Flameout
At the Paris Opera, a Handmaid’s Tale makeover for Spontini’s Napoleonic La Vestale
Alicja Kwade’s Guide to Berlin
The Polish artist shares her favorite spots in her adopted city
Paradise Found
Longwood Gardens, Pennsylvania’s celebrated arboretum and a pioneer public garden, unveils its new, 17-acre expansion
Mafalda Muñoz and Gonzalo Machado’s Guide to Madrid
The design duo behind Casa Muñoz share their favorite spots in their home city
Is Dr. Strangelove a Bomb?
Armando Iannucci and Steve Coogan transport Stanley Kubrick’s blackly comic Cold War satire to the theater
Rebel with a Cause
MoMA pays homage to one of its founders, Lillie Plummer Bliss, a canny collector and early champion of modernism
2024: A Space Odyssey
Stars, black holes, meteorites … An exhibition in New York pays tribute to the late Pop artists, friends, and cosmos enthusiasts Alain Jacquet and James Rosenquist, presenting their work together for the first time
The Master and the Mirror
The little-known friendship between Henri Matisse and Joan Miró was based on mutual admiration, and an urge to reach greater artistic heights
Stop and Paint the Flowers
Rory McEwen’s plant portraits go on show in Wellesley, Massachusetts
Elsinore Informal
A look back at Richard Burton’s Hamlet, which broke Broadway records
Liushu Lei and Yutong Jiang’s Guide to Shanghai
The Chinese fashion designers behind Shushu/Tong share their favorite spots in the adopted city
Being Your Own Boss
Hank Azaria provides the voices for some of The Simpsons’ most beloved characters—but none are as close to his heart as his impression of Bruce Springsteen
Christopher Cawley
Meet the antiques dealer sharing Chinatown’s hottest address with James Veloria and Eckhaus Latta
Hang It in the Louvre
The comics-loving French have turned World Without End, a graphic novel about climate change, into a surprise best-seller
Battle of Battles
In the 16th century, three titans of the Italian Renaissance—Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Raphael—were embroiled in rivalry. Now a London exhibition retraces their intersecting paths
Su Wu’s Guide to Mexico City
The American curator, editor, and writer shares her favorite spots in her adopted city
Sophie Calle’s Lessons in Provocation
A genre-defying show in Minneapolis marks the French artist, memoirist, and voyeur’s first-ever North American retrospective
Like to a Lonely Dragon
A shattering Coriolanus from Tom Hiddleston, ten years on
Mimi Thorisson’s Guide to Turin
The cookbook author and chef shares her favorite spots in her adopted city
Open Roads to Candy Mountain
In an interview, the actor Kevin J. O’Connor reflects on his experience shooting Robert Frank’s newly restored 1987 film
Bjarke Ingels’s Guide to Copenhagen
The Danish architect shares his favorite spots in his home city
Party Animals
From laughing seals to dancing monkeys to sexy hippos, the Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards use humor to raise environmental awareness
Funny Face
An exhibition in Winslow, Arizona, celebrates Paul Ruschá, the multi-media artist, nomadic art-world jester, and longtime paramour of Eve Babitz
The Ives Conundrum
Celebrating 150 years of Charles Ives, the masterful American composer we’re still quick to dismiss as a crank
