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An Artist's Apartment

The Surreal Estate of Dorothea Tanning: Late Painter’s Pad Sells For $5.5 M.

The two-bedroom co-op apartment at 40 Fifth Avenue has many winning features: a wood burning fireplace, a 23-foot entrance gallery, an eat-in kitchen, high ceilings and herringbone floors.

Unfortunately, the most exceptional features of the home—the Surrealist paintings of former occupant Dorothea Tanning—were not included in the $5.1 million sale to  Philip Munger, a New School professor and big-time Democratic donor. Read More

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Lawyers Swap in Lower Fifth’s Finest

Oh, to be in Florida this time of year, especially this year, avoiding this dastardly weather. Not only can Regina and Stephen Solomon rejoice that they are missing the record January snows but also that a fellow barrister has made it rain for them in a far more welcome way.

Faith Gay, a partner at Read More