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Dora Maar’s World

Harry Wootliff

“It’s really refreshing when someone is interested in what’s going on in your brain”—the British TV-and-film director on her road toward making movies

A Night at Karita’s

The Stone Age

The artisan who taught the artist the secrets that led to the Isamu Noguchi Garden Museum in Japan

All the Senator’s Men

Soul Sisters

As an exhibition on the work of black artists hits San Francisco, the academic reflects on the show’s centerpiece: a portrait of the ex–Black Panther she shares a name with

Boccioni Ex Machina

The Mikado’s Fresh Start

Act Two

In 1963, Mike Nichols was a 31-year-old former comedian with no immediate prospects. Then he met Neil Simon. A new book recounts what happened next, in the words of the key players

Lacloche’s Bijoux

November in New York

And the Band Played On

Fifty years later, Robbie Robertson talks about “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down”

Charlotte Gainsbourg Is Alive and Well and Living in New York

After a tragic loss, she abandoned Paris. And now, as she approaches 50, the daughter of Serge and Jane finally feels she is coming into her own identity

Maurice Sendak’s
Wild Vision

Once upon a Dream

From the Baltics
with Love

Fantasy Jewels

Paris Picture Show

Don’t Pass Him By

The ever cheerful Ringo Starr has a new album—improbably titled What’s My Name—and a lot to say about drumming, photography, and that band …

Tokini Peterside

“I have spent most of my career being a bridge between artists and the business world,” says the founder of Art X Lagos

Power Dressing

The estate of the Queen’s dressmaker will be auctioned at Amersham Auction Rooms, in Buckinghamshire, on October 31

Fifty Shades of “Grey”

Going Dutch

For Old Times’ Sake

A slew of new exhibitions puts the spotlight on ancient times, from King Tut to Pompeii