Nina Yashar’s Guide to Milan
The founder of Nilufar Gallery shares her favorite spots in her home city
Flower Power
A Dior designer’s take on floral arrangements, a visual history of the rose, and a gardening guide by Martha Stewart … Ring in spring with three new coffee-table books
One Hundred Years of Gatsby
Editions of The Great Gatsby—which achieved popularity only after F. Scott Fitzgerald’s death—abound, but the mysteries surrounding the Great American Novel endure
Hollywood’s Jester
Seth Rogen, the mastermind behind Pineapple Express and Superbad, talks comedy, side hustles—from pottery to weed—and his new series, The Studio
When Bezos Met Bridezilla
An exclusive look inside Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez’s Venice wedding—zero-gravity Botox, diamanté candelabras, Dom Pérignon, and all
Stephen Sondheim’s Phantom Menace
As a new Sondheim revue opens on Broadway, producer Cameron Mackintosh reflects on their friendship—and on Sondheim’s rivalry with Andrew Lloyd Webber
Positively 4th Street
When New York was still called New Amsterdam, a former slave ran a farm on the very terrain that would become the Greenwich Village stomping ground of folk singers and Beat poets
Emma Myers
How the Orlando native went from acting in theme-park commercials to starring alongside Jason Momoa, Jennifer Coolidge, and Jack Black
Another Reason to Hate on the Ivy League and Nepo Babies!
On this week’s podcast, Andrew Zucker looks at the Versailles-level housing being built for super-rich kids
To Edward R. Murrow. Love, Marlene Dietrich
He was America’s pre-eminent newsman. She was an international sex symbol. They both hated bullies
The Other Saturday Night Live
A famous host. A gifted cast. A stream of celebrity guests. The result? One of the worst shows in TV history
Death Stares on the Tigris
Inside Victorian England’s most intense feud—a backstabbing, betrayal-laden rivalry to decipher the writings of ancient Babylon and Assyria
Editor’s Picks
This week, don’t miss a timely look back at McCarthyism, a novel about a couple’s tragic battle with dementia, and a history of the four compass points
Chiharu Shiota’s Guide to Osaka
The Japanese artist shares her favorite spots in her hometown
Deadly Pleasures to Read and Watch
This month’s best crime-fiction book and TV shows
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
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
Loos Woman
The novelist who beat F. Scott Fitzgerald at his own game
Elon, Elon, Elon
The hazards of talking politics over dinner
