On April 24th, the Whitney Museum of American Art hosted its grand opening night party, sponsored by Max Mara, to celebrate the Museum’s downtown move to its new home in the Meatpacking District. The event also acted as a preview for the current exhibition, America Is Hard to See. In addition to Adam D. Weinberg, the Alice Pratt Brown…
In 1958, Vladimir Nabokov introduced American readers to Humbert Humbert and Dolores Haze, a middle-aged man and his 12-year old nymphet—a couple who would become two of the most controversial characters in 20th century American literature with his famous love story, Lolita. One year before this, in 1957, the swashbuckling Hollywood star, Errol Flynn—known for…
