You could be forgiven for thinking that The Dead is a reference to exhausted fashion journalists after a month of collections. Rather it’s the name of the show that Damien Hirst’s art shop-cum-gallery Other Criteria staged last night to kick off impending art mania in London, with the Frieze Art Fair around the corner. Now, [...]

Last night’s National Arts Awards, hosted by Americans for the Arts at Cipriani, was swimming with creative big shots like Dennis Hopper, Jeff Koons, and Chuck Close—and they weren’t even among the evening’s honorees. Rather, it was Salman Rushdie and Ed Ruscha who picked up trophies, while Sundance Film Festival founder Robert Redford received a [...]

Maia Norman, long-term girlfriend of Damien Hirst (he calls her his “missus”) and mom of their three children, describes herself as a “live wire.” That explains the whippet-thin, sinewy frame and the glowing skin that sets the diminutive surfer/motocross freak apart from the crowd. It also explains why she opted out of retiring and just [...]

While some of the fashion camp has moved over to London this week, the art folks have descended on Moscow for three days—and, more importantly to some, three nights—of art, culture, and a few shots of the local sauce (vodka, of course). I arrived on Sunday night and met Olympia Scarry and Dasha Zhukova (yes, [...]