Hauser & Wirth, the gallery that you and your husband, Iwan Wirth, jointly run, is a global juggernaut. You grew up in the Swiss countryside. Did you inherit a passion …
For decades, Jean Cocteau, the French Dadaist who wrote the novel Les Enfants Terribles and made surrealist films including Orpheus, wore two Cartier Trinity rings on his left pinky. In …
Introducing W’s newest column, “By the Numbers,” in which we look at a given field—from art and fashion to music and movies—through the metrics that are defining it. Bringing together …
There’s a lot to celebrate during Art Basel Miami Beach. Sales at the art fair are stronger than expected, the city’s tech bros are ecstatic that Bitcoin broke $100k, and …
Jonathan Bailey has traveled the world to promote Wicked, but there was one person he was especially eager to share the film with: his 94-year-old grandmother. She nurtured his love …
The first thing you see when you walk into Lyndon J. Barrois Sr. and Janine Sherman Barrois’s house in L.A.’s Lafayette Square is a pair of paintings by Kehinde Wiley …
A couple of days before I was to meet Sophie Calle, a friend from New York who is a collector had an observation about the French artist: “She’s a hard …
Screenshot: Loose Tapestries Thanksgiving has been and gone, Christmas tree sellers are out in force and you’ve probably been sent out to the garage to start untangling festive lights. It’s …
Artists have a unique way of tapping into the zeitgeist and getting right to the heart of the matter. Ever since the 270th electoral vote on election night declared Donald …
Mars is the red-hot, fiery diva of our galaxy. This planet burns not quite as bright as Venus, but it can have just as much of an impact on your …