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☆ Modi to visit Moscow next week as Kremlin says ‘all issues on the agenda’
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-04 | by ( Rhea Mogul | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Moscow next week for the first time since Russia invaded Ukraine, a sign of the growing relationship between the two countries even as New Delhi maintains strong ties with the United States. Modi’s visit is widely seen as the latest dent in efforts by Western leaders to cast Putin aside. India’s ties with Russia date back decades to the Cold War and have remained strong despite repeated sanctions on Moscow from Western governments. Confirmation of Modi’s visit comes as Russia draws ever closer to China, potentially making New Delhi uncomfortable due to its longstanding Himalayan border dispute with Beijing that has simmered in recent years. But Modi’s visit is set against the backdrop of India’s growing relations with the US, as both countries share concerns over China’s assertiveness in the Indo-Pacific region.

Persons: Narendra Modi, Modi, Vladimir Putin, ” Modi’s, China –, Modi’s, Putin, Xi Jinping, ”, Dmitry Peskov, Kim Jong Un, China’s, Joe Biden, Gan Organizations: CNN, Indian, India’s Ministry, External Affairs, Kremlin, Russia, United Nations Security Council, Shanghai Cooperation Organization, SCO, US, North Locations: Moscow, Russia, Ukraine, Delhi, United States, India, China, Western, New Delhi, Beijing, Kazakhstan, Pyongyang, Brazil, South Africa, Washington, Japan, Australia, ’

☆ What are the best galleries in London? Artists choose their favorites
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-03 | by ( Lucy Handley | In | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Royal Academy of Arts, London / David ParryLondon has long been home to some of the world's leading art galleries — Tate Modern, Somerset House and the National Gallery are among the U.K.'s most visited attractions. CNBC asked a mix of artists to name their favorite public and commercial galleries to visit in London — large or small. Contemporary galleries — and an upscale hotelMultidisciplinary artist Lauren Baker, who is exhibiting at the Venice Biennale until November, named contemporary galleries — and a hotel — as her favorite places to see art in London. Her top London galleries include the Royal Academy of Arts, for its "wonderful" exhibitions, she told CNBC by email. Rob Stothard | Getty ImagesEdwards also likes major London galleries Tate Modern and Tate Britain.

Persons: David Parry London, Lauren Baker, Alice, It's, Rachael Louise Bailey, Matthew Harris, Baker, Woolff, Apolline Bokkerink, Joanne Tinker, Jeff Greenberg, Matthew Flower, Amanda Wilkinson —, Maureen Paley, Gillian Wearing, Wolfgang Tillmans, Ratnam, Katharine Edwards, Mark Rothko's, Rothko, Rob Stothard, Edwards, Mark Rothko, Komal Madar, Kandinsky, Munter, Komal, Madar, Judy Chicago's, Modigliani, Gilbert Proesch, George Passmore, Gilbert, Joe Maher, Tom Oldham, Dave Grohl, Usain Bolt, Gilbert Prousch, Oldham, Queen Elizabeth II, Andy Warhol, Phillips, Dan Kitwood Organizations: Royal Academy of Arts, Royal Academy of Arts ,, Somerset House, CNBC, Venice Biennale, Alice Black Gallery, Universal, Getty, Turner, Tate Galleries, Cricket Fine, London's Tate, Tate, Tate Britain, Seagram, Gilbert & George Centre, Oldham, George Centre, . Locations: London, Royal Academy of Arts , London, Venice, London's Soho, Fitzrovia, Mayfair, Andalusia, Spain, London's Chelsea, New York, Serpentine, Hyde, London's Bermondsey, Islington, Soho, England

☆ Anant Ambani, Radhika Merchant wedding: Everything you need to know about India’s wedding of the year
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-03 | by ( Rhea Mogul | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

Extravagant pre-wedding celebrations have already sent Indian media into a frenzy and social media feeds are abuzz over what’s to come. Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant at their pre-wedding celebrations in Jamnagar, Gujarat, India on March 1, 2024. The Ambani pre-wedding celebrations had elaborate floral arrangements. Actor Ranveer Singh and his wife and actor Deepika Padukone pose for a photo during the pre-wedding celebrations earlier this year. Coordinating with Merchant, Ambani also wore a custom black suit designed by Wun, encrusted with jewels.

