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What Does a ‘Queer’ Art Collection Look Like? Here Are 10 Answers.

Cultured magazine's Pride month feature profiles 17 queer collectors, highlighting how their personal collections—ranging from art and fashion to found objects—reflect queer identity and community. The article spotlights couples like Bobbi Salvör Menuez and quori theodor, who collect everyday items from New York streets, and Neil Patrick Harris and David Burtka, who acquire provocative works. It also features the Icy Gays (Rob and Eric Thomas-Suwall), who built their collection from a remote location in North Dakota, and Jeremyn Lee, who amasses museum-quality fashion pieces.

This Item From Diane Keaton’s Estate Sale Just Sold For 98 Times Its Estimate

Following Diane Keaton's death in October 2024 at age 79, British auction house Bonhams held a sale of her personal estate across New York, Los Angeles, and online, closing at $4.2 million total. The auction featured treasures from her eclectic collection, including artwork by Annie Leibovitz, Cindy Sherman, Ed Mell, and Maynard Dixon, along with personal items like dog and penguin figures and crafting supplies. Notable highlights included the original *Annie Hall* script, which sold for $394,200—98 times its estimate—and a David Wojnarowicz photograph that set a new world auction record for the work.

Oscar Isaac and Julian Schnabel on Why Making Likeable Movies Is Besides the Point

Oscar Isaac stars in Julian Schnabel's new film *In the Hand of Dante*, an adaptation of Nick Tosches's 2002 novel. The movie follows Isaac as both a fictionalized version of Tosches—a journalist involved with the mob to steal and authenticate the *Divine Comedy* manuscript—and as Dante Alighieri himself, with a supporting cast including Martin Scorsese, Gal Gadot, John Malkovich, and Gerard Butler. The film premieres in theaters on June 12, and the article features a conversation between Schnabel and Isaac about their long friendship, acting instincts, and the film's themes of creative and destructive genius.