Sylvia Rupani-Smith

new video loaded: Cindy Sherman’s 156 Wigs Recent episodes in T Art & Design T Magazine visits the studios, exhibitions and homes of the biggest names in art, all around the world. T Magazine visits the studios, exhibitions and homes of the biggest names in art, all around the world.

I wrote this before my New York Times story posted about a year ago and submitted it as an alternative essay on my mother. I am posting this here because I learned that many, many people read my NYT story online and realized their parent had this very condition based on my mother’s symptoms and diagnosis. At this point, there is still no cure for PSP, but I hope that knowledge of the disease, and options for care, help in a small way. Writing has always helped me heal.

For the couture shows this season, T sent Mrs. Tependris, the high-society doyenne who is the fictional alter ego of the artist and T contributing editor Konstantin Kakanias, to Paris. “She hadn’t been for years,” Kakanias said. “Things have changed, so she was a bit confused when she arrived.” But she got her bearings soon enough and soaked up the weeklong high-fashion parade. Here, Kakanias shares some of the things that his heroine saw and did.