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When you study the lives of great leaders--their actions, thoughts, choices, struggles, failures, and triumphs--it unconsciously motivates you to be your best self every day. The second article in a four-part series

The inaugural Metro Show is a new art show being held January 19–22 at the Metropolitan Pavilion in New York City. The fair, which evolved from the former American Antiques Show for Americana art, features 35 exhibitors of antique and modern works including many from the former show of Americana ...

The Metropolitan London’s new spa, the Como Shambhala Urban Escape, delivers a multitude of indulgent and therapeutic options—from traditional Eastern remedies to cutting-edge treatments. It has six treatment rooms and a gym, and it offers a menu of more than 20 spa services, with additional beauty care, fitness classes, and ...

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Grasp the sartorial genius of the late fashion designer Alexander McQueen with an exclusive private tour

With a new indoor weather monitoring system, IBM makes it easier to ensure rare art is properly preserved. But the implications go far beyond museums. Humans have, in general, done a decent job of preserving relics of the past in museums

Wolf Kahn’s breathtaking, colorful landscapes hang in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Whitney, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), but the German-born painter’s next gallery show, Color & Consequence, will be a lot more intimate. It opened at the Ameringer McEnery Yohe gallery on June 2. ...

In their August 28th, 1869 issue, Scientific American listed some techniques to aid in restoring breath to “persons apparently dead from drowning.” The methods were given by Professor Benjamin Howard and were sanctioned by the Metropolitan Board of Health of the city of New York. [More]

When the Metropolitan Opera was in dire need of funding last year, arts patron Ann Ziff came to the rescue with a $30 million donation—the largest single gift the New York institution has ever received from an individual. Ziff, 64, has quietly supported several such organizations over the years, not ...

Fashion may be cyclical, but who knew that you could get rich selling clothing that dates back 150 years? Alicia Allen and her husband, Chris, co-founders of Historical Emporium, have done just that, by peddling garments from Victorian England and the American Old West. Sales hit $2.4 million in 2009, helping the company capture the No.