Rebel with a Cause
MoMA pays homage to one of its founders, Lillie Plummer Bliss, a canny collector and early champion of modernism
Bombs Away? Can You Bring a Stanley Kubrick Film to the Stage?
This week, John Lahr discusses a theatrical adaptation of Dr. Strangelove
Woman on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
With Catastrophe, Divorce, and now Bad Sisters, Sharon Horgan is the queen of depicting women in frantic disarray
It Takes Two
On what would have been Robert Frank’s 100th birthday, a window into his friendship with fellow photographer—and protégé—Edward Keating
Back to the Jackal
Frederick Forsyth’s The Day of the Jackal transformed the thriller genre—and inspired real-life assassins. Now it gets a 21st-century makeover with Eddie Redmayne in the title role
Elsinore Informal
A look back at Richard Burton’s Hamlet, which broke Broadway records
Stop and Paint the Flowers
Rory McEwen’s plant portraits go on show in Wellesley, Massachusetts
Editor’s Picks
This week, don’t miss a biography of artist LeRoy Neiman, a tour of New York’s hidden landmarks, a novel set in a Manhattan women’s hotel, and a new translation of Aesop’s fables
The Year of Magical Eating
In an interview, Stanley Tucci lays bare his relationship with grief, his battle with oral cancer, and his new memoir chronicling a year of meals
Liushu Lei and Yutong Jiang’s Guide to Shanghai
The Chinese fashion designers behind Shushu/Tong share their favorite spots in the adopted city
Lunch with Jesse Tyler Ferguson
On this week’s episode of Table for Two, Jesse Tyler Ferguson recalls being sent the first Modern Family script and reading it on his first-generation iPhone in a coffee shop
Hang It in the Louvre
The comics-loving French have turned World Without End, a graphic novel about climate change, into a surprise best-seller
A Place in the Sun
A new book tells the story of Ballroom Marfa, the West Texas arts center that has brought together creatives such as Takashi Murakami and Agnes Denes for the last 20 years
Varieties of Humbug
My enduring fascination with The Wizard of Oz
The Melania Diaries
The former First Lady recalls the moments—and, more importantly, the “unforgettable ensembles”—that will stay with her forever
Rivals Laid Bare
The jodhpur-ripping, high-camp romp was as much fun to film as it is to watch
Battle of Battles
In the 16th century, three titans of the Italian Renaissance—Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Raphael—were embroiled in rivalry. Now a London exhibition retraces their intersecting paths
The Secret Life of Mondrian
Unseen letters, gay lovers, a 30-minute kiss … a new biography pulls back the curtain on the elusive Dutch painter
Christopher Cawley
Meet the antiques dealer sharing Chinatown’s hottest address with James Veloria and Eckhaus Latta