Persons: Anant Ambani, Radhika Merchant, Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates, partygoers, Katy Perry, Andrea Bocelli, Mukesh, Nita Ambani –, Reuters Ambani, Mukesh Ambani, Ambani, Anant, Viren Merchant, Nita, Manish Malhotra, ”, Merchant, “, Radhika, Mangal Utsav, Vishnu, Nita Ambani, Manish Malhotra Malhotra, Ranveer Singh, Deepika Padukone, Malhotra, Sabyasachi Mukherjee, Tarun Tahiliani, lehenga, Manish Malhotra Ambani’s, Rohit Bal, Lorraine Schwartz, Versace, Blake Lively, Robert Wun, ” Mareesha, Salman Khan, Ram Charan, Shah Rukh Khan, Aamir Khan, Narendra Modi, ” Parikh, Vanessa Almeida, Jamnagar Organizations: CNN, Backstreet Boys, Convention, Reliance Industries, Reuters, Bloomberg, Brown University, Reliance, pharma, Viren, Encore Healthcare, New York University, Vogue, sangeet, Sangeet, Merchant, All India Traders Locations: what’s, Jamnagar, Europe, Mumbai, Gujarat, India, Jamnagar ., Bharatnatyam, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, Hong Kong, Goa

☆ Paris Haute Couture Week 2024: Modern-day villains, deceptive celebrity cameos and a dress with 42,000 hooks
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-01 | by ( Alice Pfieffer | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Editor’s Note: CNN Style is one of the official media partners of Paris Fashion Week and Haute Couture Week. In the wake of last week’s Haute Couture Fashion Week and in the midst of the decisive French elections, a general sense of unrest is palpable in the country. Peter White/Getty ImagesThe collection explored refined elegance. Gowns with the flair of theater costumes (a distinct departure from his ready-to-wear garments) turned haute couture into an escape from reality. Courtesy Robert WunAt Robert Wun, on the other hand, each silhouette evolved to a different element.

Persons: “ Couture, Louis XIV ”, Alice Litscher, Chanel, Virginie Viard, Karl Lagerfeld’s, Garnier, Peter White, ”, Guillaume Henry, —, Rose, Carl Jung, Charles de Vilmorin, Robert Wun's sartorial, Robert Wun, Iris Van Herpen, Emmanuel Farge, Iris van Herpen, Victor Virgile, ArdAzAei, Bahareh Ardakani, Viktor, Rolf’s, Rolf's, Rahul Mishra’s, “, Dior, Alexis Stone’s, Miranda Priestley, Cristobal Balenciaga’s, Jean Paul Gaultier, Swan, Jean, Paul Gaultier, Courrèges Nicolas Di Felice, tulle Organizations: CNN, Paris Fashion, Couture, Paris CNN —, Paris’s Institut, Institut Marie Curie, Olympic Locations: Paris, Patou, India

☆ Karen Firestone: Cheap stocks are appealing – but not always the best deal. Here’s why
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-30 | by ( Karen Firestone | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

The higher the PE ratio, the more investors believe the business will generate strong earnings growth in the future to justify the price today. Even excluding the technology sector, which trades at a robust 30.8 times earnings, the market's PE is a solid 18.3 times next year's earnings, according to FactSet. One place investors scour is the list of low PE stocks, which they perceive as offering attractive value because they are "cheap." First, when growth stocks are in their early stage of expansion, they can grow earnings in the high double-digits range. Then, we grouped these equities into quintiles based on their relative PE ratio from highest (1 st quintile) to lowest (5 th quintile).

Persons: Karen Firestone Organizations: Microsoft, Apple, Nike, Asset Management, Traders, New York Stock Exchange

☆ Salty cream in your morning brew? Why Vietnam’s specialty coffees are catching on around the world
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-28 | by ( Maggie Hiufu Wong | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Ca Phe Muoi co-owners Ho Thi Thanh Huong and Tran Nguyen Huu Phong. Traditional Vietnamese coffee is brewed in a phin – a metal, filtered brewing device – that’s placed over a cup or pot. And salt coffee is just one of several distinctive Vietnamese coffee drinks that might raise a few eyebrows among those who’ve yet to sample them. In fruit shake coffee – sinh to ca phe – coffee is combined with banana or avocado to produce a smoothie. And though they serve both iced and hot versions of salt coffee, they think the former is the tastiest option.

