ARTS & LETTERS
- In the Studio with a Pair of Ethical Taxidermists (T Magazine, 2018)
- The Hungry Eye: On the Irving Penn Retrospective at the Met (Esquire, 2017)
- Trapped In Homs, An Architect Imagines a New Future for Syrian Cities (NYT, 2016)
- The Russian Woman’s Guide to Dealing with Weak Husbands (Vogue.com, 2016)
- War & Peace: Is Paul Dano the Perfect Pierre? (Vogue.com, 2016)
- Backstage at the Bolshoi: A New Film Peers into the Dark World of Russian Ballet (Vogue.com, 2015)
- Javier Marías: Spain’s Elegant Master Novelist (NYT, 2014)
- “King Charles III”: A British Play Imagines Charles (Finally) in Charge (NYT, 2014)
- Going “Beyond Black” With Nonagenarian French artist Pierre Soulages (NYT, 2014)
- Simon Winder’s Ruritarian Enthusiasms (NYT, 2014)
- William T. Vollmann: Confessions of a Cross-Dresser (NYT, 2013)
- William Wegman, Beyond the Weimaraners (DuJour, 2012)
- In a World of Trailers, Unseen Stars (NYT, 2009)
FOOD, CULTURE & BUSINESS
- How Pittsburgh Quietly Became a Culture Capital (Departures, 2017)
- Savoring Médoc: From Grand Cru to Country Cooking (NYT, 2017)
- In Athens, an Unexpected Greek Renaissance (Travel & Leisure, 2017)
- Past(is) Future: Considering Keith McNally’s New York (Surface, 2017)
- Can Duolingo Crush the TOEFL? (Slate, 2016)
- The Strange Odyssey of Princess Tatiana of Greece (Vogue.com, 2016)
- Dinner by Dalí: the Surrealist Cookbook (Saveur, 2016)
- Rust Belt Romance: How the Ace Hotel Fell Hard for Pittsburgh (Vogue.com, 2016)
- Big Box Bookstores Don’t Have to Die (Slate, 2015)
- David Muñoz: Madrid’s First Three-star Chef (NYT, 2014)
TRAVEL
- Arles, France’s Old Arts Mecca, Is Also Its Newest (Condé Nast Traveler, 2018)
- Lost at Sea (W, 2018) [Winner of a third-place prize in the 2018 Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Awards]
- The New American Small Towns (Travel & Leisure, 2017)
- Pittsburgh’s Self-Driven Renaissance (Surface, 2016)
- The Laurel Highlands: Where Wright’s Genius Met Its Match (NYT, 2016)
- The Reinvention of Budapest (Travel & Leisure, 2016)
- Chasing Insects and Literary Inspiration in the Stockholm Archipelago (NYT, 2015)
- Freud’s Vienna, from Couch to Café (NYT, 2014)
- U.S. Trips to Russia Fall Amid Conflict (NYT, 2014)
- The Love Boat: Getting Hitched on the Queen Mary 2 (T Magazine, 2012)
- Hostel Takeover: The Hôtel Lutetia Has a New Owner. Mazel Tov? (T Magazine, 2011)
DESIGN
- Tech Meets Tradition: How a Brooklyn Family Business Handcrafts Headphones (Dwell, 2018)
- Nippon Béton (Elle Decor, 2018)
- 3D-Printing With a Dose of High Design (WSJ, 2017)
- A Home So Uncluttered that it Almost Looks Empty (T Magazine, 2017)
- Profile in Style: Linda Pinto (W, 2017)
- At Home in Oslo, a Design Couple Thrives by Clashing (T Magazine, 2017)
- Brian Sawyer Puts the Wonder in Wunderkammer (T Magazine, 2016)
- Cottage Industrious: A Lake Erie Cabin packs function into 510 sq. ft. (Dwell, 2016)
- Sylvie Johnson: The Starchitect’s Couturier (W, 2016)
- Case Study: Reinventing a Paris Orphanage (Dwell, 2015)
- Scholten & Baijings’s Bright Ideas (T Magazine, 2015)
- A Prefab Renovation in the Banlieue (Dwell, 2015)
- Royan Treatment: a High-Low Mix for a Remodeled Modernist Apartment by the Sea (Dwell, 2015)
- The Unconventionally Chic Interiors of Dimore Studio (W, 2014)
