T&C HISTORY
2021 THE ONE THAT COULD HAVE BEEN T&C’s April issue was dedicated to celebrations, and, fittingly, we commissioned Ruben Toledo to create an illustration for the cover. His depiction of an effervescent dinner party captured the right spirit, but this painting of a maypole dance was too beautiful to leave unpublished. “It’s a rite of spring, a ceremony of fertility and renaissance. What’s not to love?” says the Cuban-born artist, who credits his late wife, fashion designer Isabel Toledo, with teaching him to dance. “To move to music is good for the soul and body.”…