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
A Cut Above the Rest
At 70, the artist William Kentridge is still tearing things up—literally
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
Aatish Taseer’s Guide to Istanbul
The travel writer shares his go-to spots in one of his favorite cities
Charlotte Cardin
With her fame on the rise, the 30-year-old singer is staying true to her Quebecois roots
Breaking Bad
An exhibition in Berlin showcases the radical, experimental paintings and photographs of the 20th-century German artist Marta Astfalck-Vietz
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
Up Close and Personal
Heartbeat Opera posts its acclaimed Salome on YouTube
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
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
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
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
Robert Doisneau’s Paris
Hundreds of the French photographer’s pictures of everyone from miners to countesses to artists—including Picasso—go on display
Bob Evans’s Rolodex to the Rescue
The making of the starriest, most hastily forgotten, and least effective anti-drug special of all time
Caillebotte’s Circle
A Gustave Caillebotte exhibition in Chicago highlights the Impressionist’s paintings of the family, friends, and sitters who shaped his work
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
Fashion Forward
An exhibition in Paris celebrates Paul Poiret, the early-20th-century couturier who freed women from corsets and inspired designers from Christian Dior to John Galliano
Shake It Off
Panic Shack, an obscure female punk band from Wales, has gone viral on TikTok, thanks to their girl-power dance moves
A Dutchman in Dublin
Gung-ho Wagner from the Irish National Opera
Alexandre de Betak’s Guide to Paris
The fashion show producer shares his favorite design shops in his hometown
Summer of Cézanne
In Aix-en-Provence, a wave of exhibitions pays tribute to the French painter
Blanca Miró Scrimieri’s Guide to Barcelona
The Spanish fashion designer and co-founder of La Veste shares her favorite spots in her hometown
