The Rudolph Revival
A wunderkind who spent his later years in the wilderness, the visionary architect Paul Rudolph is finally getting the retrospective he deserves
Moscow Hotline
Selected excerpts from the phone conversations between former president Donald J. Trump and Russian president Vladimir Putin
Inside the Strange World of Melania
On this week’s podcast, Andy Borowitz takes us inside the new memoir by Mrs. Trump
Party Animals
From laughing seals to dancing monkeys to sexy hippos, the Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards use humor to raise environmental awareness
A Lotta Ins, a Lotta Outs, a Lotta What-Have-Yous
The origin—and immortality—of The Big Lebowski
Does It Be Best?
Melania Trump’s book is the red Christmas tree of First Lady memoirs
The Sinner of City Hall
There was a time when New Yorkers loved a fun-loving, hard-partying, bribe-taking, crony-rewarding mayor
Ave Maria!
She got Rudy Giuliani to fiddle with his crotch in the Borat sequel. Now Maria Bakalova steals the show as Ivana Trump in the new movie The Apprentice
The Ives Conundrum
Celebrating 150 years of Charles Ives, the masterful American composer we’re still quick to dismiss as a crank
Frank Sinatra Gets Whacked
Martin Scorsese’s gritty biopic of Frank Sinatra has been shelved. Was it the singer’s family, or Gen Z’s lack of interest, that killed it off?
The Living-Room M.F.A.
As the cost of graduate writing programs goes up and the degree’s perceived value declines, alternatives are springing up far from campus
This Little Light of Mine
How the secret “cabin songs” of the enslaved took over the world
Luke Edward Hall’s Guide to London
The British artist and designer shares his favorite spots in his adopted city
Dirty Beast
Roald Dahl’s sadistic brilliance and disturbing anti-Semitism are the centerpiece of a dazzling new play at London’s Royal Court Theatre
Theft on the Nile
How a pair of intrepid, 19th-century British women smuggled an ancient coffin right out from under the noses of Egyptian site guards
We Are Family (for Now … )
Elliot Grainge is about to join his father, Sir Lucian Grainge, atop the global music industry. Is he a nepo baby? Or a patricide in the making?
Lunch with Lee Daniels
On this week’s episode of Table for Two, Lee Daniels reveals how Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor inspired him to become a director
Dream Machines
Jean Tinguely’s kinetic sculptures come alive at Pirelli HangarBicocca, a contemporary-art space in Milan
