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With Ceramics and Wallpaper, an Engraver Straddles Centuries

Andrew Raftery’s ceramics and wallpaper energize the laborious art of engraving to explore contemporary life.

Richard Ekstract, Magazine Publisher With Link to Warhol, Dies at 92

He was promoting a new trade journal, Tape Recording, when he lent a video recorder to Andy Warhol, who used it to make a classic...

SunRay Kelley, Master Builder of the Counterculture, Dies at 71

The go-to guru for those seeking their dream yurt, spiritual retreat or treehouse, he brought forth his handmade structures like a wizard with a chain...

Sally Kempton, Rising Star Journalist Turned Swami, Dies at 80

She was making her name in New York journalism in the footsteps of her famous father and becoming an outspoken feminist when she met an...

Jon Haggins, Designer Who Slipped Into and Out of Fashion, Dies at 79

He was a member of a cohort of Black designers celebrated in the late 1960s and early ’70s. But struggles with financing led to several...

Peter Simonischek, Beloved Austrian Actor, Is Dead at 76

He played a prankster and adoring father in “Toni Erdmann,” the Oscar-nominated 2016 comedy that made him an international star, but he had long been...

Mary Turner Pattiz, Rock D.J. During FM’s Heyday, Dies at 76

She was known as “the Burner” for her seductive delivery, but off the air she was anything but a wild rock ’n’ roller. She later...

Slava Zaitsev, Enduring Soviet-Era Fashion Designer, Dies at 85

He gave color, sparkle and opulence to a generation raised in drab Soviet gray and designed for pop stars, Olympic athletes, politicians and ballerinas.

Judith Miller, ‘Antiques Roadshow’ Mainstay, Is Dead at 71

Known for her many guidebooks, she helped determine what was trash and what was treasure on the BBC series that inspired the American show.

Alexandra Auder, Daughter of Viva, Tells Her Story in a New Memoir

After an unruly childhood in the Chelsea Hotel and online fame as a yoga parodist, Alexandra Auder writes an ode to bohemian Manhattan and her...