Hoaxing the Nazis
Using fake tanks, movie-set designers, and an all-too-real General Patton, the Allies ingeniously fooled Hitler in the run-up to D-day
Infinity Times Four
From the Donmar Warehouse in London, Nick Payne’s Constellations
Angelica Hicks’s Guide to Brooklyn
The British illustrator and Internet personality shares her go-to restaurants, shops, and bars near her home in Carroll Gardens
The Nanny Diaries
A solo show in New York honors Vivian Maier, the 20th-century nanny and amateur photographer whose richly nuanced work is only now getting its due
Tom Lehrer Doesn’t Want to Talk to You
How did one of the world’s greatest satirists nearly fade into obscurity?
The Way Things Were
Morris Engel’s 1980s telephone-booth photos—published for the first time in AIR MAIL—harken back to a bygone New York City
The Bloomsbury Group’s Dark Horse
A new exhibition in London pays homage to Virginia Woolf’s sister Vanessa Bell, a long-overlooked pioneer of modern art in Britain
Jonny Johansson’s Guide to Stockholm
The creative director and co-founder of Acne Studios shares his favorite spots in the Swedish capital
Songs of Innocence and of Experience
In Basel, Anne Sofie von Otter dismantles Schubert’s Winterreise, to transformative effect
Dafydd Jones’s Guide to New York City
The British photographer who captured Manhattan’s high society in the 80s and 90s shares his favorite—and most nostalgic—New York spots
The Afterlife of the Bauhaus
An exhibition in Weimar, Germany, untangles the contradictory legacy of the modernist movement amid the rise of Nazism
Iké Udé’s Guide to Lagos
From beach clubs to hidden art hubs, the Nigerian-American photographer and performer shares his go-to’s in his native city
Eurovision Gets Serious
For decades, the international pop contest was a source of harmless fun for millions. This year, people are bracing for violence
A Ballet with a Twist
Cathy Marston premieres Atonement, an adaptation of Ian McEwan’s 2001 novel and her first creation as the new director of Ballett Zürich
Morphine, Booze, and Roaring
Brian Cox, Succession’s raging paterfamilias, takes on a Eugene O’Neill classic alongside a dazzling Patricia Clarkson
The Gulag of Bernarda Alba
From London’s National Theatre, Lorca’s blistering tragedy of woman’s inhumanity to woman
Sabyasachi Mukherjee’s Guide to Mumbai
The couturier to Bollywood royalty shares his favorite restaurants, hotels, shops, and other go-to’s in the city
L.A. Paints Itself
Since the 1960s, Joan Agajanian Quinn has supported the careers of L.A. artists, from Ed Ruscha to Frank Gehry. Now her rarely shown collection is on view in Laguna Beach
Lucca Hue-Williams
The 26-year-old gallerist behind Albion Jeune is bringing fresh perspectives to London’s art scene
Pitch-Perfect
In an interview, the breakout tenor Jonathan Tetelman chronicles his road from D.J.-ing to starring in Puccini’s Madama Butterfly at the Met
Judi Dench’s Guide to London
The British actress and longtime Shakespeare lover shares her favorite theater, pub, restaurant, and museum in her adopted city
Adultery by the Book
Revived in Berlin, Riccardo Zandonai’s Francesca da Rimini recalls the fate of Guinevere, Isolde, Melisande …
The Concert of a Lifetime
A recording of America’s 1975 Hollywood Bowl performance, directed by Beatles producer George Martin, sees the light
Death Becomes Him
Caravaggio’s last known painting, completed just weeks before his mysterious demise, goes on show in London
