An Open Letter to My Aging Body
What did I do to deserve this?
The Life Lessons of Shonda Rhimes
The trailblazing creator of Bridgerton, Grey’s Anatomy, and Scandal is raising kids on her own, worrying about Donald Trump, and having trouble getting a date
Photography’s Années Folles
George Hoyningen-Huene’s portraits of everyone from Josephine Baker to Judy Garland, Katharine Hepburn, and Frank Capra—collected in a new book—evoke the style and glamour of the 20th century
L.A. Paints Itself
Since the 1960s, Joan Agajanian Quinn has supported the careers of L.A. artists, from Ed Ruscha to Frank Gehry. Now her rarely shown collection is on view in Laguna Beach
To Catch (and Release?) a Killer
On this week’s podcast, Howard Blum reveals why the case against the alleged University of Idaho murderer looks shockingly thin
Pitch-Perfect
In an interview, the breakout tenor Jonathan Tetelman chronicles his road from D.J.-ing to starring in Puccini’s Madama Butterfly at the Met
High Definition
An exhibition of rare dictionaries includes volumes by Samuel Johnson and J. R. R. Tolkien
Editor’s Picks
This week, don’t miss Frank Bruni’s study of grievance, a humorist’s investigation into subtle distinctions, and a biography of Harry Truman
Judi Dench’s Guide to London
The British actress and longtime Shakespeare lover shares her favorite theater, pub, restaurant, and museum in her adopted city
Adultery by the Book
Revived in Berlin, Riccardo Zandonai’s Francesca da Rimini recalls the fate of Guinevere, Isolde, Melisande …
Let Them Eat Worms!
Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Buzz Bissinger is fed up with the moaners, the whiners, and the worm eaters
The Eternal Flameout
A closer look at Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s coalition
Joe Alwyn Breaks the Internet
Thanks to the Swifties, the singer’s guarded and fiercely private British ex is about to become the most hated man in America
Death Becomes Him
Caravaggio’s last known painting, completed just weeks before his mysterious demise, goes on show in London
From Camera to Canvas
Paintings by Michael Lindsay-Hogg, who filmed the Rolling Stones, the Beatles, and the Who at their peak, go on display in upstate New York
Art Nouveau
Meet the nine young painters at the center of Paris’s artistic boom
Arts and Drafts
Five years after leaving New York magazine, Adam Moss discusses the state of media today, how he fills his days, and his new book about art
