Elena Clavarino
A Hungarian in Paris
A new coffee-table book collects Brassaï’s photographs of the City of Light, his adopted home and muse for more than 50 years
Match Point-and-Shoot
From Italian cities to French coasts to Scottish hills, a new coffee-table book collects photographs of the world’s most beautiful tennis courts
Tadao Ando’s Lessons in Light
From Paris to Osaka to St. Louis, a new coffee-table book collects the Japanese architect’s bright, delicate designs, photographed by Richard Pare
Portrait of a Country on Fire
A new book of photographs by Mitch Epstein captures the devastating impact of industry on the American landscape—and the fragile pockets of nature that remain
The Cult of Leto
He has acted in everything from American Psycho to House of Gucci. Now Jared Leto stands accused of impropriety by nine women
Louis Tunes
A new monograph collects the eccentric, avant-garde illustrations of Louis M. Glackens, the satirical cartoonist and longtime staff artist at Puck
Dog Days
With an essay by P. G. Wodehouse, a newly reissued coffee-table book collects 820 photographs of Elliott Erwitt’s most unexpected muse
Jonah Reider
The chef who turned his college dorm room into a popular New York restaurant has found fans in everyone from The Dare to AnnaSophia Robb
Dive In!
From Spain to India to Mexico, a new coffee-table book showcases the world’s most stunning swimming pools
Hollywood in Bloom
From Come September to Love in the Afternoon, a look at the film industry’s most memorable celebrations of spring
Scandal in Venice
Behind a glamorous façade of art galas and gallery openings, the handsome scion of the historic Bauer Hotel family was allegedly running a sham gynecologic practice, filming women for porn
Eighties Mania!
From the eruption of Mount Saint Helens to the rise of Madonna, Indira Gandhi’s assassination, and shoulder pads, two new books capture the bold, anarchic spirit of the decade
Frank Fournier’s New York
A portfolio of the French photographer’s 1970s Technicolor pictures hearkens back to a city steeped in danger, decay, and unbridled creative freedom
Reality Check
From the French Proverbe to the English Experiment, a new coffee-table book surveys the avant-garde journals that paved the way for the 1920s’ Surrealist movement
E. A. Hanks
Tom Hanks’s daughter makes her literary debut with a revelatory memoir
Requiem for a Continent
Ahead of Earth Day, photojournalist Guillaume Bonn’s haunting images expose the dark side of Africa’s wildlife havens, which are increasingly falling victim to unchecked industrialism
Palm Springs Eternal
Two new coffee-table books capture the timeless allure of Palm Springs, a favorite destination of Sinatra and Capote and a birthplace of modernist architecture
Japan’s Moment in the Sun
From the thriving food scene to the vintage shopping to the manicured aesthetic—not to mention the weak yen—Japan is having a moment
Signs of the Times
From giant Nazi monsters to Mussolini–loving children, a new coffee-table book collects 20th- and 21st-century propaganda used by regimes around the world
Top of the Line
Algerian streets, Italian fountains, German tanks … The late New Yorker illustrator and cartoonist Saul Steinberg’s drawings are collected in a new edition of All in Line
Luca Pronzato
The Parisian chef, a Noma alum, is merging fine dining and design with a new pop-up restaurant
Livin’ la Vida Bloc-a
Inside the exclusive soirée that kicks off Rio de Janeiro’s caipirinha-fueled Carnival celebrations—before merging with the city’s blocos, or street parties
Once upon a Time in Hollywood
De Niro! Prince! Madonna! From Oscar parties to parking lots, Dafydd Jones’s L.A. photos capture a bygone era