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Malplaquet House

The treasure-filled Malplaquet House, the formerly dilapidated mansion in London’s East End, is home to Tim Knox, director of the venerable Sir John Soane’s Museum in Lincoln’s Inn Fields,… More
The Pearl: La Peregrina

Scholars offer conflicting reports of its origin, but La Peregrina (“the Pilgrim”) is generally believed to have been discovered during the 16th century off the coast of Panama. Thought… More
In Moscow, a Battle for a Modernist Landmark

When Viktor Melnikov died of cancer at 91 on Feb. 5, his estranged younger daughter and nephew appeared on his doorstep with a retinue of lawyers and bodyguards to… More
For Russian Style, an Extreme Makeover

THERE are two popular sayings in Russia: ‘Remodeling your apartment is a way of life’ and ‘Remodeling your apartment is worse than a fire.’ ” As she spoke, Marina… More
Ephemeral art, eternal maintenance

Even as the real estate market cools, the contemporary art market is at fever pitch, as evidenced by the record-breaking total of $157.4 million brought in by Christie’s sale… More
A Bold Move: The Whitney Museum’s New Downtown Home

“I never thought I’d live to see the day!” says Sondra Gilman, the Whitney Museum of American Art’s longest-serving trustee (since 1977), after taking a tour of the Museum’s… More
Toddler Proof and Party-Perfect

LAST Saturday the TriBeCa loft of Dominique Lévy and Dorothy Berwin was the scene of a rollicking dinner party capping off a week of art shows in New York.… More
She Can’t be Bought: Julie Mehretu

In January, one of the art world’s brightest young stars, Julie Mehretu, was put on display in a highly unusual way—on the stand in a Manhattan courtroom, where she’d… More
For the Baron of Yonkers, a Gothic Revival

Dressed in ripped jeans, a black leather jacket and a bandanna wrapped around his unruly mop of black hair, Kohle Yohannan seems an improbable lord of the manor. But… More
Antiques Arrayed in Paris; Americans Aren’t

WATCHING Chanel-clad Americans graze on foie gras as they pored over gilded 18th-century consoles and Ruhlmann cabinets at a preview of the 22nd Biennale des Antiquaires — Europe’s grandest… More
The Loyalist: A Friend Defends a Friend

Peter Bacanovic and I have been close friends for sixteen years, and we speak six times a day. For the past twenty months, he dreaded reading newspapers and watching… More
Newport: The House of Worth

NEWPORT, R.I. – RONALD LEE FLEMING said he felt exultant when he purchased Bellevue House in 1999. The house, a Colonial Revival mansion built in 1910, was the work… More

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