Archive

September 2003

Features

Objects of His Affection
Renowned stage director Robert Wilson raises the curtain on his own visionary collection.

Portrait Gallery
The art of fashion frames seven New Yorkers who have, quite literally, changed the artistic face of the city.

All That Glitters

Mesh Maker
Jewelry designer and metals professor Mary Lee Hu

Culture Watch

Always in Demand
Reality, once-removed, at Denmark's Lousiana Museum of Modern Art

Cocteau Party
A monumental retrospective at the Pompidou Center in Paris

Diane Arbus
At the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

El Greco Headline
Major retrospective at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Frock Shock
Elsa Schiaparelli's first retrospective

Retro, Grade A
Bruce McCall's greatest hits

Romare Bearden's Odyssey
At The National Gallery of Art

Save the Date
The brand-new Mori Art Museum

Singin' the Blues
New documentary films, book and radio series

Somewhere Totally Else
At London's Design Museum

Tenor to Watch
Matthew Polenzani

The Kid Stays in the Picture
James Rosenquist retrospective

Dress Code

The Heeling Power of Olga Berluti
Shoemaker extraordinaire

Food

Sunny Side Up
Chef Jean-Louis Dumonet's riff on home cooking yields incredibly haute results

Health

Weight Expectations
In the United States, at any given moment, half of all adults are on a diet. Mary Duenwald checks the ups and downs of our progress.

Home Front

Design Lesson
The X factor

In the Bedroom
Flou's world of sleep

Steuben's Centennial
The Airtrap decanter and glasses

Up Against the Wall
Anya Larkin's handmade wall coverings

Sport

Tierra del Fuego: Fishing on the Edge
When it comes to sea trout, it doesn't get any better than Argentina's Río Grande.

Travel

Vienna Unexpected
A city that remains stubbornly, defiantly anchored in its past shows encouraging new signs of modern life.

Wine & Spirits

The Greatest Story Ever Uncorked
For a century and a half, Château Mouton Rothschild has epitomized Bordeaux at its finest, but, Martin Filler reports, full recognition was a long time coming.

Worldly Goods

Book Smarts
Assouline Publishing

Clean Finnish
Anu Penttinen glassware

Picturing the Raj
Nineteenth-century photography of India

Black Book

Amenity We Love
The Peninsula pops

An Hour to Kill
Absolute Spa at Vancouver International Airport

Breach of Manners
A minor offense?

Brilliant Idea
Wine Tote A-Go-Go

Expert Advice
Sketchy memory

In Fashion
Computer genius

In the Air
Landing gear

Interview With a Vintner
London's Berry Bros. and Rudd

Luxe Goods
Venice's glass act

Masters of Craft
The write stuff

Object Lesson
A Calder Animobile

On the Radar
Virginia's vantage

Out to Lunch
At The Connaught with Nicholas Hytner

Overnight Sensation
Sydney's hottest spot

Private Lives Public Places
Patrick McCarthy, fashion arbiter

Secret Address
Vintage finds in Paris

Spa Report
California dreaming

Techno Toy
Noises off

The Ecotourist
South Africa untamed

The New Wave in Italian Hotels
Four new modern examples

The Specialists
High tea on Madison

Traveling Well
Jet clubs reach higher

When in Florence
The redone Caffè Giacosa

Worth the Wait
Florida heat