In late 2022, I was invited to go to Ghana with a friend researching work by the Ghanaian artist Ibrahim Mahama, who first made a splash at the 56th Venice Biennale in 2015. We were going to Ghana to learn about the context of his work and also to understand the emerging contemporary art scene…
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Sometimes a pine cone is just a pine cone. But on a January day, the rough edges of the cone — and the lone feather sticking out of it — meant something different to Rachel Oppenheimer, 25, a counselor at the Chesapeake Mental Health Collaborative in Towson, Md. “Growing up, I had some challenges,” Ms.…
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Musicians are a colorful crowd, and as the Recording Academy doesn’t hesitate to remind audiences at every opportunity, the Grammys are “music’s biggest night.” So it may be little surprise that previous Grammys red carpets have been the site of such unforgettable looks as Cardi B swanning about in archival Mugler and Shania Twain cosplaying…
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The Grammy Awards, aka music’s biggest night, has become the event of the year, where celebrities pull out all the stops when it comes to their sartorial choices. Yes, there’s always a good amount of glitz and glamour (just take a look at Dua Lipa’s disco ball of a Courrèges dress!), but this is the…
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But Mr. Mousa focused on one number: 3,892. That was his position on a New York City food vendor waiting list. Like thousands of the city’s mobile food vendors, Mr. Mousa cannot get a permit for his cart, the Halal Plates. A longstanding cap limited the number of permits to 5,100, before a 2021 law…
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Megan Fox & Machine Gun Kelly Skipped the Grammys
A Marc Jacobs show is always the highlight of New York Fashion Week—even if it takes place a week before. For the designer’s 40th anniversary, a collection that paid homage to paper dolls, childhood nostalgia, and wonderment, the stars turned out in their finest fashion moments at the Park Avenue Armory, including longtime friends of…
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Good morning. We’re a week out from Lunar New Year and I don’t know if noodles really will make for an auspicious year for me, but I’m not taking chances. Today is for rehearsal: Julia Moskin’s adaptation of a recipe for longevity noodles with chicken, ginger and mushrooms (above) that she learned from the cookbook…
DetailsPop stars are increasingly incorporating references to therapy and mental illness in their lyrics.
Weeks after Maria Sandomenico’s Chihuahua, Luigi, died last August, she shared a long post in a Facebook group for residents of the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn about how she was struggling to come to terms with her adopted rescue dog’s passing. In an interview in January, Ms. Sandomenico said that in the seven years…
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