Architectural Digest
Mayer Rus is West Coast Editor of Architectural Digest.
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Design and Architecture
'Soft sensuality' at Trump's inauguration Official White House photo by Paul Morse President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration will be held this Friday. We don't know much about what will happen. We're told the focus will not be on celebrities. The little we do know comes from LA-based real estate investor Tom Barrack, chairman of the inauguration committee, who said to expect "soft sensuality" at the event. To make sense of what this might mean, DnA spoke to Architectural Digest's Mayer Rus, and Joan Behnke, an interior designer who has counted Mr. Barrack among her many wealthy clients.
Design and Architecture
TOM House Robert Mapplethorpe has gone mainstream, with shows of his work now at LACMA and the Getty. But what about the other artist who celebrated hot men in leather? We visit TOM House, the "butch, hippy" community of leathermen and admirers of the homoerotic illustrations of Tom of Finland, now the subject of a new book from Rizzoli Press.
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Art Talk
Victor Hugo Drawings at the Hammer Hunter Drohojowska-Philp discusses the 19th-century author’s visual talents.
Martini Shot
Child’s Pose This is Rob Long and on today’s Martini Shot I struggle to wedge myself into child’s pose during yoga, while the woman next to me ignores the teacher entirely and just stretches out. It’s a lightbulb moment for me.
Opening the Curtain
A Lie to make you care Beyond the 6 Tony Awards and the record setting box office, what’s fascinating about the musical “Dear Evan Hansen” is how it gets an audience to care.
Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Men’s rights activists oppose local ‘women’s beer forum’ In 2011, the owner of the Eagle Rock Brewery started hosting beer seminars for women. The events were part networking and part opportunity for women to learn about beer. Then a men’s rights activist claimed the events were discriminatory.