Arts crisis: Theater, TV and movies tackle causes and costs of global financial meltdownLONDON — Greed, hubris, vast fortunes erased at a stroke — the financial crisis is dramatic gold dust for writers. Rarely seen Rembrandt portrait could fetch $40 million at Christie’s auction in LondonLONDON — A Rembrandt portrait that once hung in the president’s office at Columbia University is expected to sell for up to 25 million pounds ($41 million) when it is auctioned later this year. NY Fashion Week draws to a close with Hilfiger blow-out and plenty of seasonless stylesNEW YORK — The styles shown at New York Fashion Week were meant for next spring — not that you’d know it. Spring 2010 Fashion Week shows plenty of cold-weather stylesNEW YORK — The styles shown over the last eight days at New York Fashion Week are meant for next spring — not that you’d know it. Santa Barbara museum to tell story of perfectly preserved Lady Dai, who died 2,100 years agoLOS ANGELES — Lady Dai was a Chinese nobleman’s wife in her mid-50s when she died of a heart attack. She was overweight, had diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, liver disease, gallstones and her arteries were almost totally clogged. Missing sculpture prompts tighter security at Bernard Madoff’s former NY beach homeMONTAUK, N.Y. — Security has been tightened at Bernard Madoff’s former beach home after the theft of a sculpture off the front porch. Escapism makes its comeback as exotic looks at NY Fashion Week create a virtual vacationNEW YORK — Designers at New York Fashion Week, faced with a grim national mood, looked for a solution far, far away. Bob Dylan to exhibit his newest acrylic paintings in Denmark in 2010COPENHAGEN — Denmark’s National Gallery says it will exhibit some 100 works by Bob Dylan, including some of his newest acrylic paintings. At NY Fashion Week, black is back, but without all the gloomNEW YORK — Fashion for spring is back in black. From the preppy to the preposterous, spring 2010 designs hit runways at New York Fashion WeekNEW YORK — As the baseball season grinds toward the World Series and another football season rears its helmeted head, a man’s thoughts turn to fashion. Picture this: New art competition in Mich. offers $250K for the top prize, public picks winnerGRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — A school of glimmering, silvery-white fish wriggle high above a downtown river. A few blocks away on a Michigan sidewalk, four stark red piranhas have taken large bites out of a running man’s briefcase and rear end. A purple, 10-foot-tall jelly bean stands outside a nearby castle. Snuggie, the blanket with sleeves, makes NY Fashion Week debutNEW YORK — All the big names came out for New York Fashion Week: Marc. Vera. Snuggie. Yes, Snuggie — the blanket with sleeves — staged a runway show on Tuesday, complete with high-fashion models and a new “urban jungle” line of zebra and leopard prints. Marc Jacobs moves toward femininity at Fashion Week while others are wrapped in bandagesNEW YORK — Marc Jacobs moved fashion toward femininity at New York Fashion Week, even if the other designers who previewed spring collections aren’t quite there yet. With Madonna watching, Marc Jacobs sends out Kewpie-doll look at Fashion WeekNEW YORK — Marc Jacobs, mission accomplished. NY Fashion Week runways full of bandage dresses and slashed fabricNEW YORK — With all its slashed material and bandaged dresses, New York Fashion Week could be mistaken for a haute hospital ward. Tiffany glass: a study in color, light, innovation that revolutionized glassmakingPARIS — The name Tiffany is synonymous with the finest of jewelry and a visit to an exhibition at the Luxembourg Museum devoted to Louis Comfort Tiffany is like standing inside a jewel box — without a jewel in sight. Victoria Beckham goes old school during NY Fashion Week, presenting collection without fanfareNEW YORK — Victoria Beckham knows fashion, not just how to wear it or how to buy it but also how to make it — and that’s pretty impressive. Grand Couturier rallies to beat Winchester in Belmont’s Bowling Green HandicapNEW YORK — Grand Couturier rallied to beat Winchester by