The artist Lei Xue’s ‘‘Drinking Tea’’ series (2007-13) consists of crumpled porcelain cans decorated with traditional Chinese patterns. See the world in blue and white here.


Courtesy of Galerie Martina Detterer, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Harnessing the dark side with black bikinis and a leather cover-up. More from our cover story in our latest Travel issue: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/05/12/t-magazine/12well-bikini.html

This season’s menswear collections revealed a trend toward shirts and trousers designed to be worn at the same time. Here: Lanvin shirt, pants, and sandals, price on request.

Our modern man likes a hint of chain. http://nyti.ms/Y7CEXx

Spring in black and white.  http://nyti.ms/WhnWQJ