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Winds of Change

New exhibitions celebrate the outsize life and work of photographer Gordon Parks as well as the artist Khadija Saye, killed in the Grenfell Tower fire at 24

007 Lives at No. 25

James Bond sleuths believe they have pinpointed his home in London—and discovered George Smiley was a neighbor

Catch Him on TikTok

The coronavirus has returned the late Bob Ross, who hosted the wildly popular TV series The Joy of Painting, to the spotlight

Sic Trans Gloria

Cancel culture moves into London and tries to rub out the Booker Prize, J. K. Rowling, and her defenders

Double-Dip

All the World’s a Stage

Met favorites get star treatment in the New York opera house’s new series

Paparazzi Fever

All the Write Moves

Transparency, brevity, color: simple steps for writing well

Photo by Bachrach

A Who’s Who of the 20th century wanted their portrait taken at one family-run studio

La Vie en Rose

Nick Knight’s floral photographs are on view now at Waddesdon Manner

Fashion is the New Black

This month, exhibitions on Parisian shoe designer Christian Louboutin, Palm Beach fixture Lilly Pulitzer, and more

Opera as It Was

Double Agent

Old Vic, Fresh Air

No Filter Required

From Ai Weiwei to Banksy—11 of the wittiest artists to follow on Instagram

Louvre Affair

Writing a new book on the Parisian institution, reopening July 6, brought its share of surprises

Say His Name. Remember His Face

How artists have reacted to George Floyd’s killing

Artful Offerings

Classical Music Inches Toward Re-Opening

Lina’s World

The radical architect and designer Lina Bo Bardi transformed Brazil with her ambitious creations

Deepening the Dye

From bird-watching to Warhol-watching, the lockdown is an exercise in patience and concentration

Is It Curtains for British Theater?

After the lockdown, fears of a “total collapse”

Walter, Walter, Everywhere

Walter Presents, the streaming service specializing in foreign content, moves into book publishing

Party Time