two lengths Sunday in the $158,500 Bowling Green Handicap on the turf at Belmont Park. Flowers for the shopper? NY Fashion Week gives a bouquet for spring, a little rain-spatteredNEW YORK — Designers at New York Fashion Week had a new tactic to woo back wary customers: flowers. Artist’s series of 50 murals sends a message to West Philadelphia: P.S. I love youPHILADELPHIA — The heartfelt rooftop messages promise it all, from dinner and car fare to day care and everlasting love. But you have to read fast. Tough chick meets jock on Alexander Wang runway at NY Fashion WeekNEW YORK — OK, so it’s not a conventional a love story, but the Alexander Wang tough-chick muse has found herself a jock. On the runway Saturday, that plot thickened into sweatshirt-leather combos that surely will be considered among the most trendsetting looks at New York Fashion Week. ‘Project Runway’ winner Christian Siriano presents elegant collection at NY Fashion WeekNEW YORK — Designers from “Project Runway” have come and gone — sadly, mostly gone. But Christian Siriano has shown he plans to stay. Softer, gentler fashion dominates at NY Fashion Week _ but audience stays ready for battleNEW YORK — Since the economic downturn began, fashion designers have brought us plenty of hard-edged looks: rock-star leather, gladiator shoes, ’80s-style shoulder pads. Willy Ronis, one of France’s great photographers, dies at 99PARIS — Willy Ronis, the last of France’s postwar greats of photography who captured the essence of Paris in black and white scenes of everyday life, died Saturday. He was 99. Warhol portraits of superstars Ali, Pele, OJ, Nicklaus, others stolen from Los Angeles homeLOS ANGELES — A unique series of Andy Warhol pieces — portraits of Muhammad Ali, Jack Nicklaus, Pele, Dorothy Hamill and other athletic superstars — has been stolen from a collector’s home. 10 Warhol paintings stolen from Los Angeles homeLOS ANGELES — A multimillion dollar collection of Andy Warhol artwork depicting famous sporting figures was stolen from a West Los Angeles home, police said Friday. Bare midriffs return: At NY Fashion Week, bare bellies are flashing across runwaysNEW YORK — Ladies, start your crunches: Bare bellies are back at New York Fashion Week. Photographer Annie Leibovitz gets extension on $24M loan, retains copyright to life’s workNEW YORK — Photographer Annie Leibovitz has won an extension on a $24 million loan in a financial dispute that threatened her rights to her famous images. Celebrities serve dinner, play ping-pong in Fashion’s Night Out events around New YorkNEW YORK — New York stores were jammed Thursday for Fashion’s Night Out, where shoppers rubbed elbows with celebrities — sometimes quite literally. Gwen Stefani rocks ’80s acid wash, ‘Flashdance’ tops at NY Fashion WeekNEW YORK — Gwen Stefani is rocking the ’80s well into 2010, presenting a LAMB collection on Thursday that included off-the-shoulder “Flashdance” tops and acid-wash jeans. Bronze sculpture valued at $500,000 was donated to Goodwill; now it’s going to back to ownerMIAMI — A valuable bronze sculpture that was donated to charity without the donor or recipient realizing its worth is going back to its owner. Can celebrities lure shoppers? NY Fashion Week kicks off with celebrity-heavy lineupNEW YORK — The fashion industry put on its most glamorous face at New York Fashion Week on Thursday, presenting a star-studded overture to reluctant recessionistas. NY’s Metropolitan Museum of Art reattributes painting to 17th-century Spanish master VelazquezNEW YORK — New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art has reattributed a painting in its collection to the 17th-century Spanish master Velazquez. Consumers have Fashion’s Night Out, but Fashion Week is still for the insidersNEW YORK — The fashion industry wants to invite you to New York Fashion Week — sort of. Retailers resizing products, stores and themselves to counter frugal shoppersNEW YORK — The Great Recession and Americans’ retreat into thriftiness are teaching retailers a new lesson: How to survive when consumers are focused on “needs” rather than “wants.” |
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