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Wondering Eye

François Halard’s photography gets inside the homes and studios—and aesthetic experiences—of artists

Short List

Nasty Business

Smyth on Smith

Fashionable Tracks

Danceable ones, too, from (among others) Beyoncé, Rihanna, Destiny’s Child, and, yes, Freezy

Blonde Venus

The Swedish bombshell who blew up Italian movies

Should I Stay or Should I Go?

There are worthwhile podcasts for both Brexiteers and Remainiacs. One is recorded in a pub

After Dark

A Guide to the Venice Biennale

Cathy Graham’s Sketchbook

The Longest Day

In the Picture

All Work and No Playlist? Hardly!

Here are Donna Summer, Howlin’ Wolf, Queen, Betty Everett, and more

Malcolm Mackay

On the crime fiction that never gets old

Top Shop

The author, whose new book is out this fall, selects his favorite Scottish bookshop

Lara’s Song

A Better Billionaire

On writing The Many Lives of Michael Bloomberg

Next in Line

In Season Two of HBO’s Succession, Sarah Snook proves she’s worthy of the Roy throne

Bauhaus Revival

Inspectors About Town

Sean Penn Picks a Pickled Pepper

Museum-Going Etiquette

Spoiler alert: you’re not the most fascinating thing in the place

Joy Rider

Rowland Emett’s A Quiet Afternoon in the Cloud Cuckoo Valley heads to auction at Bonhams London

Candice Bergen, Star Reporter

A “very lucky” actor and the photojournalism career that got away