Persons: CNN — It’s, Luong, ”, Ho, Tran Nguyen, “, Tran Nguyen Huu, phe muoi, Linh Pham, trung, Mintel, phe Organizations: CNN, –, ”, Bloomberg, Getty, International Trade Council Locations: Hue, Vietnam, Turkey, Hungary, Siberia, Hanoi , Vietnam, Brazil, Hanoi, it's, Asia, California, Seattle, Philadelphia, London, Hue Imperial City

☆ Opinion | Why Conservatives Shouldn’t Be Doomers
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-28 | by ( Ross Douthat | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Part of that case was that our political system is governed by a gerontocracy that evokes the age of Leonid Brezhnev and Yuri Andropov. After watching Joe Biden’s performance on the debate stage, I think Ferguson can claim that point as proven. His essay folded the gerontocracy argument into a larger case that exemplifies what you might call conservative doomerism. In general there is more doomerism on the American left today than on the right — both more personal pessimism and more anxiety about various apocalypses, from climate change to Trumpian authoritarianism. Like any good provocation, Ferguson’s column inspired various critiques (here’s Noah Smith, here’s James Pethokoukis, here’s Jonah Goldberg) and various defenses (here’s Ferguson responding to Goldberg, here’s Helen Andrews arguing that he doesn’t go far enough).

Persons: Donald Trump, Niall Ferguson, Leonid Brezhnev, Yuri Andropov, Joe Biden’s, Ferguson, here’s Noah Smith, here’s James Pethokoukis, here’s Jonah Goldberg, here’s Ferguson, Goldberg, here’s Helen Andrews Organizations: The Free Press Locations: America, Soviet Union

☆ Younger generations of Asians are spending big on art
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-28 | by ( Lucy Handley | In | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Younger, wealthy shoppers in Asia are splashing their cash on art, according to a longtime collector and senior auction house executive. Chen Yongnuo | China News Service | Getty ImagesAnd, while the size of the global art market fell 4% last year to around $65 billion, according to the Art Basel & UBS Art Market Report 2024, sales in China rose by 9% in 2023, overtaking the U.K. as the world's second-largest art market. For Sotheby's, the rise in younger buyers is driven in part by an increase in online activity. "The definition of digital art nowadays has been expanded from simply photography to video art to NFTs to AI-generated art," she told CNBC's "Art of Appreciation." "With the younger generations becoming more and more prominent in the market ... digital artists ... will be the group of artists getting more attention," Siyang-Le added.

Persons: Nicolas Chow, Gen X, we've, X, Chow, CNBC's, Z, Gen, Yoshitomo Nara, Chen Yongnuo, Clare McAndrew, Angelle, Mak2, Li Zhihua Organizations: …, —, Art Basel, UBS Survey, China News Service, UBS Art, Arts Economics, Survey, Art, CNBC's, Getty Locations: Asia, Shanghai, millennials, Christie's Hong Kong, Sotheby's Hong Kong, China, Hong Kong, Art Basel Hong Kong

☆ Ancient bone shows how Neanderthals cared for the vulnerable, study says
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-27 | by ( Katie Hunt | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

The find suggested that members of the community cared for and looked after the vulnerable child, who lived at least 146,000 years ago. The research is at odds with the image of Neanderthals, ancient human relatives who went extinct around 40,000 years ago, as brutish cavemen. The study did not include precise dating of the bone, which would require extraction of ancient DNA, but Neanderthals occupied the site 146,000 to 273,000 years ago. Study of the fossil revealed abnormalities in the ear bone. “For decades, it has been known that Neanderthals cared for and looked after their vulnerable companions,” Conde-Valverde said.

