Diamonds Are Not Forever
An exhibition in the Netherlands celebrates René Lalique, the French jeweler who closed the door on the Belle Époque and ushered in a livelier, less formal chapter in the history of the craft
Hallo, Hot Stuff!
A new coffee-table book pays homage to the bodybuilder turned actor turned governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger
Editor’s Picks
This week, don’t miss the posthumous memoir of Hollywood restaurateur Dan Tana, a New York Times journalist’s case for opting out, and the layman’s guide to disaster preparedness
Ray’s Anatomy
An exhibition in Kassel, Germany, examines the frank, sometimes transgressive sculptures of the contemporary American artist Charles Ray
Harry Gruyaert in Color
A new coffee-table book collects the Belgian photographer’s saturated, unabashed pictures of New York, taken over 52 years of trips to the city
Seriously, What Do People Do All Day?
A children’s classic gets a 2026 makeover
Editor’s Picks
This week, don’t miss the story of how debris from 9/11 was repurposed, a jaunty history of punctuation, and a look into the making of Paul Simon’s Graceland album
Announcing the Winners of the 2025 AIR MAIL Tom Wolfe Prizes
The recipients of the inaugural awards are Vincenzo Latronico, for fiction, and Meghan Daum, for reportage
Murder, They Wrote
This summer’s best mystery books feature heroines of Homeric proportions, from a female police chief who resuscitates a tragic cold case to a union leader turned drug queenpin
Portrait of a Country
A new coffee-table book collects more than 100 rare and previously unpublished photographs by Lee Friedlander, America’s pre-eminent chronicler
Dominic Sessa
Plucked from Deerfield Academy five years ago for his breakout role in The Holdovers, the 23-year-old is back on-screen as Anthony Bourdain in Tony, starring opposite Antonio Banderas and Leo Woodall
America’s Sweetheart
From Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi to Andy Warhol, Titanic to Ghostbusters II, an exhibition in Fort Worth, Texas, explores the history and legacy of the Statue of Liberty
Editor’s Picks
This week, don’t miss the behind-the-scenes shenanigans of It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World; a harrowing new account of Hiroshima; and an illustrated field guide to endangered bird species
A Tale of Two Names
The editor of Kitchen Confidential attempts to reconcile Tony Bourdain, the socially awkward man she counted as a close friend, and Anthony Bourdain, the cool-cat global traveler the world came to love
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
The Director and the Madman
Born one year apart, Roman Polanski and Charles Manson lived eerily parallel lives for years before finally intersecting at the brutal murder of Sharon Tate
