The Real Deal
As cultural workers have had their livelihoods crushed by the pandemic, the New Deal’s arts projects are suddenly relevant again
Opera Pick of the Week
A new production of Aribert Reimann’s Lear premieres at the Bavarian State Opera
Background Check
The story of Hercule Poirot, Agatha Christie’s greatest detective, goes well beyond Christie’s own
Hopping Around
Coming of age in the Roaring Twenties, the heirs to the Guinness-beer fortune favored dance and drink over careers and philanthropy
The Podcast People Are Talking About
Morning Meeting is where the conversation begins. Listen in!
Odes to the Office
Dying to return to your place of work? (Or are you back in the office and doing your dying there?) Herewith, a collection of songs that will make you feel better in either case
Opening the Floodgates
Everything you need to know about Bill and Melinda Gates’s divorce—and then some
Where Photography and Fashion Meet
A new volume unites the work of two greats: the photographer Peter Lindbergh and the couturier Azzedine Alaïa
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
