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Bourgeois Fever

A long career. A merciless eye. Implacable life force. In museums and galleries, Louise Bourgeois is the queen to Picasso’s king

Where Art and Architecture Meet

An interview with the Italian designer Vincenzo de Cotiis, whose savagely sleek work fuses art and architecture with interior design

Soul-Searching

The Turing Enigma

Nearly 70 years after being prosecuted for homosexuality, Alan Turing is joining the Queen on Britain’s £50 note. His nephew warns that the code breaker wouldn’t have wanted to be seen as a victim

Heroes and Villains

What happens when you discover your heroine was a vile anti-Semite?

What if … the Queen Enters the Dating Scene?

Single and ready to mingle

Broadway’s Light

… And a Casting Agent of Thousands

For 60 years, Boaty Boatwright has been the force behind some of the biggest movie and stage careers

Little Ironies

Josh Gosfield’s Sketchbook

World-Wise

Songs about our precious planet, from Moondog, Nils Frahm, the Turtles, Rare Earth, Koko Taylor, and more

You Heard It Here First

The voice recordings of Sylvia Plath and Anne Sexton offer a window into two of 20th-century literature’s fieriest spirits

The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of

Anjelica Huston sculpts her next act

Barry Blitt’s Sketchbook

The Hollywood Issue!

Just in time for the Oscars: Anjelica Huston! Charlie Chaplin! Picks and pans!

Wilder at Heart

Big Bird Goes Blue

When the Little Tramp Returned to America

In 1972, 20 years after Charlie Chaplin was forced into exile, the man who helped invent Hollywood came to a garden party in Los Angeles. Everyone was there

Opera Pick of the Week

Daniel Catán adapts Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “Rappaccini’s Daughter” for a Chicago Opera Theater Spanish-language performance

Malcolm of All Trades

Malcolm Gladwell discusses his new book, Mao Zedong, and why the statues of history’s bad guys should stay up

Hollywood Claws Back

It was a rocky year for the movie industry, but luckily for everyone stuck at home with little to do, some great films were still made. We recommend our Oscar-nominated favorites

Barry Blitt’s Sketchbook

Heartbreak Hotel

Photographs from a new book pay homage to the Hôtel du Cap-Eden-Roc, the dazzling seafront retreat that has played host to Ernest Hemingway, Jane Birkin, and Mick Jagger, on its 150th anniversary

Scott Rudin’s Employee Handbook

Welcome to the team! Here are a few things to know …