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Can You Face Life After Zoom?

Bobbi Brown on how to lose the “lockdown look.” Plus, the hottest new chef in Paris; a peek at the Oscar nominations; and more

The Real Congo

Artcurial Paris’s spring auction focuses on the artists of Congo’s Le Hangar collective, founders of contemporary African art who developed their craft away from Western influence

Making Waves

Missy Mazzoli and Royce Vavrek adapt Lars von Trier’s Breaking the Waves, awarded the 1996 Golden Palm in Cannes, for Opera Philadelphia

Reverse Migration

Eight questions with Charles M. Blow, the author and New York Times op-ed columnist whose new book is a call to action for Black Americans to move South

Bad Boy Bacon

Francis Bacon’s emergence onto the London social scene—including the time he humiliated Princess Margaret—was as controversial as his paintings

The Dread Pirate Drake

Sir Francis Drake’s biographer traces the 16th-century explorer’s legacy in London, at sea, and beyond

Ladies of the Skies

Are We Clear?

Scientology TV picks up where Tom Cruise’s crusade against psychiatry left off

Beginning, Middle, and End

Tripping Out

Lake Street Dive shares their collaborative road-trip playlist, with songs from Mavis Staples, Amber Mark, Diana Ross, Paul Simon, and more

Dressing Ratso

What would Midnight Cowboy be without Dustin Hoffman in his creased white suit?

Mads Mikkelsen

The Danish actor, who just took over Johnny Depp’s role in the Fantastic Beasts series, discusses his new film, Another Round, a darkly comic look at middle-aged restlessness

Montmartre Moment

Barry Blitt’s Sketchbook

The Queen’s Ambush

Who will Meghan and Harry take on next? Could Archie be headed to “Hippie Hogwarts”?

How to Sneak into Mar-a-Lago

Six ways to get into Trump’s hideous Florida compound, from a guy who’s tested them all. Why? For the fun of it …

Remembering the Rickster

Eric Hanson’s Sketchbook

Opera Pick of the Week

Live from Florence, pianist Hershey Felder’s musical ode to Puccini

Sis-for-Tat

Identity Crisis

In Love with Love

Megan Nolan’s novel, Acts of Desperation, casts a fresh light on a timeless theme

A Tale of Three Sisters

Working Girls

Even guests of New York’s women-only Barbizon, the revolutionary residential hotel once home to Sylvia Plath, found the sexist rules of their era hard to shake