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On Location: Christie's Earth Day Auction
Erika Heet
Christie's rolls out the Green carpet with A Bid to Save the Earth, a charity auction celebrating the 40th anniversary of Earth Day, with an abundance of art, jewelry, furnishings and celebrity experiences. A companion silent auction continues through May 6.

Style Compass with Martin Brudnizki
Clair Watson
Whether it's his restaurants or houses, London-, and now New York-based design talent Martin Brudnizki creates spaces that are so comfortably luxurious no one ever wants to leave them.

Not To Be Missed: Holy Russia at the Louvre
The Louvre Museum, through May 24, 2010
Varena Forcione
The sacred objects gloriously compiled in "Holy Russia" at the Louvre, shed as much light on that country's religious traditions as they do on its secular history.

Required Reading: Italian Rustic
Reviewed by Marcia Sherrill
Elizabeth Helman Minchilli's sixth book on Italy, Italian Rustic, is a glorious primer on how to mount a Tuscan-charm-offensive in your own home.

On Location: Museum of the City of New York's Spring Lecture Symposium
April 26, 2010
1stdibs sponsors the 20th annual Spring Lecture Symposium of the Museum of the City of New York. This year, the Museum honors Elizabeth Farran Tozer, outstanding civic leader and Chair of the Spring Symposium and Luncheon since 1989.

On Location: Los Angeles Antiques Show
April 21-25, 2010
1stdibs is proud to be a sponsor of the 15th Annual Los Angeles Antiques Show, April 21-25, featuring 65 US and European exhibitors including 22 1stdibs dealers. Meet Michael Bruno on April 23 as he hosts the designer panel discussion and the evening cocktail party.

Saturday Shopping with Kelly Wearstler
The feminine, flamboyant and fierce Kelly Wearstler makes her choices from the 1stdibs inventory – all of which are redolent of chroma, value and Hue, which happens to be the name of her latest book. Go Shopping with the reigning queen of color Kelly Wearstler.

Eye on Design with James de Givenchy
Ellen Hanson
When people hear “Givenchy” the mind goes to Audrey Hepburn's classic and elegant little black dresses created by Hubert, however nephew James is quickly resetting expectations. Seamlessly combining unexpected materials such as recycled gunmetal, utilitarian rubber and five-figure diamonds, James de Givenchy is establishing himself firmly in a family tradition of inspired design.

The Talent with Kendall Wilkinson
Alejandro Saralegui
A descendant from a line of creative women, second generation San Francisco designer Kendall Wilkinson talks about what makes taste. "Everything I know about color, texture, form and scale comes from my mother, but taste is a reflection of one's own experience and, for me, a product of the very outspoken women in my life."

Not To Be Missed: Hermitage Amsterdam
Anthony Barzilay Freund
A cache of iconic Modern paintings from Russia's Hermitage makes a colorful splash at the museum's extraordinary Amsterdam outpost.

Shop Talk at Carlton Hobbs
Jorge Arango
It seems almost too deliberately plotted a trajectory for Carlton Hobbs: boy grows up amidst the dust and detritus of his father's Kings Road junk shop in London, then goes on to become one of the most celebrated antiques dealers in the world, headquartered in a 51-room hôtel particulier erected in the 1930s for Virginia Graham Fair Vanderbilt.

On Location: Jason Fitzmaurice at the Thomas Hayes Gallery
Thomas Hayes Gallery, through May 10, 2010
Erika Heet
On display through May 10 at the newly reopened, 6,000-square-foot Thomas Hayes Gallery, the abstract paintings of Los Angeles artist Jason Fitzmaurice reflect anguish, portraiture and the passage of time.

Saturday Shopping with Diamond & Baratta
Dubbed “Decorating’s Dynamic Duo,” William Diamond and Anthony Baratta are principals of their New York-based, 25-year-old design firm known for splashy, couture living spaces. This weekend, Diamond and Baratta shop the 1stdibs inventory and share their fearless selections with you.

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