Some Like It Sleek
Clean lines, open plans, boxy silhouettes … a new coffee-table book traces how the eastern tip of Long Island became the proving ground for American modernism
Grand Lutetia Hotel
How a Paris hotel that once hosted Hemingway and Picasso became a home for anti-Nazi exiles, German intelligence officers, and, finally, concentration-camp survivors
An Unhealthy Dose of Skepticism
How a handful of housewives dedicated to debunking the official account of the J.F.K. assassination unwittingly ushered in the age of the conspiracy theorist—from 9/11 truthers to One Direction’s “Larry” stans
The Odd Couple of American Art
When Andy Warhol and Jamie Wyeth met in the late 1960s, the king of Pop art and the heir to America’s first family of painting struck up an unlikely friendship that would carry them from Chadds Ford to Monte Carlo
Naval Gazing
Frank Sinatra, Gene Kelly, Jack Nicholson … As Fleet Week returns to New York, a look back at the sailors who have stolen our hearts since the 1930s
Randall Poster’s America 250 Playlist
Ritchie Valens, Paul Simon (who else?), Los Lobos, Dr. John, and more
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off Turns 40
Matthew Broderick and Alan Ruck recall the making of a teen classic
The Length of Trump’s Fingers—Revealed!
Graydon Carter has been calling Trump a “short-fingered vulgarian” for decades. Now, at last, the measurements are in
The Revolutionary Spirits
America’s Founding Fathers were fueled by a belief in liberty, democracy, and self-determination—and, as a new book points out, extraordinary amounts of rum
John Derian’s Guide to Provincetown
The “King of Decoupage” shares his go-to spots in the Massachusetts beach town
When Hokusai Met Hiroshige
In Tokyo, an exhibition brings together original works by Katsushika Hokusai and Utagawa Hiroshige, the 19th-century masters who revolutionized the landscape in Japanese woodblock prints
Murder, They Wrote
Three psychological thrillers show how a life in the arts can get more brutal than a U.F.C. match—especially when a love triangle is involved
Hitchcock’s Right-Hand Woman
How costume designer Edith Head brought to life the director’s motif-rich visual universe, from Kim Novak’s opposing personas in Vertigo to Ingrid Bergman’s black dress in Notorious
The AIR MAIL Summer Reading List
From Ann Patchett’s tender tale of reconciliation to Jenny Jackson’s juicy seaside romp, here are the 10 books our editors are taking with them on their travels this summer
These Boots Were Made for Walking
In an excerpt from Too L.A., Lili Anolik’s new collection of the novelist’s letters, Eve Babitz unleashes a fiery tirade against an unidentified boyfriend who dared to insult her shoes
The Sky’s the Limit
Fifty years after choosing light as his medium, James Turrell unveils his 100th Skyspace—a Pantheon-size dome in Denmark open in time for the summer solstice