Persons: ”, paleoanthropologist Mercedes Conde, Valverde, “, Conde, ” Conde, Mercedes Conde, Julia Diez, Chapelle, Penny Spikins, Spikins, wasn’t Organizations: CNN, University of Alcalá, Syndrome, Valero, University of York Locations: Spain, Spain’s Valencia, Conde, United States, what’s, Iraq, France, United Kingdom

☆ Czech Republic 1 Turkey 2: Most cards in Euros history, Montella’s entertainers qualify, Czechs out
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-26 | by ( Elias Burke | Dermot Corrigan | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +10 min

Turkey held their nerve in their final group game in Hamburg to beat the Czech Republic and reach the Euro 2024 knockout stages. A red card produced by Romanian referee Istvan Kovacs after 20 minutes — the quickest in Euros history — curtailed a promising start from the Czechs. The action started in the 11th minute when Antonin Barak was handed a yellow card for a pull on Ferdi Kadioglu. And he was awarded a second yellow, and his marching orders, under 10 minutes later. However, the task was made significantly harder after Antonin Barak was handed his marching orders for a second yellow card.

Persons: Istvan Kovacs, —, Hakan Calhanoglu, Tomas Soucek, Cenk Tosun, Vincenzo Montella’s, Elias Burke, Dermot Corrigan, Antonin Barak, Salih Ozcan, Patrik Schick, Tosun, Kovacs, Tomas Chory, Elias Burke Montella, Arda Guler, Montella, Juventus ’ Kenan Yildiz, Calhanoglu —, Guler, Ladislav Krejci, Yildiz, Stanek, Calhanoglu, Barak, Kadioglu, Julian Finney, Ismail Yuksek, Ozcan, Barak’s, Eric Abidal, …, Dan Mullan, Andros Townsend, ”, Townsend, “, he’s, Elias Burke Chaos, Samet Akaydin, Mert Gunok, Ronny Hartmann, Ralf Rangnick’s, Ragnick, Ivan Hasek, Gabriel Bouys Organizations: Everton, Turkey, Bayer Leverkusen, Viktoria Plzen, Turkish, Juventus, Inter Milan, Girona, Fiorentina, Getty, Italy, ITV, Georgia, Turks, Tuesday’s, Austria, Red Bull Salzburg, RB Leipzig, Czech Republic, Nations League Locations: Turkey, Hamburg, Czech Republic, Romanian, Austria, Leipzig, Czech, France, British, Portugal, Turkish, Georgia, AFP

☆ A Poet Who Withholds Blessings, and Makes It Impossible to Look Away
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-26 | by ( Daisy Fried | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

SO WHAT: Poems, by Frederick SeidelFrederick Seidel’s best poems balance on a razor’s edge between diagnosing what’s wrong and being in the wrong. But Seidel is among our best contemporary poets, and has continued writing, well into his ninth decade, handsomely and in parody of handsome writing. We need poets’ blessings, but Seidel’s work has never been the place to find them. Instead, he offers something else we also need: poems that won’t let us look away. To submit to a Seidel poem is to encounter constantly shifting attentions and visionary leaps, even if they don’t always stick the landing.

Persons: Frederick Seidel Frederick Seidel’s, Seidel, won’t, Whitman, Lucille Clifton, Leonard Cohen Locations: “, America

☆ I booked free personal-styling appointments at Nordstrom and Saks. I can't believe how much I learned — and how much fun they were.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-25 | by ( Lara Walsh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Lara WalshBefore my appointment, my personal stylist, Kalyn, texted me directions to the changing room in the store's contemporary section. Lara WalshThere were also quite a few menswear-inspired work pieces, including jackets, trousers, and shirt dresses. My appointment at Saks felt a little more glamorousMy Saks appointment was at the department store's Fifth Avenue Club. In fact, two of my favorite pieces didn't jump out at me on the hanger and probably weren't things I would've chosen myself. AdvertisementOverall, I think the personal-styling appointments are great for those who want a wardrobe refresh but aren't sure where to start.

Persons: —, Nordstrom, Lara Walsh, Kalyn, she'd, didn't, I'd, John, Lara Walsh John, who's, Carrie Bradshaw Organizations: Service, Business, Saks, Avenue Club

☆ 2 Russian Women Put on a Play. Then the State Came for Them.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-25 | by ( Valerie Hopkins | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

They wrote and staged their play as an indictment of terrorism, examining the deception and depravity of violent extremists and the people whose lives they ruin. But now the two women behind the production of “Finist the Brave Falcon” are standing trial in a Moscow courtroom, charged with justifying the kind of acts they meant to condemn. The director, Yevgenia Berkovich, 39, and the playwright, Svetlana Petriychuk, 44, two highly decorated fixtures of contemporary Russian theater, have been in custody for more than a year. They face up to seven years in prison if convicted. One of their lawyers and people in the Russian cultural community contend that the prosecution is one of the clearest examples of the accelerating crackdown on freedom of expression since Russia attacked Ukraine in February 2022.

