Dharmendra, Bollywood Leading Man Who Played Heroes and Thieves, Dies at 89
Dharmendra, a Bollywood actor of easygoing machismo who became one of India’s most versatile stars, playing swoon-worthy romantic leads, flashy...
Jimmy Cliff, Reggae Icon, Dies at 81
Jimmy Cliff, the Jamaican reggae singer known for songs including “You Can Get It If You Really Want” and “The...
In a $2.2 Billion Week, the Art Market Finds Its Footing
Auction houses deal in superlatives to convince their ultrawealthy clients that art is worth millions of dollars. A Basquiat painting...
These Holiday Romance Novels Are Pure Magic, With a Dash of Spice
There are two primary camps when it comes to holiday decorations: those who believe in trimming the tree as soon...
Four Places That Helped Shape a Jeweler’s Designs
Eugenie Niarchos grew up in Paris and now lives in London, but her last name reveals what she says is...
5 Questions to Ask Your Elders Over the Holidays
My favorite aunt, Bea, died over the summer. She wore frosty pink lipstick and snorted when she laughed (and she...
Rare Scottish Pearls Are Featured in New Jewelry Designs
In the Scottish Highlands, a region known for striking mountain peaks, craggy coastlines and deep glacial lochs, nature once produced...
Cartier’s Chief Executive Charts a Steady Course
For Louis Ferla, taking the helm of Cartier in September 2024 must have felt like going from piloting a superyacht...
From Ancient Coins Come Modern Jewelry
You might be surprised to know that “Modern Uses of Old Coins” — a New York Times article about what...
Design Now Drives a Brazilian Jewelry Brand
For more than a quarter of its 80-year history, the Brazilian jeweler HStern has reached for the stars. Repeatedly. A...
The Head of a Century-Old Jewelry House Has His Eye on the Future
Buccellati, the century-old jeweler famed for its Renaissance-infused aesthetics, entered a new chapter last year when Nicolas Luchsinger, a former...
A Jewelry Dealer Profits From Her Love of Research
Mahnaz Ispahani Bartos’s 1985 doctoral thesis on Russian, Chinese and American road building across South and Central Asia in the...
These Hospitals Figured Out How to Slash C-Section Rates
When Dr. Elizabeth Bostock took over the obstetrics department at Rochester General Hospital in New York in 2019, she was...
Spin It. Twist It. Now, Don’t You Feel Better?
Fidget jewelry, the movable pieces that behavioral experts say can help control nail-biting and other anxious habits, don’t have to...
The Best Baseball Team Behind Bars
The paper fliers went up early one morning in April, an advertisement of hope in the cell blocks of California’s...
