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Putin’s Provocateurs

A Smile Session

Tracks to turn frowns upside down, from Vince Guaraldi, Toots and the Maytals, Bob Dylan, Dorothy Ashby, and more

Cyber Castoffs

A visual history of computers that are gone but not forgotten

Barry Blitt’s Sketchbook

Barry Blitt’s Sketchbook

Classical Music Inches Toward Re-Opening

Artful Offerings

Before Cable Was Cool

A new book tells the story of CNN, Ted Turner, and the birth of the 24-hour news cycle

Lina’s World

The radical architect and designer Lina Bo Bardi transformed Brazil with her ambitious creations

Dog Days Come Early

Those interminable summer days have arrived well in advance of the season itself: 24 hours in the life of, well, everyone

Deepening the Dye

From bird-watching to Warhol-watching, the lockdown is an exercise in patience and concentration

Re-Inventing His Spiel

Walter, Walter, Everywhere

Walter Presents, the streaming service specializing in foreign content, moves into book publishing

Haifaa Al Mansour

The Saudi filmmaker gives audiences a picture of life in her secretive, ultra-conservative home country

Party Time

Stay in Touch

Send a message with the Band, Split Enz, Bonnie Raitt, T. Rex, and more

Final Cut

Parisian cinephiles are in an uproar over the actions of an American real-estate investor

The Radcliffe Five

Murder, They Wrote

Call Him “Mr. President”

Behind the doors of the Élysée Palace

Good in Bed

Cinema’s dreamiest movie scenes are a lesson in lounging glamorously

Is It Curtains for British Theater?

After the lockdown, fears of a “total collapse”

Grant Shaffer’s Sketchbook

Feat of Clay

Being Rodin’s muse and mistress was no easy thing. After her death, Camille Claudel finally got a museum of her own, now open to visitors again