Persons: Yevgenia Berkovich, Svetlana Petriychuk Locations: Moscow, Russian, Russia, Ukraine

☆ Vivian Maier: The mysterious New York nanny who helped shape 20th-century street photography
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-24 | by ( Helen Stoilas | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

CNN —For much of her life, Vivian Maier was something of a mystery. A crying child, photographed by Vivian Maier in Grenoble, France, in 1959. Vivian Maier/Courtesy Fotografiska New YorkVisitors take in photographs on display at Fotografiska's “Vivian Maier Unseen Work” in New York. In 2011, Maloof published a book, “Vivian Maier: Street Photographer,” and with the filmmaker Charlie Siskel co-directed the 2013 documentary “Finding Vivian Maier,” which was nominated for an Academy Award. In a self-portrait featured in “Vivian Maier Unseen Work," the photographer lenses herself in profile, reflected in a hand mirror.

Persons: Vivian Maier, Maier, “ Vivian Maier, ”, Anne Morin, Leandro Justen, Morin, Robert Frank, Diane Arbus, ” Morin, “, Maier’s, Sophie Wright, Vivian, ” Wright, Dario Lasagni, John Maloof, Maloof, Charlie Siskel, Chicago’s, Carl, Maier hasn’t, Wright, Lane, Matthew Gensburg, York Maloof, Howard Greenberg, ‘ Organizations: CNN, New, Fotografiska, York Visitors, Kodak, Central, Flickr, Court, du Locations: New York, Chicago, York, Swedish, Grenoble, France, Central Park , New York, ” New York, America, California, Europe, Asia, ”, Chicago’s Cook, du Luxembourg, Paris

☆ Virginia Woolf, but Make It a Polyphonic, Sensory Ballet
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-24 | by ( Joshua Barone | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

In a rehearsal room at American Ballet Theater’s studios earlier this month, Alessandra Ferri and Roman Zhurbin paused during a pas de deux, waiting to take their next steps. “Where’s Big Ben?” Ferri asked. It tolls throughout Virginia Woolf’s novel “Mrs Dalloway,” coldly marking and making clear the passage of time. Big Ben plays a similar role in the first part of “Woolf Works,” Wayne McGregor’s full-length ballet that evokes elements of Woolf’s biography and the essence of three novels, including “Mrs. Dalloway.” Having premiered at the Royal Ballet in 2015 to strong reviews, it arrives in New York on Tuesday, as part of Ballet Theater’s Metropolitan Opera House season.

Persons: Alessandra Ferri, Roman Zhurbin, “, Ben, ” Ferri, Dalloway, ”, Big Ben, “ Woolf, ” Wayne McGregor’s, Romeo, Juliet, Christopher Wheeldon’s Organizations: Ballet, Royal Ballet, Opera Locations: Westminster, London, Virginia, “, New York

☆ Russia has seen two terror attacks in just three months. Here’s what we know
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-24 | by ( Kathleen Magramo | Jerome Taylor | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

In Dagestan, Russian security forces fought an Islamist insurgency in the mountainous region in the 2000s that spilled over from neighboring Chechnya, though attacks have become rarer in recent years. Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with his election campaign confidants at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia March 20, 2024. ISIS-K attack on music venueThe coordinated attacks in Dagestan come just weeks after Russia suffered its worst terror attack in decades. For a leader who has long promised security and stability to Russians, the major attack on Russian soil was another powerful blow. In the aftermath of the March attack, Putin called for Russia to remain united.

