Shvo Me the Money! The developer Michael Shvo has lost his crown jewel—the Transamerica Pyramid—and is battling former friends, partners, and tenants. He’s survived spectacular reversals before. Can he rise again?
The Black Sheep of British Art An exhibition in London spotlights Richard Dadd, the Victorian artist who created most of his works while hospitalized after killing his father
Latest Issue • Aug. 1, 2026
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No. 368
The Eyes of a Killer: Part XII
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A TRAGIC PRECEDENT
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The Internet is full of useless slop—uncurated, jarring, and often vile. John Mannheimer’s Instagram account, Good Shirts, is the exception…
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Le Bonheur
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J.F.K.’s Final Failure In Kennedy’s Coup, Jack Cheevers reveals how one of John F. Kennedy’s final decisions plunged America into the worst foreign policy disaster of the 20th century
The Art of War A new book collects Lee Miller’s photographs of the Blitz, a time when the American, with no permit to work yet still holding a tourist visa, turned her camera to a Britain under fire
At 150, the Bayreuth Festival Welcomes AI—and a White Elephant Katherina Wagner gives great-grandad Richard’s legacy another makeover
