The Shock of the Old
An exhibition of 28 nearly 400-year-old paintings was the global cultural event of 2023. Why?
Charlotte Colbert
The multi-media artist’s Alice in Wonderland–inspired exhibition brings a trippy perspective to Frieze London
Kids These Days
A delightful new picture book explores one of children’s favorite pastimes: speculating about the future
Arnold’s Fourth Act
“Calves are the biceps of the legs!”—and other pearls of wisdom from Arnold Schwarzenegger’s new self-help book
Facing the Music
An homage to Summer Stock, an overlooked 1950s musical starring Judy Garland and Gene Kelly
Will a Victim’s Father Take Down the Idaho Killer?
On this week’s podcast, Howard Blum reveals how the father of one of the victims is pursuing his own investigation—and uncovering new facts
Family (Mis)Fortunes
A Trump and a Kushner square off for the title of “World’s Worst Grandpa”
Lunch with Bette Midler
On this week’s episode of Table for Two, Bette Midler reveals to host Bruce Bozzi that, yes, even she gets nervous …
The Devil’s in the Details
From Paolo Sorrentino’s The Hand of God to the novels of Elena Ferrante—where has this insatiable appetite for all things Naples come from?
Julian Schnabel’s Cutting Edge
Despite commercial success and a body of work that now spans more than five decades, the artist is just as irritable and unimpressed as ever
Till Kingdom Come
The Holy Roman Empire failed so you don’t have to. In a new book, a scion of the Habsburg family interprets lessons from one of Europe’s most powerful dynasties for the personal realm
Photo Finish
More than 100 of Julia Margaret Cameron’s haunting portraits go on view for the first Parisian exhibition of her work in nearly 40 years
Terminal Hilarity
How three guys from the Milwaukee suburbs re-invented American comedy
Twentieth-Century Woman
A new book collects 100 images taken by Lee Miller, the intrepid photographer, war correspondent, and Surrealist muse, played by Kate Winslet in an upcoming film
Dinner Party From Hell
It’s time for a second look at Thomas Adès’s loopy dance of death The Exterminating Angel
Editor’s Picks
This week, don’t miss an audiobook murder mystery involving cellist prodigies, an intimate history of Manhattan’s Public Theater, and a globe-maker’s exploration of his craft
Murder, They Wrote
This month’s best mysteries feature aging sleuths, from the latest in Richard Osman’s Thursday Murder Club series to a new Agatha Christie Poirot book. Plus: the best TV shows to go with them
Heaven on Wheels
A new book offers a dazzling survey of the most exceptional cars ever designed, from a Corvette Sting Ray to an Aston Martin Valkyrie, to a BMW Isetta micro-car
