Cardi B Closed Out Art Basel Parties

The parties of Art Basel Miami Beach continued on Friday night, even after many of the V.I.P. collectors, big-name gallery owners and other art-world insiders left. In fact, the hard-core partying just got started for some. Three for No. 5 Capping off a month’s worth of festivities for the 100th anniversary of Chanel No. 5,…

Their Bells Have Tolled for Centuries

AGNONE, Italy — “There is always some magic in the crafting of a bell,” said Armando Marinelli, who is among the 26th generation of his family involved in the business. “Every bell has a different soul.” Mr. Marinelli, 61, and his brother Pasquale, 51, run the Marinelli Pontificial Foundry, a landmark in this small town…

‘Ugly Diamonds’ Get a Makeover

In the Munich atelier of the jewelry house Hemmerle, diamonds are meticulously sorted according to color into a series of little boxes. The labels read: Flaschengrün, or bottle green; Benzin, or gasoline; Camouflage; Dark Golden; Grau I, II and III, which are three variations of gray; and Schlamm, or muddy. These names hardly conjure up…