Summer of Cézanne
In Aix-en-Provence, a wave of exhibitions pays tribute to the French painter
Save Venice! Inside the Bezos-Sánchez Wedding
On this week’s podcast, Stuart Heritage reports on what to expect at the bridezilla-iest wedding ever
Bessie Carter
The daughter of Imelda Staunton and Jim Carter lands the lead role in the new Mitford-sisters series, Outrageous
Health Scare
Popular theories on why R.F.K. Jr. fired the entire C.D.C. vaccine advisory panel
Parade’s End
Trump’s birthday wish list has a lot more on it than just a Soviet-style military procession
Portrait of a Country on Fire
A new book of photographs by Mitch Epstein captures the devastating impact of industry on the American landscape—and the fragile pockets of nature that remain
My Best Friendship with Kate Spade
The designer’s co-founder reveals how a broke student from Kansas named Katy Brosnahan became handbag maven “Kate Spade”
Lisa’s Mystery Picks
This week, don’t miss an Agatha Christie–meets–P. G. Wodehouse murder mystery, a police procedural by the creator of Broadchurch, and a whodunit set in a Maine retiree town
Blanca Miró Scrimieri’s Guide to Barcelona
The Spanish fashion designer and co-founder of La Veste shares her favorite spots in her hometown
White Knight In the Trauma Center
From Paris, Kirill Serebrennikov’s off-the-rails Lohengrin
Inside Jared Leto’s Sex Scandal
On this week’s podcast, Elena Clavarino discusses her report on the women who have accused the actor of grooming
Hollywood’s Reckoning
After five years of hardship, from the pandemic to the writers’ strike to the wildfires, Los Angeles is no longer the movie hub it once was. Can it come back?
The Real Jay Gatsby
Did F. Scott Fitzgerald model his titular character after his real-life Princeton school-mate?
Dark Horses
Inside the murky world of doping in Thoroughbred horse racing
Louis Tunes
A new monograph collects the eccentric, avant-garde illustrations of Louis M. Glackens, the satirical cartoonist and longtime staff artist at Puck
The Book of Earthly Delights
Just outside Paris, a new exhibition displays the luminous pages of an illustrated prayer book commissioned in the 15th century by Jean, the Duke of Berry
Celine Song
A stint as a matchmaker inspired the Past Lives director’s latest film, starring Dakota Johnson, Pedro Pascal, and Chris Evans
Band of Brothers
How the Gallagher siblings broke up Oasis five minutes before going onstage in front of 40,000 people
Big Stick Energy
Owen Wilson’s new Apple TV+ golf sitcom might be the new Ted Lasso
Albert Einstein’s Eureka! Moment
How a spiritual tradition with origins in ancient Greece influenced the Nobel Prize–winning physicist—and shaped the greatest scientific achievements of the millennium
Editor’s Picks
This week, don’t miss a new edition of John Gregory Dunne’s quasi-divorce memoir, an investigation into a Manhattan-art-gallery scandal, and a short-story collection capturing life in northern China