy compendium of artworks at the Parrish Art Museum offers a chance to meditate on the many meanings of one of the world’s cheapest and most precious materials.

Antiques: When London and Paris Looked to the Nile for Inspiration

“Thomas Hope: Regency Designer,” a new exhibit at the Bard Graduate Center in Manhattan, has a few imaginative examples of Egyptian Revival furniture.

Art Review: Lustrous Visions, Cut From Stone

The Metropolitan Museum’s “Art of the Royal Court” offers the first in-depth survey of the arts and crafts of pietre dure, or works inlaid with finely cut semiprecious stones.

Suits and Disputes on an Art Deco Table

A long legal battle over an Art Deco table owned by Ronald O. Perelman is just now being settled and is awaiting the judge’s final disposition.

Energetic Rabbits, Melt-Proof Candies and Other Advertising Coups

The new exhibition on advertising at the Science, Industry and Business Library wants to give a twist to the “Mad Men” series.

Michael Turner, 37, Creator of Superheroines, Is Dead

Mr. Turner was a popular comic-book artist who came to fame in the mid-1990s and was best known for creating two sexy female lead characters, Witchblade and Fathom.

Style: Sky Lark

When a family in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, needed more space, there was nowhere to go but up.

Art Review | 'Radiance From the Rain Forest': Objects From a Long-Vanished Peru, Parading All Their Magnificent Plumage

This show supplements the Met’s rarely displayed holdings of featherwork with examples borrowed from public and private collections.

Art Review: A Panoramic Subject for Artists

The views from Boscobel are astonishing, but so are the views inside the historic home, which is displaying a selection of 19th-century American paintings.

Art: Buddha’s Caves

On the lip of the Gobi Desert, sand and tourists threaten Mogaoku’s singular art.

Design Review | Buckminster Fuller: Fixing Earth One Dome at a Time

A timely new exhibition of works by Buckminster Fuller at the Whitney Museum is likely to stir waves of nostalgia for those who miss the architecture of the cold war.

Art Review: Storm-Tossed Visionary of Light

The oil and watercolor paintings in the Metropolitan Museum’s “J. M. W. Turner” swing between overblown and moving, inspired and mechanical.

Along the Hudson, Searching for Old

For country-weekend antiquing, the mid-Hudson Valley offers excellent prices, great scenery and, in terms of merchandise, a little of almost everything.

Art Review: 3,344 People May Not Know Art but Know What They Like

The Brooklyn Museum’s “Click! A Crowd-Curated Exhibition” invites its viewers to consider whether the crowd is better than the individual at picking quality photography.

Art Review | 'Tapestry in the Baroque': King-Size Stories, Woven for the Ages

The Metropolitan Museum’s show of tapestry from the Baroque era is stupefying and awesome in its exacting detail.

Bottega Veneta, Spring 2009

Creative director Tomas Maier on why men should cover up and say no to nudity.

Dolce & Gabbana, Spring 2009

Stefano Gabbana discusses the duo's newly relaxed tailoring, inspired by pajama jackets and spending time with his dog.

Giorgio Armani, Spring 2009

Tim Blanks talks to the designer about his latest version of "classico con twist," and gets second opinions from noted fashion critics Adrien Brody and Terrell Owens.

Calvin Klein, Spring 2009

Creative director Italo Zucchelli explains his European approach to American sportswear, and what was up with all the gray-haired models on his runway.

City Room: Calatrava’s Roof to Remain Closed

The winglike rooftop of Santiago Calatrava’s World Trade Center Transportation Hub was to open and close. Now, with budget and timetable concerns, it will no longer be operable, though an opening will be retained.

Abroad: Visiting the Heights and the Depths, With Goya as Guide

“Goya in Times of War” at the Prado in Madrid is most memorable for pictures less famous, some rarely or never seen — still lifes and portraits — many from obscure collections.

A Filmmaker Adds a Cinematic Scope to a Storied Painting

For one fleeting evening in Milan, Leonardo’s venerable “Last Supper” was a multimedia star.

Renaissance Sculpture Damaged in Fall at Met

A relief by the Renaissance sculptor Andrea della Robbia came loose overnight from its perch and crashed to the stone floor below, seriously damaging it.

From Trash to Auction, Faster Than a Speeding ...Well, You Know

Original comic-book art once wiped up ink spills. Now it pulls in big bucks.

Charles Parkhurst, Who Tracked Down Looted Art, Dies at 95

Mr. Parkhurst was a museum director and one of the “monuments men,” an Allied Forces team that chased down leads in search of art stolen by the Nazis.

Museum Review: In a Collection of Memorabilia, Politics at Its Most Boisterous

An exuberant exhibition of campaign artifacts on display at the Museum of the City of New York is mostly gathered from the collection of Jordan M. Wright, who died last month.

Yes!!! Finally!!!

Well, after two long years of patience and waiting we are finally seeing our new house become a reality!

It almost seems surreal. And despite the rain, the thunder and the lightning on the first official day of building - and the same forecast threatning our crew all week - we are now able to watch our beautiful timber frame home start to rise. And it is quite an amazing sight. We just can't stop grinning! My self portrait pretty much says it all. We are so psyched for this day to finally arrive!

Ed Arno, Cartoonist of New Yorker Whimsy, Is Dead at 92

Mr. Arno created sketchy, casually rendered cartoons on topics domestic and cosmic that appeared regularly in The New Yorker for more than 30 years.

A Monet Sets a Record: $80.4 Million

A record price for a Monet, $80.4 million, was set for one of the rarest of his waterlilies at one of the largest London sales Christie’s has held.

Antiques: Housecleaning on a Grand Scale

The Ivory Coast is auctioning most of the contents of its president’s Paris residence, which includes 18th-century antiques and paintings, to raise money to restore it.

Art Review: Raw Materials of a Life, Revealed by Sculpture

Louise Bourgeois’s art looks great at the Guggenheim Museum, clean but organic — fecund, tumid, enwrapping — and unclassically classical.

Suit Claims a Warhol Is Not, Well, a Warhol

A lawsuit opens a window once again onto late efforts to establish the authenticity of work by an artist whose work questioned the very idea.

City Room: High Line Designs Are Unveiled

Designs for the first and second phases of the High Line, the park being built on abandoned train tracks on Manhattan’s West Side, were presented on Wednesday.