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From Pomp to Purity

A new book collects images of 18th-century French furniture, interiors, architecture, art, and fashion, celebrating the period’s timeless influence

Where Poetry Comes to Die

Annie Clark, the alternative singer and three-time Grammy winner known as St. Vincent, performs her first self-produced album, All Born Screaming, on her international tour

Saltburn on the French Riviera

On this week’s podcast, John von Sothen takes us inside the scandal rocking one of France’s great hotels

The Best of Times, the Worst of Times

New to Beethoven’s only opera, Lise Davidsen transcends a director’s funny stuff

Editor’s Picks

This week, don’t miss a riveting exploration of refrigeration and 50 years of Seamus Heaney’s letters

Literary Blockbuster

In an interview, Keanu Reeves discusses teaming up with novelist China Miéville to write The Book of Elsewhere, a science-fiction epic

Remy Renzullo’s Guide to Maine

The American interior decorator shares the spots that epitomize his summers on the coast

Long Island Hopping

A road trip around the homes, archives, and collections of artists who found inspiration on Long Island, from Jackson Pollock to Judith Leiber

The Things We Carry with Us

On this week’s podcast, Harrison Vail reveals what your media-branded tote bag really says about you

Good Material, Bad Girl

A much-troubled film about Madonna is finally in the works—but can it survive its subject’s notorious perfectionism and boorish manners?

Murder, They Wrote

This month’s best mystery books, films, and podcasts

The Oracle of Silicon Valley

A posthumous essay collection makes clear that the French philosopher René Girard foresaw 21st-century culture—and tried to warn us

Barry Blitt’s Sketchbook

Death to the Pop Princess!

As Katy Perry’s latest single bombs, a new wave of Gen Z singers—from Chappell Roan to Charli XCX—is showing how to make music with brains as well as bounce

In a Hollywood Far, Far Away

A Jewel of the Avant-Garde

The Fondation Maeght, in Saint-Paul de Vence, France, celebrates its 60th anniversary with an expansion, an exhibition … and a party!

In the Red

Lunch with Susie Essman

On this week’s Table for Two, the Curb Your Enthusiasm star talks about working with Larry David, concocting her character’s outrageous outfits, and what it’s like to live across from a comedy club

The Everyman Leading Man

Glen Powell can play heartthrob, goofball, or action hero—he’s the charming, jock antidote to Timothée Chalamet

John Cuneo’s Sketchbook

The Other Royal Family

A new, unauthorized biography of the Beckhams mocks their gaucheness and condemns their collusion with the media—but it can’t deny their power

Let the Games Begin

A century ago, hundreds of American athletes descended upon Paris for the Summer Olympics. Booze, baguettes, brawls—and an epic Opening Ceremony—ensued

Hopeless Romantics

Editor’s Picks

This week, don’t miss a biography of Ayn Rand, a murder mystery set in the Deep South, and a collection of Ernest Hemingway’s letters