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Building Castles in the Air

Photographs highlight the revolutionary work of today’s leading women architects

Post-Babylon Berlin

Family Drama Writ Large (and Glamorous)

Nancy Mitford’s The Pursuit of Love gets a fresh spin, this time starring Dominic West and Lily James

Barry Blitt’s Sketchbook

Marie Antoinette’s Spirit Animals

The Wave of the Future Is Female

Tracing the male-dominated history of surfing to its women-wave-rider roots

Lisa Lloyd

The British artist making intricate birds, butterflies, and flowers out of just two materials: paper and card

Pilgrimage to 19th-Century Italy

Tracks of Your Tears

Feeling down even though things are looking up? You’re certainly not alone. Allow yourself some time to run the full gamut of emotions, with songs from Lana Del Rey, Roy Orbison, Julie London, Dr. John, and more

Graham Norton Has a New Story

The comedian and talk-show host discusses his new novel—and whom he wants to interview next

Risko’s Sketchbook

Once upon a Time …, Cont’d.

O’Keeffe O’Clock

New York City street scenes meet oversize flowers and the American West in a sweeping survey of Georgia O’Keeffe’s epic work

Opera Pick of the Week

Virtual by necessity, the Los Angeles Opera’s shadow-puppet Œdipus Rex capitalizes on artistic techniques refined during the pandemic

Opera Pick of the Week

From the Grand Théâtre de Genève and the Opéra de Lille, Debussy’s enigmatic Pelléas et Mélisande in a yin-yang pair of new productions

Led Zeppelin Croaks?

And other curious news about these strange days …

Barry Blitt’s Sketchbook

Jackie Collins Was More than Just Joan’s Sister

Her tales of women and power and sex sold half a billion copies in 40 countries. But a new documentary reveals that her own story was even more dramatic

Fernanda Amis’s Sketchbook

Tricks of the Trade

Holes in the Wall

Mood-Swinging

Songs to get you in the right frame of mind, from Billie Holiday, Sharon Van Etten, the Band, Sidney Bechet, and more

All That, and More

A celebration of Leslie Caron, just in time for her 90th birthday

French Exit