Persons: Vladimir Putin’s, Putin, Ramzan Kadyrov, Jill Dougherty, Vladimir Putin, confidants, Evgenia Novozhenina, Bashar al, Assad, Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Benjamin Netanyahu, ” Organizations: CNN, ISIS, Ukraine grinds, Russian Jewish Congress, Attackers, TASS, Russian Federation, Soviet, Hamas, Makhachkala Uytash Airport, Kremlin, Reuters, Saudi, Israeli, Central, Migrants, Kazakhstan — Locations: Russia, Russia’s, Dagestan, Moscow, Derbent, Makhachkala –, Makhachkala, Russian, Republic of Dagestan, Russia’s Caucasus, Caucasus, Soviet Union, Chechnya, –, Grozny, Ukraine, ”, Gaza, Israel, CNN Moscow, Reuters Russia, Iran, Soviet, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan

☆ The ‘Kinds of Kindness’ cast explain the cruel, violent and sexy imagination of Yorgos Lanthimos: ‘He’s actually a nice guy’
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-21 | by ( Thomas Page | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

“Oh, I like that.”The film’s writer-director Yorgos Lanthimos, a connoisseur of Biblical violence and creator of cursed demimondes, likes to push viewers to the limit. Hong Chau and Jesse Plemons in "Kinds of Kindness." Courtesy Searchlight PicturesIn “Kinds of Kindness,” Lanthimos injects Old Testament logic into everyday life in twisted parables about the social contracts we write one another. Alwyn, a veteran of “The Favourite,” is in many ways the typical Lanthimos actor. “Kinds of Kindness” is available in select US cinemas from June 21, and released nationwide and in the UK on June 28.

Persons: Jesse Plemons, ”, Yorgos Lanthimos, Plemons, Emma Stone, Willem Dafoe, Hong Chau, Joe Alwyn, Margaret Qualley, Mamoudou, “, Oscar, Tony McNamara, Lanthimos, Efthimis Filippou, Dafoe, Stone, she’s, Atsushi Nishijima, Alwyn, ” Athie, isn’t, ” Dafoe, Omi, we’re, God, Raymond, ‘, Colin Farrell, Christos Stergioglou’s fabulist, curdles, awfulness, Emily, ” Alwyn, he’s Organizations: CNN, Cannes Film, Searchlight, coy Locations: Hong, America, ”

☆ Death of Indian farm worker in Italy sparks outrage
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-21 | by ( Sharon Braithwaite | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Satnam Singh, a 31-year-old farm worker, was left on the street Monday after losing his right arm while working at a farm near Latina, which is southeast of Rome, CNN’s affiliate SkyTG24 reported. His arm was reportedly severed by a plastic wrapping machine on the farm. Singh was then loaded into a van and abandoned near his home, while his severed arm was left in a vegetable collection box, RAI reported. CNN has reached out to De Falco and to Lovato’s lawyers for comment, as well as to the Indian government. Italy Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni expressed her condolences and strongly condemned Singh’s death at Thursday’s cabinet meeting.

Persons: Satnam Singh, Singh, Antonello Lovato –, Giuseppe De Falco, De Falco, Lovato’s, Renzo Lovato, “, Valerio Righi, Antonello Lovato “, Righi, Giorgia Meloni, ”, Marina Elvira Calderone, Francesco Lollobrigida, ” Calderone, Italy’s, Maria Grazia Gabrielli, Gabrielli, Maurizio Falco Organizations: CNN, SkyTG24, RAI, Reuters, Italian Labor, FLAI Locations: Italy, Latina, Lazio, Rome, San Camillo

☆ Barbara Gladstone, 89, Dies; Art Dealer With a Personal Touch and Global Reach
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-20 | by ( Will Heinrich | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Barbara Gladstone, an art dealer whose eye for spotting talent and knack for nurturing it helped her to build one of the largest and most influential contemporary art galleries in New York, died on Sunday in Paris. She was 89. Her gallery said her death, in a hospital, was caused by an ischemic event, whose symptoms are similar to those of a stroke. Ms. Gladstone, who was on a working trip to Paris, lived in Manhattan. What brought these disparate artists together on her list was her abiding interest in them personally and the devoted way she husbanded their work.

