Love, Paint, and Fury
Lee Krasner and Jackson Pollock’s relationship was turbulent, at times violent, and one of the greatest creative partnerships of the 20th century
Lost and Found
After a 57-year hiatus from the New York stage, George Balanchine’s most notorious ballet, Pithoprakta, makes its return
Horse Power
With an introduction by Tracey Emin and works by Nan Goldin, Martin Parr, and Man Ray, a new coffee-table book examines centuries of art’s most enduring muse
Editor’s Picks
This week, don’t miss Simon Sebag Montefiore’s timely history of the modern Middle East, the Madeline author’s madcap 1952 memoir, and a publishing powerhouse’s ode to editing
Only Messiahs in the Building
A new documentary revisits the fabled 1972 Toronto Godspell production that launched the careers of Martin Short, Gilda Radner, Eugene Levy, and Victor Garber
The Diagnose-It-Yourself Presidential Check-up
The parlor game that’s sweeping the nation!
The Fashion Photographer Who Wasn’t
An exhibition in Paris examines Irving Penn’s profound influence on the genre he never quite claimed as his own
The Real Tom Brady
A new biography of the greatest quarterback of all time scrapes off the gloss to reveal the insecure and ruinously ambitious man beneath
A Hero’s Journey
Even as it encompasses different cultures, and galaxies far, far away, George Lucas’s new museum of narrative art is deeply personal
The Renaissance’s Forgotten Master
Long undervalued among 16th-century painters, Antonio da Correggio is now being celebrated with his first major exhibition outside of Italy
The “Decent Indecency” of Eaton Square
Murderous lords, Nazis, Mitfords, prime ministers … A new book traces the strange and scandalous history of London’s toniest neighborhood
The Dawn of Punk
The Ramones. Lou Reed. Talking Heads. Something special was happening in 1970s New York. It just needed a name …
Murder, They Wrote
A new Martini Club adventure! The wisecracking Detective Miller returns! This month, our mystery columnist makes the case for the crime-fiction series
Funny Faces
Mel Brooks, Larry David, Diane Keaton … A new coffee-table book offers an inside look at the comedy world through behind-the-scenes photographs by Curb Your Enthusiasm’s Jeff Garlin
Haruomi Hosono’s Swan Song
The Japanese singer, whose eclectic musical career has influenced artists from David Bowie to Sofia Coppola, returns with his first album in seven years
Announcing the 2026 Tom Wolfe Prizes Short List
Meet the 12 finalists in fiction and reportage for year two of AIR MAIL’s literary awards …
Strokes Schadenfreude
Twenty-five years after the release of The Strokes’ debut album, Is This It, a new book examines how the band struggled to outrun its rich-kid reputation