Laura Carlin
The London artist whose illustrations and ceramics appeal to children and grown-ups alike
Hitler’s Blue Period
The Nazis stole Franz Marc’s masterpiece of German Expressionism, setting off an eight-decade search to find it
Not Your Ordinary Radioactive Meatball
Also: true and true-enough crime series to latch on to, set in L.A. and N.Y.
Boris-Ripper
Britain’s new prime minister wrote a comic novel with racy language and racial slights
Electric Conductor
How Carlos Kleiber’s opera rehearsals influence the director of The French Connection
Will That Be All?
An exhibition re-creates the atmosphere of a Pompeiian banquet—just before the volcano erupted
Green is the New Picasso
A slew of new exhibitions add urgency to the plight of the planet
Podcast-a-Go-Go
So many goodies, so little time. Which shows should
I be listening to, where to start, and how many chortling introductions can I take?
The Magnificent Seven
Isata Kanneh-Mason, the next musical star in Britain’s most gifted family
