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Face Value

At the turn of the 20th century, American women wouldn’t touch blush or lipstick. Then, with her Upper East Side salon, Elizabeth Arden made makeup fashionable

Good Taste, Bad Marriage

Home Sweet Stockholm

A tour of the artistic homes dotting Sweden’s capital, from the Pippi Longstocking author’s apartment to sculptor Carl Milles’s sprawling complex

New Twists in the Idaho Student-Murders Case

On this week’s podcast, Howard Blum reveals how the F.B.I. may have compromised evidence

Jen Silverman

The playwright makes their Broadway debut with The Roommate, starring Mia Farrow and Patti LuPone

You Didn’t Have to be There

What luck that the mic was live for Keith Jarrett’s catastrophic gig in Cologne a half century ago

Dark Side of the Moon

In the Wings

After funding was cut for the Federal Theatre Project, hundreds of scripts, props, and costumes went missing. Three decades later, two professors and a government worker saved them

Viola and Vera Arrivabene’s Guide to Venice

The Italian sisters and co-founders of ViBi Venezia share their favorite spots in their home city

Cult Classic

For 50 years, the Telluride Film Festival has celebrated cinema—not sponsors—with inspired programming and devoted attendees

Eric Hanson’s Sketchbook

Let There Be Light

The Getty Center, in Los Angeles, exhibits the photographs of 26 avant-garde artists who made light their subject, such as Man Ray, László Moholy-Nagy, Thomas Wilfred, and Mary Ellen Bute

On the Warpath

The American Look

Deadly Pleasures to Watch and Read

This month’s best mystery books and TV shows

Naomi Ackie

The actress, who stars alongside Channing Tatum in Zoë Kravitz’s directorial debut, Blink Twice, details her path to Hollywood

Who Is Gwyneth Paltrow’s Plastic Surgeon?

On this week’s podcast, Linda Wells reveals all

Lunch with Paul Feig

On this week’s episode of Table for Two, the director gives his view on where the Star Wars franchise went astray, and why he won’t ever work on another remake

The Bad Habits of Eve Babitz

The razor-sharp essayist and chess partner of Marcel Duchamp, who dated Jim Morrison, Harrison Ford, and Steve Martin, relentlessly explored the power of beauty

Barry Blitt’s Sketchbook

30 Years of Friends

From Matthew Perry’s addiction issues to David Schwimmer’s leather pants, the creators and actors of the hit sitcom tell the story of how it came to be, three decades after its first episode

Grand Slam

As the U.S. Open approaches, a new book collects more than 150 objects of tennis memorabilia, with text by Gustavo Fernández, Rafael Nadal, and Stan Smith

Happily Ever After

In the 1500s, Thomas Cranmer, a Catholic priest infatuated with marriage, translated Roman Catholic wedding vows into English. His tweaks shaped the modern idea of marriage

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