Portrait of a Country
A new coffee-table book collects more than 100 rare and previously unpublished photographs by Lee Friedlander, America’s pre-eminent chronicler
America’s Sweetheart
From Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi to Andy Warhol, Titanic to Ghostbusters II, an exhibition in Fort Worth, Texas, explores the history and legacy of the Statue of Liberty
Editor’s Picks
This week, don’t miss the behind-the-scenes shenanigans of It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World; a harrowing new account of Hiroshima; and an illustrated field guide to endangered bird species
The Director and the Madman
Born one year apart, Roman Polanski and Charles Manson lived eerily parallel lives for years before finally intersecting at the brutal murder of Sharon Tate
A Tale of Two Names
The editor of Kitchen Confidential attempts to reconcile Tony Bourdain, the socially awkward man she counted as a close friend, and Anthony Bourdain, the cool-cat global traveler the world came to love
The Black Sheep of British Art
An exhibition in London spotlights Richard Dadd, the Victorian artist who created most of his works while hospitalized after killing his father
Rocky Road
The Pan-American Highway was going to connect Alaska to Argentina, but it couldn’t surmount the Darién Gap. Now it’s migrants, not motorists, making the crossing
The Man Who Made the Beatles
Under Brian Epstein’s guidance, the Beatles traded dodgy Liverpool clubs for the world’s greatest stages. But the manager’s private life was a far more tragic tale
At 150, the Bayreuth Festival Welcomes AI—and a White Elephant
Katherina Wagner gives great-grandad Richard’s legacy another makeover
A Complicated Man
Why does The Odyssey still resonate? Because, at its core, it is the story of a warrior’s struggle to re-enter civilian life
The Art of War
A new book collects Lee Miller’s photographs of the Blitz, a time when the American, with no permit to work yet still holding a tourist visa, turned her camera to a Britain under fire
The Cost of Custer’s Last Stand
A new book reveals the breathtaking toll of the bloody 1876 battle between the U.S. military and the Sioux-Cheyenne coalition, which devastated families on both sides
Gaslit, Gatekept Girlbosses
The biographer of cosmetics titan Mary Kay reveals how the other female inventors and entrepreneurs of her time were foiled and forgotten
Carlota Guerrero’s Guide to Barcelona
The Spanish photographer shares her go-to spots in the city she calls home
The Sport of All Sports
“A game of the people, by the people”: as the World Cup comes to a close, a coffee-table book—and a devoted fan—pays tribute to the elegance and grandeur of soccer
The Eternal Ana Mendieta
Four decades after her contentious death, the pioneer of body and land art—known for dissolving the boundaries between herself, nature, and the spirit world—is celebrated with a retrospective in London