Game, Set, Smash: The Pierre Hotel’s Tennis Fête Is Its Own New York Story
Rising stars Alexander Bublik and Anastasia Potapova went head-to-head at the hotel's annual Smash Bash celebrating the U.S. Open.
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Parties
Insider coverage of the best parties in the art world, entertainment, fashion, philanthropy and more.
Observer's Party Coverage: Who, What, Where & Why (With Pics!)
New Money, Old Crest: Inside the Manufactured Aristocracy of the Modern Wedding
A bride from South Orange becomes a "descendant of William of Orange." A financier's son gets a custom family crest and a castle in Scotland. In this archive "Isn't That Rich?" column, Richard Kirshenbaum tours a summer of manufactured aristocracy and what happens when status is purchased rather than passed down.
Inside the First Watermill Center Summer Festival Without Robert Wilson
“Everywhere you look, Robert sets us up to have a view," RoseLee Goldberg, Performa's founder, told Observer. "Every step we take, you can be sure that he somehow thought of it.”
