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Day 28: How I Lost My Head on New Year’s Eve

The writer recalls how his parents held painting re-creation parties on New Year’s Eve. Friends would work feverishly for hours to become a live Renaissance painting — a tableau vivant — by midnight. Occasionally, it would demand a beheading.

By Reif Larsen

Art Blahnik, Manolo Charlap Hyman & Herrero Design Fashion and Apparel Handbags and Purses LeSportsac Longchamp Luggage and Packing Luxury Goods and Services Magazines Manhattan (NYC) MZ Wallace Inc Nylon Shopping and Retail SoHo (Manhattan, NY)

MZ Wallace Has Built a Successful Brand of Utilitarian, Untrendy and Unfussy Handbags

MZ Wallace built a successful brand with its utilitarian, untrendy, unfussy approach to accessories.

By Thessaly La Force

Art Christmas Content Type: Personal Profile Dickens, Charles Music New York City Street Performers White Christmas (Song)

After 40 Years of Fa-La-Laing, a New York Caroler Hands In His Bells

A onetime Macy’s elf, Tom Andolora founded a troupe that sang Christmas carols in Victorian dress. Now he is packing it in, worried about the survival of New York caroling.

By Dan Bilefsky

Art Collectors and Collections Contemporary Arts Museum (Houston, Tex) de Kooning, Willem Deaths (Obituaries) East Hampton (NY) Guild Hall Houston (Tex) Kilgore, Mimi (1935-2022) Museum of Fine Arts (Houston)

Mimi Kilgore, Arts Patron and de Kooning Muse, Dies at 87

A well-connected Texan, she made a significant mark supporting the visual arts and theater, and a lasting one on a master of Abstract Expressionism.

By Alex Williams