A Tale of Two Beans
Two years after its unveiling, at the base of a Manhattan luxury tower, Anish Kapoor’s smaller “bean” is way more controversial than its Chicago predecessor
Remembrance of Things Proust
An exhibition in Madrid showcases the art and culture that influenced the 20th-century French writer
Carmen Goes to the Movies
On film, Grace Bumbry’s exhilarating debut in an iconic signature role
Alexandra Winkler’s Guide to Vienna
The co-owner of Hotel Sacher shares her favorite spots in her home city
Face Value
A new exhibition cracks open The Face’s archives, featuring more than 200 images from the pages of the pre-eminent culture-and-style magazine of 1980s London
Centenarian Blues
The legendary jazz sideman Marshall Allen is releasing his debut solo album at the age of 100
Leave the Gun, Take the Cannoli
In AIR MAIL’s latest podcast, never-before-heard interviews with the likes of Robert Evans and James Caan chronicle the making of The Godfather
Storm Ascher
The 30-year-old founder of Superposition Gallery wants to redefine the modern gallery with her nomadic approach
Jeffrey Deitch’s Guide to Los Angeles
The art dealer shares his favorite up-and-coming galleries in his adopted city
Cabinet Fever
A new exhibition in New York looks at fashion’s historic ties to “cabinets of curiosities,” featuring more than 200 pieces by designers such as Rei Kawakubo, Vivienne Westwood, and Arzu Kaprol
Sounds Like Heaven
Keyboard superstars Yuja Wang and Víkingur Ólafsson make beautiful music together
Vera Wang’s Guide to New York
The fashion designer shares her favorite spots in the Upper East Side, the neighborhood she calls home
The Ghost in the Machine
A new play about a fallen tech founder battling his board explores our A.I. anxieties
A Musical Paint Box
For the composer Anna Clyne, putting notes on paper and paint on canvas is part of a single creative process
Joana Vasconcelos’s Guide to Lisbon
The Portuguese artist shares her favorite spots in her home city
Spirited Away
Ithell Colquhoun’s Surrealist works go up at the Tate St. Ives, in Cornwall, where the British artist, writer, and sorceress found inspiration in the ancient landscape
Chekhov In Flashes
From London, Andrew Scott’s Off Broadway-bound Vanya
Rolf Sachs’s Guide to Saint-Moritz
The artist and designer shares his favorite spots in the mountain town
Art Nouveau
In Paris, the Louvre presents its inaugural fashion exhibition, placing designers from Azzedine Alaïa to Yohji Yamamoto in dialogue with decorative arts from Byzantium to the Second Empire
Emma Kathleen Hepburn Ferrer
Why Audrey Hepburn’s granddaughter forewent a career in the spotlight to pursue painting
Good-Bye, Noughties!
Gone are the fun, messy, and fast times at work—perhaps for the better, says the cast of Bridget Jones
Setsuko Klossowska de Rola’s Guide to Paris
The Japanese painter and widow of the 20th-century painter Balthus shares her favorite spots in her adopted city
Killing Charlie Hebdo
Ten years ago, Islamist terrorists stormed the office of the satirical French weekly, Charlie Hebdo, killing a dozen people—but the magazine lives on
A Star Is Born
An exhibition in Copenhagen gives the Russian painter Alexej von Jawlensky his due after he spent years in the shadows of Henri Matisse, Wassily Kandinsky, and the Blue Rider group
