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Credit...Phaidon When it comes to décor, he is similarly unforgiving, asserting that “not giving a toss about your décor is a crime against humanity, a missed opportunity for you and a source of PTSD for others.” Are you an “emperor of camp” like Liberace, a burlesque queen living in “a satin upholstered jewelry box” like Dita von Teese, or so idiosyncratic that you belong among “the unclassifiables,” à la Phyllis Diller, who has a room dedicated to her wigs? It doesn’t matter, as long as your home is an aria of personal expression. Lack of money, he adds, should not be a...

Simon Doonan's 6 favorite art books Courtesy image Today's best articles Daily business briefing and the author of several books, including the memoir Beautiful People and a new pocket-size biography of artist Keith Haring. Below, Doonan recommends six favorite art books. Warhol had thoughts that went way beyond all that stuff about being famous for 15 minutes. He is a quirky, quotable guy, the Chauncey Gardiner of the art world. Examples: "I never fall apart, because I never fall together" and my personal favorite, "If everybody's not a beauty, then nobody is." Grayson Perry — potter, ...

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Keith Haring's tragically short but happy life is the subject of “Lives of the Artists: Keith Haring” by Simon Doonan. Inherently sad because he died so young, it’s also an inspirational story, of how by staying stubbornly true to himself, a young oddball ended up changing art.