How Subhash Kapoor allegedly got stolen treasures out of India and (for hefty prices) into collections all over the globe – and how U.S. and Indian authorities finally caught him.
Tag: 07.26.15
The Contraband Circuit: How A 1,000-Year-Old Statue Traveled From A Small Tamil Temple To A Park Avenue Penthouse
An infographic traces the route, complete with decoy statues, fake documents and money transfers.
Requests For Personal Advice, Gifts Of Cookies, Empty Chairs, And Someone Begging For David Sedaris’s Phone Number: Authors Tells Tales Of Book Tours
Junot Díaz, Gary Shteyngart, Nell Zink, Sloane Crosley, Tayari Jones, and John Scalzi recount memorable encounters.
The Most Unlikely Hedwig Yet Is About To Strut Onto Broadway
That’s Taye Diggs – yes, the guy who gave Stella her groove back. “Hold up, though – is this not madness? Black America’s most eligible bachelor is about to play a glammed-out Teutonic genderqueer mash-up of Nico and Axl Rose?”