Show of Hands, Please: Who Can Buy Art?

By JULIA CHAPLIN

Yana Paskova for The New York Times

A room to mingle in at the opening reception for Andreas Gursky's show at the Gagosian Gallery in Chelsea.

Despite tough economic times, money still flows at the contemporary art auctions in New York.

Telling the Stories of War Through Many Voices

By JENNIFER CONLIN

ABC News’s senior foreign affairs correspondent, Martha Raddatz, is known for the emotional detail of her reports.

His latest film is the third in the “Harold & Kumar” series.

Kal Penn, a Star Turn on Both Coasts

By ASHLEY PARKER

The actor leaves his role in the White House to play Kumar and to work in Hollywood.

Social Q’s

Good Deed, Punished

By PHILIP GALANES

Questions about charitable gifts, taking the blame for a co-worker’s missteps and hat placement at dinner.

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Possessed

Alejandro Jodorowsky and the Tarot de Marseille deck he helped design.

When the Tarot Trumps All

By DAVID COLMAN

Alejandro Jodorowsky’s interest in tarotica led him to design the ideal Tarot de Marseille with the last descendant of the deck’s family of printers.

Studied

Seriously, Men Only Think They’re Funnier

By PAMELA PAUL

Men and women perceive men to be funnier, but in a blind test, men were found to be only slightly funnier.

Field Notes

In the film “Sex and the City,” left, Sarah Jessica Parker wore Vivienne Westwood.

What Will Bella Wear?

By MONICA CORCORAN HAREL

“Twilight Saga” fans can’t wait for the new movie — or for a glimpse of that wedding dress.

Slide Show: On Screen Wedding Gowns

On the Runway Blog

Stephens Sisters Are in Select Company

By CATHY HORYN

The judges of the annual Dorchester Collection prize, given by the hotel group for emerging designers recently awarded the Anndra Neen designers $40,000.

Letters

Comments on recent articles about sleeplessness and the talking iPhone.

Video: Morning T | Christian Louboutin

T's Jane Herman talks to the shoe designer Christian Louboutin about his 20th anniversary and the dazzling new book that he's created to commemorate the occasion.

Modern Love

A Twist of Fate

By ALEXANDRIA MARZANO-LESNEVICH

A woman learns how to embrace fears of her sexuality, much like her fear of snakes.

Art Review

<strong>Cecil Beaton: The New York Years</strong> at the Museum of the City of New York includes Beaton's photograph of Cole Porter, from 1953.

A Conjurer of Beautiful People, Back in Town

By KEN JOHNSON

The work of Cecil Beaton, who captured an age and a social class with his camera and designed for the stage and films, is the subject of a new exhibition at the Museum of the City of New York.

Fans of the D.J. Kaskade are covered with confetti at a sold-out performance at the Roseland Ballroom in Manhattan last month.

How Ryan Raddon Became the $200,000-a-Night D.J. Known as Kaskade

By MICHAEL SCHULMAN

A 40-year-old recreational snowboarder who neither drinks nor does drugs is one of the biggest stars on the global club scene.

Slide Show

A Fashion Designer’s Second Act

By AUSTIN CONSIDINE

Hedi Slimane, the former designer of Dior Homme, now takes portraits of up-and-coming artists.

Slide Show

Joey Gonzalez, the chief operating officer of Barry's Bootcamp, leads a packed evening class.

Boot Camps Vie to Make You Sweat

By CATHERINE SAINT LOUIS

Boot camps, an evergreen, military-inflected concept, are still popular, and recruits are hotly sought after.

Related: Exercise Alternatives to Boot Camp

Front Row

Taylor Tomasi Hill, now at Moda Operandi.

Retail Site Raids a Big Closet

By ERIC WILSON

Moda Operandi, an online retail site, is proving to be a fierce competitor on the trunk show circuit, as Roopal Patel and Taylor Tomasi Hill join the team.

On the Runway Blog | Browsing

A citrine dress with leather trim called "Gianna's Leather and Lace Gown" ($600).

Free People's Free Spirited Ball Gowns

By SIMONE S. OLIVER

Ball gowns are not what come to mind when you think of Free People. But on Thursday, the brand will introduce its first limited-edition gown collection.

Up Close

In Charlotte Gainsbourg, Indifference and Whispers Prove Alluring

By TIM MURPHY

The French actress stays true to her style to enchant film audiences and the fashion set.

On the Runway Blog

A Deco Moment

By ERIC WILSON

Among the unexplained trends to appear with some regularity in the spring 2012 runway shows — aside from a preponderance of mesh — Art Deco took the cake.