Anna Konkle
The co-creator of Pen15 isn’t done thinking about childhood—only this time she’s sticking to her own in a brutal yet funny coming-of-age memoir
I Worked for the Real Wizard of the Kremlin
In early-aughts Moscow, Vladislav Surkov educated me on the finer points of “pop propaganda.” Now he’s the inspiration for Olivier Assayas’s new film
Mother Knows Best
Gerald Tsai Jr. revolutionized Wall Street and put Fidelity on the map with the help of one unlikely adviser—his mother, Ruth, the first woman to trade on the floor of the Shanghai Stock Exchange
Editor’s Picks
This week, don’t miss a fresh look at Mary Todd Lincoln, the real story of Rome’s gladiators, and a narrative examination of the Murdaugh murders
All About Peter
Six months after the release of Ira Sachs’s film Peter Hujar’s Day, three exhibitions in New York give long-overdue attention to the American photographer
Shred It!
A new coffee-table book traces the unlikely rise of British skateboarding, beginning in the 1980s, when the sport found its own rainy, grungy identity far from its Californian roots
Stable Work
What my dead-end internship at a mediocre Saratoga Springs restaurant taught me about horse racing—and the food-service industry
Editor’s Picks
This week, don’t miss a reckoning with the greatest atrocity of the Russo-Ukrainian war, a survey of gold’s role in history, and an investigation into the afterlife of Adolf Hitler’s death
Damian Woetzel’s Guide to New York
The president of the Juilliard School shares his go-to spots in the city he calls home
Off the Wall
An exhibition in Cologne collects the work of seven photographers from both sides of the Berlin Wall, offering a fresh look into the years between its construction and its collapse
Flushed with Pride
The Loo of the Year Award is the most coveted prize in the world of British public washrooms. But only the finest privies are declared Diamond grade
To Italy with Love
A new coffee-table book offers a visual antidote to the country’s overtourism crisis, capturing its most untouched corners through the eyes of local photographers
Where Bob Dylan Met the Beatles
From the Savoy in London to an airport hotel in Queens, the little-known story of the rooms where the musical giants forged a surprisingly close bond
“The Netflix Strike”
How the streaming revolution upended Hollywood, sparked the 2023 W.G.A. strike, and made Netflix executive Ted Sarandos a key power broker
Editor’s Picks
This week, don’t miss an oral history of New York’s biggest films, an illustrated guide to its pickles, and a portrait of its transformation during World War II
Maurizio Cattelan’s Guide to Milan
The art world’s crowned prankster shares his go-to spots in the city he calls home
The Secret Life of Kurt Vonnegut
A new coffee-table book reveals the satirist as a visual artist, collecting 150 whimsical doodles that his daughter Nanette, who also writes the introduction, kept private for decades
