A Master Trickster, Re-Discovered
Remy Charlip created fanciful books for children—as well as everything from theater design to choreography (including the “Air Mail Dances”!)
Finnish Firecracker
Live from Helsinki: Karita Mattila, diva without borders
Beethoven in the Fjord
Norway’s superstar of the keyboard, Leif Ove Andsnes, directs a chamber-music festival in his own backyard
Charlie Siem
The violin virtuoso and Dior model making classical music cool
End of the Line
A Streetcar Named Desire rolls into the 21st century, starring Gillian Anderson and Ben Foster
The Monroe Doctrine
A new film about Marilyn Monroe starring Ana de Armas follows the release of two documentaries (and Kim Kardashian’s Met Gala wardrobe malfunction), confirming our 60-year obsession with the star
Going Seoul-O
Boy band BTS has generated billions for the South Korean economy, but after nine nonstop years, its members are “exhausted” and ready to pursue separate careers
The Noblest Roman of Them All
Ben Whishaw’s bespectacled Brutus dominates a Julius Caesar for our time
Never a Dull Moment
The French photographer Nicolas Rachline’s portraits evoke a colorful life on the move
Pete Doherty’s Wasteland
Hard drugs, a spell in prison, and matching tattoos with Kate Moss—the Libertines singer’s new confessional memoir doesn’t miss a beat
Love in the Heavens, Love on Earth
Live from San Francisco, Bright Sheng’s spacey Dream of the Red Chamber
20th-Century Picture Show
A new coffee-table book collects some of the last century’s most enduring photographs, shot by Norman Parkinson, Sebastião Salgado, Weegee, and others
The Spy Who Came In from the Boudoir
A new biography of John le Carré reveals a private life rich in shenanigans, including a long-standing mistress
Women Beware Women
Gillian Anderson and Lily James chew the scenery in All About Eve
The Steep and Thorny Way to Heaven
Brecht and Weill’s swan song, The Seven Deadly Sins
Better by Design
Two thousand exhibitors set up shop for Salone del Mobile, Milan’s furniture fair to the stars
There’s Something About Harry
Harry Styles is at the top of his game as musician, actor, and icon. And what’s not to love?
Breaking Bread
Forget hot dogs—this Memorial Day, it’s all about the bun, and the many other forms of bread artists from Dalí to Lichtenstein used as motifs in their work
