September 2009
8 posts
GIACOMETTI IN BASEL: TOO RICH, NOT THIN ENOUGH →
Book Review: Too Much, Too Little or Too Late →
Opera critic Joel Kasow on recent books about Wagner, choral music and the opera.
The September Issue, or Grace Under Pressure →
As seen in A.J. Cutler’s new documentary, if Anna Wintour reigns as the seated monarch at Vogue, it is Grace Coddington, the magazine’s Creative Director, who might just be considered its éminence…
CORPORATE SWEETS →
Time for a "Fourth Estate" Tax? →
Are the titans of “real” journalism the type that is expensive, exhaustive, essential to a functioning Democracy and not terribly Internet friendly a doomed group? Would Americans pay a tax to…
Les 101 Gestes du Président Américain:... →
“L’Islam, comme nous le savons, fait partie de l’Amérique”. Barack Obama, Maison-Blanche, 1 septembre 2009
Autumn Fine Wine Sales 2009 in New York and Hong... →
A 6-Liter Methusaleh of 1993 Romanée-Conti, 28 vintages of Château dYquem from 1921 to 2001, a selection of Château Margaux from 1934 to 1999, and a collection from Spanish winemaker Bodegas Vega…
Rare Treasure: The Festival de l’Orangerie de... →
Our Patricia Boccadoro sends a dispatch from that increasingly rare setting a successful and pleasant music festival where the focus remains on the music.