Horse Power
With an introduction by Tracey Emin and works by Nan Goldin, Martin Parr, and Man Ray, a new coffee-table book examines centuries of art’s most enduring muse
Editor’s Picks
This week, don’t miss Simon Sebag Montefiore’s timely history of the modern Middle East, the Madeline author’s madcap 1952 memoir, and a publishing powerhouse’s ode to editing
Only Messiahs in the Building
A new documentary revisits the fabled 1972 Toronto Godspell production that launched the careers of Martin Short, Gilda Radner, Eugene Levy, and Victor Garber
The Fashion Photographer Who Wasn’t
An exhibition in Paris examines Irving Penn’s profound influence on the genre he never quite claimed as his own
The Diagnose-It-Yourself Presidential Check-up
The parlor game that’s sweeping the nation!
The Real Tom Brady
A new biography of the greatest quarterback of all time scrapes off the gloss to reveal the insecure and ruinously ambitious man beneath
The Renaissance’s Forgotten Master
Long undervalued among 16th-century painters, Antonio da Correggio is now being celebrated with his first major exhibition outside of Italy
A Hero’s Journey
Even as it encompasses different cultures, and galaxies far, far away, George Lucas’s new museum of narrative art is deeply personal
The “Decent Indecency” of Eaton Square
Murderous lords, Nazis, Mitfords, prime ministers … A new book traces the strange and scandalous history of London’s toniest neighborhood
Murder, They Wrote
A new Martini Club adventure! The wisecracking Detective Miller returns! This month, our mystery columnist makes the case for the crime-fiction series
Haruomi Hosono’s Swan Song
The Japanese singer, whose eclectic musical career has influenced artists from David Bowie to Sofia Coppola, returns with his first album in seven years
Funny Faces
Mel Brooks, Larry David, Diane Keaton … A new coffee-table book offers an inside look at the comedy world through behind-the-scenes photographs by Curb Your Enthusiasm’s Jeff Garlin
The Dawn of Punk
The Ramones. Lou Reed. Talking Heads. Something special was happening in 1970s New York. It just needed a name …
Strokes Schadenfreude
Twenty-five years after the release of The Strokes’ debut album, Is This It, a new book examines how the band struggled to outrun its rich-kid reputation
Announcing the 2026 Tom Wolfe Prizes Short List
Meet the 12 finalists in fiction and reportage for year two of AIR MAIL’s literary awards …
Surf’s Up!
A dazzling new coffee-table book captures five decades of American surfing culture through Jeff Divine’s lens
Christine Safa
For the 32-year-old artist—a rising figure in the Paris art world—memories of Lebanon’s coasts and mountains are never far off
Home Sweet Home
The Bayeux Tapestry, a medieval embroidery that has long fascinated storytellers such as George R. R. Martin, returns to England for the first time in 1,000 years