- The Elegant Trippiness of Claesson Koivisto Rune (T Magazine, 2014)
- Vincenzo de Cotiis: Industrial Elegance (T Magazine, 2014)
- Studio KO’s Culturally Rooted Modernism (T Magazine, 2014)
STYLE
- Hard-Wired for Love: Understanding the Neuroscience of Romance (NYT, 2017)
- Cyborg Fashion: How Iris Van Herpen Blends the Organic and the Artificial (CMOA Storyboard, 2017)
- The Unbelievable True Story of America’s First Supermodel (Vogue.com, 2016)
- Tamara Ecclestone’s House is a Postmodern Temple to Glamorous Self-Celebration (DuJour, 2015)
- WANT: The Montreal Brothers Behind a Jet Set Leather Brand (NYT, 2015)
- Rick Owens on Shameless Provocation (Surface, 2015)
- An Argentine Artist Elevates an Ancient Craft to Modern Art (T Magazine, 2015)
- Garde Robe: A Rent-a-Closet for the Rich and Famous (NYT, 2013)
- Just Jared: Nice-Guy Bloggers Needn’t Finish Last (NYT, 2011)
- Beware the Doorman Wielding an iPad (NYT, 2011)
- Locks of Love Lost (T Magazine, 2011)
- Ukraine’s Harsh Mistress of High Fashion (T Magazine, 2011)
- Comrade, that Suit is So Chanel (T Magazine, 2010)
Brief encounters with…
Alain de Botton * Alice Pasquini * Álvaro Enrigue * Bernhard Willhelm * Britta Böhler * Carl-Johan Forssen * Cassils * Coca Rocha * Deborah de Robertis * Deena Herr * Diane Keaton * Efe Cakarel * Francis Keré * Franco Pagetti * Gore Vidal * James Dyson * Jay-Z * Jaume Roures * Jennifer Lawrence * Jean-Louis Iratzoki * Jens Lekman * Johan Bokaer * John Lithgow * Joyce Carol Oates * Justin Timberlake * Leena Yadav * Leyla McCalla * Ludovico Einaudi * Ma Yansong * Naji Abu Nowar * Nicholas Cullinan * Oliver Pötzsch * Patricia Piccinini * Pedro Almodóvar * Peter Latz * Peter Mayle * Roberto Calasso * Robert Seethaler * Samya Arif * Sasha Grey * Seinabo Sey * Stelios Faitakis * Steven Moffat * Uma Thurman * Umberto Eco * Waclaw Zimpel * Walter Van Beirendonck * Yael Naim * Zhang Zanbo
International Arts: By the Numbers
This weekly reported column was published in the global edition of the New York Times from 2013 to 2015 and covered, in text and graphics, topics such as:
Art history and A.I. * Attacks on artists * Billionaire-backed art museums * British theater * Burgundy * Canadian identity * the Chinese auction market * Country music abroad * Expatriation and inspiration * Culture and creativity * Delectable (the app) * Digitizing the Rijksmuseum * E-book completion rates * E-books in Europe * EDM * Exporting Israeli TV * Fashion week * Google Books * Gender equality in film * Indie bookstores * Italy’s architect surplus * Kickstarter * Literary prizes * Literature in translation * Local vs. Global music tastes * London museums * Most-performed composers * Movie dogs and breed popularity * Music festivals * Netflix abroad * Nollywood * Number of photos in the world * Oscar campaigns * Paris architecture * Photo filters * Photography and the art market * Polish cinema * Pricing European Culture (2014) * Pricing European Culture (2015) * Pricing Michelin 3-star restaurants * Reading vs. e-reading * Russian art * the Sagrada Familia * South Korean skyscrapers * Stradivarius and violin shape * Swedish pirates * Syrian culture at risk * Taxing e-books * The future of 3D film * What is art? * Waist-to-height ratio and Western Art * Women in video games * Yelp Trends * YouTube and music streaming