Persons: Barbara Gladstone, Gladstone, Robert Rauschenberg, Keith Haring, Elizabeth Murray, Matthew Barney, Mario Merz, Alighiero Boetti, Richard Prince, Robert Bechtle, Shirin Neshat, Wangechi Mutu, LaToya Ruby Frazier Organizations: Italian Arte Locations: New York, Paris, Manhattan, Italian

☆ It takes a full year to bring one of Art Basel's most popular exhibits to life. Here's how it all comes together.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-20 | by ( Monica Humphries | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Perhaps the most popular part of Art Basel is the Unlimited sector, famous for its large-scale works. He spends the week of Art Basel conversing with gallery representatives, discussing artists' works, and planting seeds for the next exhibit. Monica Humphries/Business InsiderOnce the hall's layout is finalized, walls and lights are built and placed. Finally, the galleries and artists arrive to install their projects about four days before Art Basel begins. A view of Art Basel's Unlimited hall.

Persons: —, Giovanni Carmine, Carmine, Lutz Bacher's, David Claerbout's, Monica Humphries, Keith Haring, Miles, Allan McCollum, Julio Le Parc's, Carmine's, Seba Calfuqueo, Keith Haring's, Sam Falls, Mario, Mario Ceroli's, Faith Ringgold's, Julio Le Parc, Christo Organizations: Service, Art Basel, Kunst Halle Sankt Gallen, Business, Basel, curating, FDR Locations: Switzerland, Swiss, Basel, Art, Paris, Miami, la, Harare, Zimbabwe

☆ I drove a Tesla for the first time. It's perfectly fine — but still left me underwhelmed.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-19 | by ( Chris Johnston | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read previewRegular readers of Business Insider know that we write rather frequently about Elon Musk and Tesla, his electric car maker. That's because he's a fascinating character, Tesla is a fascinating company — and we know you like reading about both. I downloaded the Tesla app on my iPhone and the owner added me to his account, meaning no physical key was needed. The trunk of the Tesla Model 3 could fit quite a lot of luggage. If I had to sum it up in a sentence, it'd be this: the Tesla was just a bit boring.

Persons: —, Elon, Tesla, I'd, Elon — I'm Organizations: Service, Business, BI, Oxford, Radcliffe, UCG, Tesla, Elon, Ford Locations: Atlanta, London, America, Oxford

☆ Willie Mays, supreme baseball talent among the best to ever play, dies at 93
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-19 | by ( David K. Li | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +11 min

San Francisco Giants great Willie Mays waves his hat as he rides around the track of Oracle Park, Friday, May 7, 2021, in San Francisco,. Focus On Sport | Getty ImagesA 1981 song and ode to America's pastime by Terry Cashman was appropriately titled "Talkin' Baseball: Willie, Mickey & The Duke." "I can't believe that Babe Ruth was a better player than Willie Mays," all-time pitching great Sandy Koufax once said. Willie Mays Hays here: Play like Mays and I run like (Olympic gold medal sprinter Bob) Hayes. Outfielder Willie Mays #24 of the San Francisco Giants rounds second base during a circa early 1970's Major League Baseball game.

Persons: Willie Mays, Santiago Mejia, Barack Obama, of Famer Willie Mays, Chip Somodevilla, Mays, Bobby Thomson, Thomson, Scot, Bobby, — Mays, Mickey Mantle, Duke Snider, Terry Cashman, Willie, Mickey, Willie Howard Mays, steelworker William Howard, Anna Mays, Eddie Montague, Montague, Leo Durocher, Barry Bonds, —, Babe Ruth, Bonds, Sandy Koufax, Ruth, Arnold Palmer, Deron Johnson, Reggie Jackson —, Hall, Hall of famer Willie Mays, Jamie Squire, Yogi Berra, James Hirsch, Joan Payson, Payson, Payson wouldn't, Mantle, Bowie Kuhn, Peter Ueberroth, Ueberroth, Mantle's banishments, Kuhn, Charles Schultz, Charlie Brown, John Fogerty's, Ty Cobb, Joe DiMaggio, Wesley Snipes, Willie Mays Hayes, Willie Mays Hays, Bob, Hayes, Sisko, Donna Reed Organizations: San Francisco Giants, Oracle, San Francisco Chronicle, Hearst Newspapers, Getty, Baseball, of Famer, National, Giants, Brooklyn Dodgers, National League, New, Armed Forces Radio, Dodgers, Yankees, New York, York City, Apple, New York City, Hall of Fame, New York Mets, Shea, Los Angeles Dodgers, Birmingham Black Barons, Negro League, Barons, Mets, Oakland A's, Hall of famer, Kansas City Royals, Oakland, Thomson, New York Giants, GQ, MLB, Hotel, Claridge, Olympics, Los Angeles Times, Houston Astros, Bettmann, Major League Baseball Locations: San Francisco, Washington ,, New York, U.S, Korea, New, Flushing , New York, Westfield , Alabama, Mays ', York, America, Flushing , Queens, Atlantic City, Southern California, Northern California

