Almine Rech’s Guide to Brussels
The French art dealer and gallery owner shares her favorite spots in the Belgian capital
The Family Jewels
The Victoria and Albert Museum is paying tribute to Cartier with a glittering new show. Jacques Cartier’s great-granddaughter walks us through it
Clarion Top Notes, Plus His Head on a Cake Stand
Elza van den Heever, the Met’s new Salome, delivers the whole package
Nazi Loot In Limbo
Jake Heggie’s chamber opera Before It All Goes Dark
Stephanie Suberville’s Guide to San Miguel de Allende
The fashion designer and co-founder of Heirlome shares her go-to spots in the Mexican city
Paper Trails
A charming new exhibition at the Eric Carle Museum, in Amherst, pays tribute to an often overlooked aspect of picture book–making: endpapers
Tintoretto’s Magnum Opus
An exhibition in Cincinnati unveils three newly restored works by the Italian Renaissance painter and rival of Titian
Cocktails for the End of the World
Situated just outside of Brussels, the world’s only R.E.M.-themed bar acts as a modest, mellow shrine for the band’s devoted, graying fans
The Blood of an Englishman
One of the most sensational murders in recent British history becomes, in Robert Icke’s Manhunt, a moving disquisition on male rage, societal failure, and madness
Annabelle Selldorf’s Guide to Cologne
The German architect behind the Frick Collection’s new renovation shares her favorite restaurants, sights, and shops in her hometown
Hidden Treasures
An exhibition on the anonymous creators behind pieces for the best Paris maisons, from Cartier to Boucheron, offers a master class in the art of jewelry-making
Her Again (Historically Informed)
Bizet’s Carmen more or less as it looked and played in 1875, when the opera was new
Nina Yashar’s Guide to Milan
The founder of Nilufar Gallery shares her favorite spots in her home city
Stephen Sondheim’s Phantom Menace
As a new Sondheim revue opens on Broadway, producer Cameron Mackintosh reflects on their friendship—and on Sondheim’s rivalry with Andrew Lloyd Webber
To Edward R. Murrow. Love, Marlene Dietrich
He was America’s pre-eminent newsman. She was an international sex symbol. They both hated bullies
Chiharu Shiota’s Guide to Osaka
The Japanese artist shares her favorite spots in her hometown
Medardo Rosso’s Free Form
The amorphous sculptures of the 20th-century artist who was a friend of Renoir’s, a rival of Rodin’s, and a mentor to Brancusi go on view in Basel
Mad About the Boy
In the Old Vic’s Present Laughter, Andrew Scott flips the script, sort of
Emilia Wickstead’s Guide to Auckland
The New Zealand fashion designer shares her favorite spots in her home city
Jack of All Trades
The Museum of Modern Art, in New York, presents its first Jack Whitten retrospective, celebrating the late artist’s lasting mark on everything from abstraction to sculpture and drawings
The Friend Zone
The author Sigrid Nunez on the film adaptation of her National Book Award–winning novel, starring Naomi Watts, Bill Murray, and a Great Dane
The British Are Coming!
Operation Mincemeat—the Olivier Award–winning West End musical about a W.W. II–era deception operation that fooled the Nazis—is taking Broadway by storm
Gia Kuan’s Guide to Seoul
The New York publicist and founder of Gia Kuan Consulting shares her go-to spots in one of her favorite cities
Anarchy in the U.S.
Ahead of their reunion, British punk band the Sex Pistols recall the madness of their 1970s American tour—drugs, cowboys, and all
