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John Peck, a cultural omnivore known as The Mad Peck whose dryly humorous style as an underground cartoonist, artist, critic, disc jockey and record collector was accompanied by an ornate eccentricity, died on March 15 in Providence, R.I. He was 82. The cause of his death, in a hospital, was a ruptured aneurysm in his … Read more

It’s not as reliable a metric as, say, the Dow Jones industrial average, but one sign that the U.S. economy is in an unusual place is when “Saturday Night Live” needs someone from its cast to play the secretary of commerce. In the opening sketch of this weekend’s broadcast (hosted by Jack Black and featuring … Read more

This article is part of our Design special report previewing Milan Design Week. Ask nearly anyone with any kind of tenure in the design industry about Established & Sons, and their first response is likely to be the same: “I remember the parties.” For a brief but intense period following its creation in 2005, the … Read more

When Paige DeSorbo graduated from college in 2015, she scored a full-time position at a TV station in her hometown, Albany, N.Y. She’d always wanted to be an on-air personality, so the job seemed perfect, at least on paper. As her mom put it at the time, Ms. DeSorbo could work her way up to … Read more

This article is part of our Design special report previewing Milan Design Week. Few gallerists in the contemporary design sphere have the singular vision of Nina Yashar, 67. Ms. Yashar, the founder of Milan’s Nilufar gallery, established in 1979, and Nilufar Depot, now marking its 10th anniversary, has long been a tastemaker in the world … Read more

They also created a physical space to foster these ideas. In 2019, they founded Riviera, a glass and concrete gallery carved out of the Lapalma furniture showroom. Here, they stage solo exhibitions of contemporary designers, book launches and group shows, often organized around a distinct theme. For a recent show, titled “Burrocrazia,” they asked 10 … Read more

Season 3 of “The White Lotus” has been the show’s longest, with the creator Mike White spending eight episodes instead of six or seven to tell the stories of superrich tourists and their messed-up personal problems. The extra time has allowed White to slow the pace a bit, to match the more meditative vibes of … Read more

This article is part of our Design special report previewing Milan Design Week. Where else but at Milan Design Week would you find bookcases made from books, a bar cabinet covered in hairy hide and a pavilion (and all its contents) fashioned from the stuff that stoppers wine bottles? The resourcefulness of designers working with … Read more

This article is part of our Design special report previewing Milan Design Week. From furniture inspired by a dancing Muppet bird named Betsy to proposals for coping with a dystopian future, families of objects at Milan Design Week said more with more. Lara Bohinc turned her childhood love of Betsy into a joyous furniture group … Read more

Dear readers, There’s a movie house here in New York that, on Sundays, shows a series of revivals appropriate for kids, complete with booster seats. My 5-year-old and I go often, and, a few months ago, went to see the 1944 musical “Meet Me in St. Louis.” We were having a lovely time watching the … Read more