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Josh Gosfield’s Sketchbook

Stones on the Beach

Eighteen years ago in Rio, the Rolling Stones played to the largest audience ever assembled for a rock concert. Their creative director recalls the madness

Spy Games

Breaking the Mode

A new series tells the story of Coco Chanel, Christian Dior, and the momentous couture collection that rose from the ashes of W.W. II, changing fashion forever

Carving Beauty

A retrospective at the Huntington Art Museum celebrates the artist Sargent Claude Johnson, a key figure of the Black Renaissance

Barry Blitt’s Sketchbook

A Whole New Ball Game

How a father and son created ESPN, sports programming’s North Star, on a wing, a prayer, and a chunk of Getty cash—and walked out with almost nothing

A Cinematic Séance

Peter Bogdanovich interviewed all the greats, from Hitchcock to Tarantino. Now you can hear the top filmmakers of the 21st century commune with the giants of Old Hollywood

A Classic Is Born

Weathering the Storm

The Pulitzer Prize–winning author and critic Michiko Kakutani discusses disruptive politics, the technology of the future, and her new book, The Great Wave

Romancing the Twitter Bro

The untold story of the lengths to which Twitter founder Jack Dorsey went to sway his company’s acquisition in Elon Musk’s favor

Party of Five

The Last Dinner Party, a new rock band out of London, is shaking up the city’s music and style scenes

Comeback King

Two new biographies of King Charles mark a return to good old-fashioned royal journalism

Spin Doctor

How libertarians’ efforts to deregulate the health-care system has given rise to dubious doctors with dangerous medical advice

Making the Whole

Murder, They Wrote

This month, a sterling trifecta of books by men who don’t underestimate a woman with a badge

Have You Flown the Britney Spears of Airlines?

On this week’s podcast, Mark Ellwood takes us inside the hot mess formerly known as British Airways

Eternally Revolutionary

A new exhibition honors the late Italian photographer and activist Tina Modotti, who crossed paths with everyone from Pablo Neruda to Frida Kahlo

Rachel Kaly

The New York– and Los Angeles–based stand-up comedian turns her mental illnesses into jokes

Andrea Ferolla’s Sketchbook

To Catch a Mona Lisa Thief

How Picasso got framed for stealing Leonardo’s masterpiece

Burning Love

A dating guide to Dante’s second circle of hell

Stanislavsky’s Method

Performed in Paris and set in America, Tony Award winner Richard Nelson’s new play reimagines a day on tour with Konstantin Stanislavsky’s Russian theater troupe

The Long Good-Bye

After 12 seasons, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Larry David’s mostly improvised juggernaut and HBO’s longest-running comedy, comes to an end. Well, probably …