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The Paradise of Modern Art
Set amid the ancient landscape of Guilin, the Hotel of Modern Art combines cool contemporary architecture with high-style boutique chic.
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Beijing Vs. Shanghai
It's the greatest architecture show on earth. Deyan Sudjic reports on the fabulous and the frivolous in China's race to the 22nd century.
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A Dog's Life
For more than half a century, photographer Elliott Erwitt has captured the many and various moods of the city—with a little help from his...
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What's Modern Now?
It's been 241 days since the Modern, Danny Meyer's restaurant in the new Museum of Modern Art, elevated the humble canteen—and redefined dining...
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The Wonderful World of Murakami
Modern artist and master merchandiser, Takashi Murakami designs sculptures that soar and handbags that sell. A portrait of the man who mixes...
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Objects of His Affection
Renowned stage director Robert Wilson raises the curtain on his own visionary collection.
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Lost Art
The strange life of Tsuguharu Foujita, the toast of 1920's Montparnasse, more successful than Picasso at his peak, and now forgotten (except by...
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Dealer's Choice
Paul Guillaume bought and sold paintings for a living, but he kept the best for himself. Now his superb collection is coming to North America...
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The Architecture of Sound
From Santiago Calatrava's magnificent opera house in Valencia to Frank Gehry's extraordinary concert hall in downtown Los Angeles, the sound of...
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That's So '80s
It's deja vu in the art world. Amid a rash of current exhibitions and big auction sales, the power brokers of the '80s remain the powerhouses of...
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