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Heirs

A close-up portrait of Marchesa Luisa Casati, her face framed by her hands, wearing a fur-trimmed garment and her signature heavily kohl-lined eyes. The sepia-toned photograph captures an unusual stillness — intense but unperformed, unlike nearly every other image she left behind.

The Most Outrageous Woman Who Ever Spent a Fortune

Before Karl Lagerfeld, before Alexander McQueen, before anyone thought to call fashion art, one Italian heiress was wandering through St. Mark's Square in nothing but a fur coat and a philosophy.
By Jennifer Ashley Wright
Rendering of the interior of the Gilder Center.

Landmarks Commission Approves AMNH Expansion, Prince Laid to Rest in 3-D-Printed Urn

Despite local residents’ protests a proposed new science center, the commission approved designs for the $325 million, six-story structure.
By Alanna Martinez
Actor Benedict Cumberbatch.

Benedict Cumberbatch Reads Sol LeWitt, Putin Gives the Gift of Art

Benedict Cumberbatch performs a dramatic reading of Sol LeWitt’s advice letter to Eva Hesse.
By Alanna Martinez
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Sand Hills in Engadin, (1917-18). (Photo: MoMA)

MoMA Returns Painting to Heirs, Crystal Bridges Buys Record-Setting Artwork, and More

By Alanna Martinez
Paul Gauguin, Street in Tahiti (1891). (Photo: Wikipedia)

Museums Respond to Biting Report on Nazi-Looted Art

By Alanna Martinez
Camille Pissarro, Shepherdess Bringing in Sheep (1886). (Photo: Sue Ogrocki/AP)

Can US Museums Do a Better Job of Settling Nazi-Looted Art Cases?

By Alanna Martinez
Occupied at last?

Occupied at Last? After 63 Years, Someone May Finally Live in Huguette Clark’s Connecticut Mansion

By Kim Velsey
Ms. Clark's, shown here as a tow-headed child with her sister, mother and father. From the book Empty Mansions.

Huguette Clark Heirs Reach Deal to Divvy Up Her $300 M. Estate

By Kim Velsey
Dan Stevens (Getty Images)

<em>Downton</em>’s Matthew Crawley May Be Leaving the Show

By Daniel D'Addario
Tasha Lawrence and Hensley in The Whale.

Beauty and the Beast: <em>The Heiress</em> is a Bore, but Hensley is Monstrously Titillating in <em>The Whale</em>

By Rex Reed
Why are you jogging in a polo, Mitt? (Photo: flickr.com/marcn)

Mitt Romney’s Grandkids Made More Money on DoubleClick Than Most of You

By Kelly Faircloth
Not your normal 23-year-old woman's crash pad

Heiresses Play Real Estate Investors with Family Fortunes

By Kim Velsey
Who could complain about all this space? (BHS)

Buyer Strikes Copper Vein: Huguette Clark’s 907 Fifth Penthouse In Contract

By Kim Velsey

Georgina Bloomberg Injured In Equestrian Accident

By Hunter Walker

A.G. Sulzberger Knows How to Keep His ‘New Girlfriend’ Happy

By John Koblin
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