Zen and the Art of Being Ruth Asawa
Coinciding with a major San Francisco exhibition, an updated biography of the sculptor chronicles her journey from Japanese-internment-camp prisoner to art-world pioneer
Loos Woman
The novelist who beat F. Scott Fitzgerald at his own game
Deadly Pleasures to Read and Watch
This month’s best crime-fiction book and TV shows
My Adventures in Journalism
In an interview, AIR MAIL Co-Editor Graydon Carter discusses Trump’s short fingers, the enduring magic of New York, and his memoir on the golden age of magazines
Elon, Elon, Elon
The hazards of talking politics over dinner
Inside the Danny Elfman Sexual-Harassment Story
On this week’s podcast, Jacob Bernstein discusses his reporting on the #MeToo case that has baffled Hollywood
Medardo Rosso’s Free Form
The amorphous sculptures of the 20th-century artist who was a friend of Renoir’s, a rival of Rodin’s, and a mentor to Brancusi go on view in Basel
Mad About the Boy
In the Old Vic’s Present Laughter, Andrew Scott flips the script, sort of
Editor’s Picks
This week, don’t miss a novel from a former New Yorker fact-checker, a history of NPR, and a portrait of one of the grandes dames of Impressionism
Titans at War
A new book tells the inside story of an epic feud between Winston Churchill and U.S. Treasury Secretary Andrew Mellon
Emilia Wickstead’s Guide to Auckland
The New Zealand fashion designer shares her favorite spots in her home city
The Mafia’s Dark Knights
With Robert De Niro playing both leading roles, Barry Levinson’s exhilarating The Alto Knights depicts the real-life clash of the Mafia titans Vito Genovese and Frank Costello
Jack of All Trades
The Museum of Modern Art, in New York, presents its first Jack Whitten retrospective, celebrating the late artist’s lasting mark on everything from abstraction to sculpture and drawings
The Friend Zone
The author Sigrid Nunez on the film adaptation of her National Book Award–winning novel, starring Naomi Watts, Bill Murray, and a Great Dane
Liz Caribel Sierra
The 27-year-old actress is bringing Dominican culture to the screen in Zoë Kravitz’s Blink Twice and Ridley Scott’s Dope Thief
The British Are Coming!
Operation Mincemeat—the Olivier Award–winning West End musical about a W.W. II–era deception operation that fooled the Nazis—is taking Broadway by storm
All Aboard the Hogwarts Express!
A “very, very specifically British 1990s production”: here’s everything we know so far about HBO’s eagerly awaited Harry Potter adaptation
Mobbed Up: The Two Faces of Robert De Niro
On this week’s podcast, Michael Sragow takes us inside the new mobster movie from Nick Pileggi and Barry Levinson
The Kids Aren’t Alright
Adolescence—the harrowing British miniseries about a teenager charged with murder—is about every parent’s worst nightmare
