The Singular Power of Avedon
Gabriel García Márquez, Samuel Beckett, Louise Nevelson … an exhibition in Montreal showcases the photographer’s intimate portraits of aging, honing in on our universal mortality through wrinkles, follicles, and blemishes
Sibella Court’s Guide to Sydney
The interior designer shares her go-to spots in the city she calls home
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
After documenting the Vietnam War and the Biafra conflict, the underbelly of London and the Beatles, the British artist Don McCullin turned to antiquity. His photographs of classical statues are now featured in a new exhibition in England
Tina Seidenfaden Busck’s Guide to Copenhagen
The founder of the Apartment design gallery shares her go-to spots in her hometown
Keeping Up with the Gould-Gessens
This trio of celebrated Brooklyn writers continues to generate an endless supply of reality-TV-worthy melodrama
Cézanne’s Final Act
With more than 70 works, an exhibition in Switzerland pays tribute to the revolutionary Post-Impressionist’s late period
Dita Von Teese’s Guide to Los Angeles
The Queen of Burlesque shares her go-to spots in the city she calls home
100 Years of Martha Graham
Amidst its centennial tour, the Martha Graham Dance Company channels its legacy of resistance and protest with a new piece from the choreographer Hope Boykin, set to a reimagined Leonard Bernstein score
Marcus Samuelsson and Andrew Chapman’s Guide to Harlem
The duo behind Red Rooster share their go-to restaurants in the New York neighborhood
Zen and the Art of JB Blunk
Inspired by the American sculptor, lifelong Buddhist, and master of handmade objects, an exhibition in California showcases candleholders created by more than 100 international artists and designers
Soledad Twombly’s Guide to Buenos Aires
The fashion designer behind Rome’s beloved L’Archivio di Monserrato shares her go-to spots in her hometown
The Oddest Couple in American Literature: Part III
Norman Mailer swore he’d never work with Lawrence Schiller again. But financial need changed his mind—and literary history
Let There Be Light
For more than a century, month-long exhibitions of J. M. W. Turner’s Romantic watercolors have chased away the January blues in Dublin and Edinburgh
Annie Doble’s Guide to Ibiza
The founder of Annie’s Ibiza shares her go-to spots in one of the cities she calls home
The Year of Umm Kulthum
The Egyptian singer’s millions of fans include Maria Callas, Bob Dylan, and Beyoncé
Love Child
Caravaggio’s Victorious Cupid is the centerpiece of a new exhibition in London, marking the first time the 17th-century painting—a visionary work that helped usher in the Baroque—has gone on public view in the U.K.
Architecture’s Black Sheep
With more than 200 archival works, an exhibition in Chicago honors Bruce Goff, the Frank Lloyd Wright protégé whose eccentric midcentury houses broke free of modernist restraint
Harold Koda’s Guide to Honolulu
The former curator of the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute shares his go-to spots in his hometown
Gerald Finley’s Long Game
At 65, Canada’s star bass-baritone is cruising through another annus mirabilis
Nick Cave’s Guide to Chicago
The American sculptor shares his go-to spots in the city he calls home
Spain’s Unsung Hero
An exhibition in Madrid showcases more than 100 works by Anton Raphael Mengs, the long-forgotten 18th-century painter who, in his time, outshone his rival Tiepolo and taught Goya
Dolly Parton’s Guide to Nashville
The country singer shares her go-to spots in the city where it all began
Buried Alive with Peter Sellers
When the great comedic actor agreed to star in The Blockhouse, a grim World War II drama, it seemed like his chance to be taken seriously—but the production turned into a comedy of errors
Ballet’s North Star
Holiday tradition! Cash cow! George Balanchine’s production of The Nutcracker has involved audiences in the magic of dance every year since its premiere, in 1954