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Editor’s Picks

This week, don’t miss a collection spotlighting Vietnamese voices, the story of a troubled American dynasty, and a Pulitzer Prize–winning funny guy’s new memoir

Magda Butrym’s Guide to Warsaw

The Polish fashion designer shares her favorite spots in her hometown

From Bonnie and Clyde to Kramer vs. Kramer

The ultra-violent screenplay he co-wrote for Bonnie and Clyde made his name. But Robert Benton’s real specialty was depicting frailty and family struggles

Billionaire Boys’ Golf Club

On this week’s podcast, William D. Cohan reports on the latest power move for .01-percenters

Fifty Shades of White

A Robert Ryman retrospective goes up at David Zwirner’s Hong Kong outpost, marking the monochrome painter’s first solo exhibition in Greater China

The Price of Laughter

As Trump’s tariffs set in, Americans are getting hit right in the funny bone

Marcellus Hall’s Sketchbook

With Friends Like These …

Dive In!

From Spain to India to Mexico, a new coffee-table book showcases the world’s most stunning swimming pools

Daddy Issues

When it comes to claiming responsibility for his son Eric, Trump points his short fingers at Biden

The Mouths of Babes

Imagine Lucy from “Peanuts” with the politics of John Lennon and you’ve got “Mafalda,” a comic strip whose millions of fans included Gabriel García Márquez

Barry Blitt’s Sketchbook

The Making of The Thick of It: Part I

Armando Iannucci, Peter Capaldi, and others tell the story of how the profanity-laced, pitch-black political Britcom came to be, 20 years on

Holding Court

Former tennis world No. 1 Rafael Nadal was as much a worrier in his sport as he was a warrior, his nervous habits extending from elaborate pre-point rituals to clocking issues with the courts he won Grand Slams on

Go Right Ahead—Compare Me To A Summer’s Day

Dozens of eloquent voices are heard in Shakespeare’s incomparable sonnets

The Missing Sister

Before #FreeBritney, there was Aimee Semple McPherson—an influential radio evangelist who fell victim to an abusive conservatorship

Editor’s Picks

This week, don’t miss a provocative history of World War II atrocities, an investigation into pyramid schemes, and a foray into the ruins of Pompeii

Laila Gohar’s Guide to Cairo

The culinary artist and co-founder of Gohar World shares her favorite spots in her hometown

Benito Skinner

In his new series, Overcompensating, the 31-year-old comedian joins stars such as Megan Fox, Kaia Gerber, and Charli XCX to tell his coming-out story

The Geography of Hope

The Pathological Ironist

Percival Everett, whose novel James won the Pulitzer Prize this month, talks Trump, Twain, and fighting darkness with humor

Barry Blitt’s Sketchbook

Department of Insanity

Move over, DOGE—Group Receiving Inducements For Trump (GRIFT), the president’s newest government agency, is draining the swamp, one luxury jet at a time

Shakespeare on Pointe

Balanchine’s 1962 adaptation of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, a magical tale of love and longing, returns to New York City Ballet