Guests crowded into Venice’s Palazzo Grassi on Monday night for the fourth annual Gucci Group Award gala—an event that is becoming so popular that organizers were forced to draw up “wanted” lists of well-known party crashers as well as professional physiognomists to spot them. As in past years, the nominees were an eclectic bunch: photographer [...]

Because we know that there’s a significant likelihood that you, like us, are scrambling for last-minute gifts, we bring to you a selection of this year’s art books that may ease the task. There’s a little something for everyone—visual and literary types, the hopeful and the cynical. Consider it our last-minute gift to you.
Hell Bound: [...]