Back from the Dead
Rarely seen Egyptian manuscripts with religious writings, spells, and illustrations go on view at the Getty Villa
Lights at the End of the Tunnel
An exhibition of charming tube posters from the Golden Age of Travel goes on show at the London Transport Museum
Moonlight
Arshile Gorky’s Charred Beloved I, “an abstraction of moonlight” going up for auction at Christie’s 20th Century Evening Sale, evokes the poetry of his predecessors
Cat-and-Mouse Game
It was never going to be easy adapting “Cat Person,” Kristen Roupenian’s viral New Yorker short story, into a movie—even with Nicholas Braun starring
Skeletons in the Closet
A new true-crime podcast deals with a grisly murder, a faceless ghost, and just how far you can stretch family ties
The Magic of Marisol
A traveling retrospective of Marisol Escobar’s work highlights the onetime Warhol girl’s wit and humor
Write Book, Bake Cake, Buy Flowers
Acclaimed first as a novel, then as a movie, The Hours finds a niche at the Metropolitan Opera
Double Coronation
Jake Heggie opens new seasons at the Met and in Houston with Dead Man Walking, his first opera, and Intelligence, his 10th
Till Kingdom Come
The Holy Roman Empire failed so you don’t have to. In a new book, a scion of the Habsburg family interprets lessons from one of Europe’s most powerful dynasties for the personal realm
Photo Finish
More than 100 of Julia Margaret Cameron’s haunting portraits go on view for the first Parisian exhibition of her work in nearly 40 years
Dinner Party From Hell
It’s time for a second look at Thomas Adès’s loopy dance of death The Exterminating Angel
Funny Is His Business
Noam Dworman, owner of the Comedy Cellar in Greenwich Village, has worked with all the greats—including a few you haven’t heard of yet
Searching the Webb
A new book about the jeweler David Webb reveals the inspirations behind the master’s modern designs
Lost and Found
Ahead of his West End role in A Voyage Round My Father, Rupert Everett reflects on losing focus, renouncing Botox, and the value of self-censorship
Putting It Together
How do you complete a Stephen Sondheim musical without Stephen Sondheim? Call for Jonathan Tunick
The New Dresden
More than 75 years after W.W. II reduced 90 percent of the city center to rubble, a sprawling art collection is spearheading Dresden’s rise from the ashes
Dealer’s Choice
In Paris, an exhibition of Modigliani’s paintings highlights the Italian artist’s relationship with Paul Guillaume, who represented and sold his work
Where Have You Been All My Life?
In their 80s, Riccardo Muti and Philip Glass have just started making music together
Blow, Winds, and Crack Your Cheeks! Rage! Blow!
From Stratford, Ontario, a King Lear of symphonic power
The Best of the Rest
Its core titles are rarely out of the U.K. Top 5, and its chattiest, The Rest Is Football, debuted at No. 1. How did Britain’s foremost soccer star, Gary Lineker, quietly build a podcast empire?
Game Changer
In January, football player Damar Hamlin nearly died of cardiac arrest during a game. Instead of creating new safety measures, N.F.L. commissioner Roger Goodell is spinning the story as a triumph for the league
Packed House
After a decade of delays, the brand-new Perelman Performing Arts Center will finally host actors, dancers, and artists in Manhattan’s financial district
Watts’s Stacks
The Rolling Stones drummer was a passionate collector of first editions and jazz ephemera
Assignment: Sinatra
Part IV
Talese turns in “Frank Sinatra Has a Cold”—one of the most memorable profiles in magazine history—and worries about the reaction from editor and subject
