Feature writing in art, fashion, beauty, design and visual culture.
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‘Wheatfield’: Agnes Denes has reimagined her landmark artwork (CNN)
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What does the first year of motherhood look like? For this photographer — and many other women — it was dark and complex (CNN)
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Shock Miss USA resignations are just the tip of the iceberg, insiders say (CNN)
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Social media is rife with skin-whitening products. But little is being done to regulate the market (CNN)
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The mourning dress codes of ‘Succession’ (CNN)
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Helmut Lang returns to the runway, with ascendant designer Peter Do at the helm (CNN)
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Inside ‘fake heiress’ Anna Delvey’s rooftop fashion show — hosted under house arrest (CNN)
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Sex positivity after 70: Marilyn Minter’s sensual photographs of couples in their golden years (CNN)
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How artist Amy Sherald reimagined history’s most famous kiss (CNN)
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Mayan Toledano’s vibrant photographs of queer life in Mexico City (CNN)
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Why Remedios Varo, one of the ‘three witches’ of surrealism, continues to fascinate (CNN)
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World’s largest ‘wood city’ to be built in Stockholm (CNN)
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‘A real stroke of genius.’ How Apple’s iMac G3 became an object of desire (CNN)
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Inside the Waldorf Astoria’s $1 billion makeover (CNN)
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Photographer Tommy Kha has been awkwardly kissing people for a decade (Dazed)
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Caravaggios’s ‘The Lute Player’ helped me face my anxiety over death (Artsy)
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How Renaissance artists brought pornography to the masses (Artsy)
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The photographer taking regal portraits of Nigerian brides (Artsy)
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Six women artists furthering Cindy Sherman’s pioneering vision (Artsy)
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