Matisse’s Last Act
An exhibition in Paris collects more than 230 works created by the French artist in his last decade, when illness confined him to a life in bed that sparked a spectacular burst of creativity
Thomas Dane’s Guide to Naples
The English gallerist shares his go-to spots in one of the cities he calls home
Timothée Chalamet Is Missing the Pointe
In an interview, the Oscar-nominated—and LaGuardia-educated!—actor dismissed ballet and opera as art forms “no one cares about.” How could he forget where he came from?
To Florence, with Love
Organized by his son, Christopher, an exhibition at Fondazione Palazzo Strozzi traces Mark Rothko’s career—and his enduring ties to the Italian city—with more than 70 paintings
Mickalene Thomas’s Guide to Brooklyn
The American artist shares her go-to spots in the neighborhood she calls home
Acting Up
From Keith Haring posters to anti–Reagan advertisements, an exhibition collects the works of graphic design that shaped New York’s grassroots response to the AIDS epidemic
Lily Allen’s Revenge Era
The star who redefined confessional pop—and aired the wreckage of her marriage on West End Girl—is now taking her show on the road
The Nine Lives of Lillian Bassman
Colleague to Alexey Brodovitch, friend to Richard Avedon and Irving Penn … an exhibition in New York celebrates the postwar fashion photographer and art director
Carolina Irving and Daughters’ Guide to Melides
The trio behind the eponymous homeware brand share their go-to spots in the Portuguese coastal village
Queen for a Day
With period rooms and decorative props, and scents and sounds of centuries past, an immersive exhibition in Paris transports visitors from morning to night inside an 18th-century aristocratic home
Rirkrit Tiravanija’s Guide to Chiang Mai
The artist shares his go-to spots in the Thai city
To Sing or Not to Sing?
Meet Luca Micheletti, fourth-generation thespian, first-generation star baritone
Vik Muniz’s Guide to Rio de Janeiro
The Brazilian artist and photographer shares his go-to spots in the city he calls home
Lucian Freud’s Paper Trail
A new London exhibition shifts the focus from the British artist’s famous paintings to his lesser-known, lifelong relationship with drawing
Jenner Tomaska and Katrina Bravo’s Guide to Chicago
The husband-and-wife team behind Esmé restaurant share their favorite places to eat in the city they call home
The Singular Power of Avedon
Gabriel García Márquez, Samuel Beckett, Louise Nevelson … an exhibition in Montreal showcases the photographer’s intimate portraits of aging, honing in on our universal mortality through wrinkles, follicles, and blemishes
Sibella Court’s Guide to Sydney
The interior designer shares her go-to spots in the city she calls home
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
After documenting the Vietnam War and the Biafra conflict, the underbelly of London and the Beatles, the British artist Don McCullin turned to antiquity. His photographs of classical statues are now featured in a new exhibition in England
Tina Seidenfaden Busck’s Guide to Copenhagen
The founder of the Apartment design gallery shares her go-to spots in her hometown
Keeping Up with the Gould-Gessens
This trio of celebrated Brooklyn writers continues to generate an endless supply of reality-TV-worthy melodrama
Cézanne’s Final Act
With more than 70 works, an exhibition in Switzerland pays tribute to the revolutionary Post-Impressionist’s late period
Dita Von Teese’s Guide to Los Angeles
The Queen of Burlesque shares her go-to spots in the city she calls home
100 Years of Martha Graham
Amidst its centennial tour, the Martha Graham Dance Company channels its legacy of resistance and protest with a new piece from the choreographer Hope Boykin, set to a reimagined Leonard Bernstein score
Marcus Samuelsson and Andrew Chapman’s Guide to Harlem
The duo behind Red Rooster share their go-to restaurants in the New York neighborhood
