The Great Escape
How Nixon and Brando prevented another massacre at Wounded Knee—and allowed American Indian leader Dennis Banks to run free
Opera Pick of the Week
Bulgaria’s native son Orlin Anastasov shines in the Sofia Opera’s outdoor Attila
Deeper Than the Deep Blue Sea
An exhibition at the Fondation Carmignac’s Mediterranean villa focuses on the colors, movement, and creatures of the sea
Radical Chic
Virginie Despentes managed to get her film banned in French cinemas. With the U.S. release of two of her fieriest works, the feminist shows no signs of slowing down
Tyler Mahan Coe
The man behind the podcast Cocaine & Rhinestones brought country music and its history to a new generation. Three years later, he’s back
On the Road Again
Tunes to complement your wanderlust, from Willie Nelson, the Coasters, Laura Nyro and Labelle, Van Dyke Parks, and more
Have You Heard Our Podcast?
It’s the show that will open your eyes. All you need to do is open your ears
Halston’s Halcyon Days
The mononymous American designer behind Jackie Kennedy’s pillbox hat gets the ending he deserves in Ryan Murphy’s new series
Tax-22
What happens when a $65 million Rauschenberg features an endangered bald eagle? Inside the secretive I.R.S. team that solves art’s riddles …
Annie Clark’s 70s Show
St. Vincent’s latest album, the 70s-themed Daddy’s Home, is releasing in a wave of bad P.R. It’s so good you’ll listen anyway
Prodigious Young Women
From Kate Middleton to Samantha Cameron to Oscar winner Emerald Fennell, what is it about Marlborough College, the leafy British boarding school?
A Bigger Splash
Venice’s oldest families are up in arms over a law that bars them from participating in this year’s Biennale. Expect protest on a grand scale
Singer, Dancer, Marcher, Spy
Josephine Baker broke barriers onstage and off—from Jim Crow Miami to the royal court of Monaco
How Do You Say “Avant-Garde” in Spanish?
Photographs by Ramón Masats chronicle the decade that revolutionized Spain
Mind Games
During W.W. I, a pair of British prisoners escaped their captors using a Ouija board. Their story reveals the power of delusion
