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Portrait Mode

Iké Udé’s carefully staged portraits set contemporary subjects in a world inspired by the drama of Dutch old masters

Finnish Firecracker

Live from Helsinki: Karita Mattila, diva without borders

Charlie Siem

The violin virtuoso and Dior model making classical music cool

Beethoven in the Fjord

Norway’s superstar of the keyboard, Leif Ove Andsnes, directs a chamber-music festival in his own backyard

End of the Line

A Streetcar Named Desire rolls into the 21st century, starring Gillian Anderson and Ben Foster

Rebel with a Cause

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 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

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

Faith Restored

Love in the Heavens, Love on Earth

Live from San Francisco, Bright Sheng’s spacey Dream of the Red Chamber

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

Beyond Face Value

A Collector’s Collector

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

Women Beware Women

Gillian Anderson and Lily James chew the scenery in All About Eve

High-Wire Act

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?

Always in Fashion

A major retrospective highlights the many sides of famed photographer William Klein

Every Tiara Has a Story