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
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
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
The Cannes Film Festival Is Dead. Long Live Cannes Lions!
Stars used to go to Cannes to sell movies—now they go to sell themselves
Dancing with Light
In his Paris studio—and in time for a sweeping new retrospective in Spain—Paolo Roversi, the photographer of Rei Kawakubo, Kate Moss, and Stella Tennant, reflects on a lifetime of looking
The Missing Miracle Worker
In 1950, Joe Gaetjens helped the U.S. pull off the greatest upset in World Cup history. Fourteen years later, a Haitian death squad came for him
Batsheva Hay’s Guide to New York
The fashion designer shares her go-to spots on the Upper West Side
Diamond in the Rough
A new edition of Dawn Powell’s 1942 novel, A Time to Be Born, seeks to rehabilitate its author, whose society tales skewered the New York milieu and earned the admiration of Hemingway and Vidal
All You Need Is George Martin
The genteel record producer did not look the part of a revolutionary. But as a commemorative new book makes clear, his wildly innovative work with the Beatles changed pop music forever
Rebecca Ressler
The owner of Hollywood Books has turned her small, finely curated bookstore into a Los Angeles literary hot spot, drawing guests such as Kaia Gerber and Petra Collins
The View from Here
Announcing the return of AIR MAIL’s Tom Wolfe Prizes for Fiction & Reportage!!!!!!!
Barbara Hepworth’s True Colors
An exhibition at the Courtauld Gallery, in London, reveals how the British modernist brought color into her abstract sculptures and geometric drawings
