Strangers in the Night
Spin Cycle, a one-act play about two people crossing paths at a laundromat, premieres in New York
Pierre Yovanovitch’s Guide to Provence
The French interior designer shares his favorite spots in the region he calls home
“A Ridiculous Optimist”
In a rare interview, Quentin Blake, the inimitable children’s-book illustrator behind Roald Dahl’s Matilda, explains why he’s still drawing at 92
“Probably the Best Private Art Museum on Earth”
At the newly reopened Glenstone, near Washington, D.C., a small but mighty collection featuring works by Jenny Holzer and Richard Serra is on view, free of crowds
Glimpses of Sara & Co.
Priceless clips on the New York City Ballet Web site
Peter Marino’s Guide to Long Island
The American architect shares his favorite spots around his Southampton home
Gary Fisketjon’s Next Act
Fired from Knopf in 2019, the literary Brat Packer and editor of everyone from Cormac McCarthy to Donna Tartt picks up his green mark-up pen again
Renée Fleming Ponders the Big Picture
In Aspen, America’s No. 1 diva gives Così Fan Tutte a considered makeover
Whitney Peak
Once a part-time Wendy’s employee, the 22-year-old actress is now starring in the next Hunger Games movie and making her stage debut alongside Pamela Anderson
A Cut Above the Rest
At 70, the artist William Kentridge is still tearing things up—literally
Aatish Taseer’s Guide to Istanbul
The travel writer shares his go-to spots in one of his favorite cities
Exit, Pursued by Applause
The hit-making artistic director of Lincoln Center Theater—André Bishop—steps down after 33 years
A Grand Scale
Paris’s Grand Palais has undergone a $546 million renovation that could well turn it into an attraction to rival the Eiffel Tower
Breaking Bad
An exhibition in Berlin showcases the radical, experimental paintings and photographs of the 20th-century German artist Marta Astfalck-Vietz
Charlotte Cardin
With her fame on the rise, the 30-year-old singer is staying true to her Quebecois roots
Up Close and Personal
Heartbeat Opera posts its acclaimed Salome on YouTube
Treasure Trove
Confiscated by the Nazis during the Second World War, works by everyone from Cézanne to Picasso collected by a Jewish Holocaust survivor go on show in Australia
The Dancing Queen Reigns Forever
Despite Abba’s unpopularity in Sweden, the Eurovision sensation managed to appeal to both the West and the East—in the middle of the Cold War
The Miracle at the Truck Stop
At the height of his fame, Burt Reynolds had a dream: to open a dinner theater in the middle of nowhere
Down to Earth
Emily Kam Kngwarray’s first major European exhibition, in London, showcases the late Aboriginal painter’s deep connection to her native Australia
Robert Doisneau’s Paris
Hundreds of the French photographer’s pictures of everyone from miners to countesses to artists—including Picasso—go on display
Caillebotte’s Circle
A Gustave Caillebotte exhibition in Chicago highlights the Impressionist’s paintings of the family, friends, and sitters who shaped his work
Bob Evans’s Rolodex to the Rescue
The making of the starriest, most hastily forgotten, and least effective anti-drug special of all time
A Match Made in Hell
Suicides, Nazi-esque orgies, and a classic P. G. Wodehouse character: the radioactive legacy of British Fascist Oswald Mosley and Diana Mitford
