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GIFTING What Christmas taught me about party preparation

For Bronson van Wyck, Americas greatest party planner, the season begins with hard work and ends with a feast

The Lives of Artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude

The New Yorker writer Calvin Tomkins describes the inner workings of one of the worlds best known art duos

Rihanna wins at The Fashion Awards in London

The recording artist, songwriter, philanthropist and entrepreneur picked up the Urban Luxe prize last night

GIFTING Who is Jane Hall giving her book to this Christmas

The Assemble architect and Breaking Ground author runs us through her year and tells us whos on her Christmas list

Who is Jane Hall giving her book to this Christmas

The Assemble architect and Breaking Ground author runs us through her year and tells us whos on her Christmas list

Mamma knows best How to make great gnocchi

Big Mamma chef Loris Drazhi has some tips on how to make, cook and store these tasty, floury potato dumplings

Picturing Jonas Wood Ceramics

By depicting pottery in his paintings, the contemporary artist Jonas Wood closes the gap between life and art

INTERVIEW The Rihanna cover image is obviously instantly iconic You will always remember that cover and that image

Jonathan Barnbrook and Marwan Kabour on typography, technology and not being chopped off by Instagram

The Christmas story behind this Diane Arbus photograph

Why did this Great Woman Artist shoot these twins at a Christmas party And how did she make them look so mysterious

The Lives of Artists Peter Doig

The New Yorker writer Calvin Tomkins describes an encounter with one of the worlds leading figurative painters