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Populist Art

Crown Jewels

A new book unites fashion and classical dance, from tulle to tutus

Monster Mash

Eternity’s Gate

The love letter that made it out of Auschwitz intact

Mad About the Girl

Judy Garland, Jeff Buckley, Noël Coward, and more

Standing Room Only

George Stubbs, King of the Beasts

The 18th-century British painter was the “Liverpudlian Leonardo,” revered for his portraits of racehorses and other creatures

Faces in the Crowd

Two-Track Mind

In the lifetime Carrie Fisher spent in the public eye, she became known for her fierce wit and unsentimentality. Three years on from her death, her biographer unveils her vulnerable, virtuous side

Drop That Corn Dog

No platform is better suited for letting candidates bypass the hokey rituals of retail campaigning than the humble, motley podcast

Olive Kitteridge Is Back

Short List

Top Dogs

The comedy show created by Ukraine’s new president skewered Donald Trump

Prisoner’s Dilemma

Cynthia Talmadge

The American artist who takes inspiration from female courtroom villains—and their outfits

Joe McKendry’s Sketchbook

The Secret’s Out

In a Flash

Iron Ladies

A Modernist Marie Kondo

The architect and designer Charlotte Perriand went from Le Corbusier disciple to fearless visionary

André Bishop

On the first books he loved

Palette Pleaser

Tunnel Vision

The Magic Touch

Harry Houdini built an elaborate web of deception in his quest for immortality. Nearly a century after his death, his biographer notes, the myths have corroded but his legend lives on