☆ Ralph Lauren designs Team USA’s uniforms for the 2024 Olympics
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-18 | by ( Alex Rees | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

I think that Ralph Lauren is able to understand that ethos and bring it to life,” Lauren continued. "Team USA uniforms celebrate classic styles that are made to be loved and endure for generations," Ralph Lauren said in a statement of the label's new designs — like the single-breasted blazers athletes will wear to the opening ceremony on July 26. For this occasion, Ralph Lauren designed a racecar-style jacket with USA patch detailing, a a classic striped polo and crisp white jeans. Richard Phibbs/Courtesy Ralph LaurenGymnast Shilese Jones — one of Ralph Lauren's brand ambassadors at the 2024 Games — is pictured in the closing ceremony look. John Guerrero/Courtesy Ralph Lauren

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☆ The ‘New Chinese style’ trend isn’t exactly new, but it’s proving lucrative
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-16 | by ( Christy Choi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

On Chinese social media platforms Weibo and Xiaohongshu, searches for “new Chinese style” and “new Chinese style outfits” hashtags exceeded 100 million in early April, according to state news agency Xinhua. “There is no set rule in the ‘new Chinese style’ (trend) that you must follow, so it is more inclusive. Riding the ‘new’ Chinese style waveFashion designers like Samuel Gui Yang, whose collections have long taken inspiration from Chinese heritage, are seeing more interest from mainland China turn to their brands due to the “new Chinese style” trend. Designer Huang Weizhe, who goes by Azhe online, often posts ideas about how to embrace the "new Chinese style" trend. But some of the “new Chinese style” products are “shoddily made” she said, though she thinks that their designs will improve with time.

Persons: CNN —, Liang Ben, ”, didn’t, Momo, Xiaohongshu, Huang Weizhe, Huang, Samuel Gui Yang, ’, Chang, Yang, Ang Lee’s, “, Hong, Bruce Lee, Eileen Chang, Ian Hylton's, Ian Hylton, Tang, ” Hylton, Min Liu, Min, Hylton, Min “, China’s TikTok, shoddily Organizations: CNN, China News Service, Xinhua, China National Textile and Apparel, Shanghai Fashion, CCTV Locations: China, Shanghai, Beijing, Chengdu, Cao, Shandong, Weibo, London, Hong Kong, American, State, Shandong province

☆ ‘You unite people,’ Pope Francis tells star-studded cast of global comedians in Vatican
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-14 | by ( Christopher Lamb | Simone Mccarthy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —As world leaders gather in Italy for a summit addressing entrenched global crises, Pope Francis hosted an international gathering of a different sort on Friday to broadcast his own message – of the importance of humor. The leader of the Catholic Church hosted the equivalent of a conclave of comedians in the Vatican by inviting Whoopi Goldberg, Jimmy Fallon, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Chris Rock, Stephen Colbert, Conan O’Brien and others to the Vatican. Over 200 people were in the audience at the Apostolic Palace, with more than 100 comedians from 15 countries. You denounce abuses of power; you give voice to forgotten situations; you highlight abuses; you point out inappropriate behavior,” Pope Francis added. US President Joe Biden, a Catholic who has a warm relationship with Francis, is among the leaders expected to be present at the gathering.

Persons: Pope Francis, Whoopi Goldberg, Jimmy Fallon, Julia Louis, Dreyfus, Chris Rock, Stephen Colbert, Conan O’Brien, Goldberg, Louis, Pope, ” –, ” Pope Francis, ”, Joe Biden, Francis, Francis ’, Tig Notaro, Jim Gaffigan, Colbert, Fallon, O’Brien, CNN’s Christiane Amanpour Organizations: CNN, Catholic Church, Catholic, Venice Biennale Locations: Italy, Ukraine, Venice, Vatican

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