Elena Clavarino
When Amusement Reigned
The pavilions and garden follies of pre-revolutionary France are collected in a charming new coffee-table book
The Je Ne Sais Quoi of Jane Birkin
A lifetime of photographs pays tribute to the French-British actress and singer who inspired the iconic handbag
Being Bardot
A dazzling new coffee-table book collects Douglas Kirkland’s and Terry O’Neill’s photographs of Brigitte Bardot behind the scenes of some of her best films
Eyes on the City
Evelyn Hofer’s photographs of New York, Paris, and Dublin offer a look at 1950s-and-1960s-era city life and its evocative street scenes
Match Point, Italian–Style
When a Milanese waiter’s mistress confronted his pregnant girlfriend about their affair, he took matters into his own gruesome hands
In Search of Lost Whimsy
In a new coffee-table book, the eccentric Italian artist and designer Gaetano Pesce looks back on his life and career, and reflects on his longtime enemy: coherence
Anand Virmani
After working as a bartender in Delhi, the young entrepreneur created his own gin brands. Now they’re outselling Bombay Sapphire
Viva Venini!
A dazzling new coffee-table book offers a survey of the unparalleled lighting designs of Venini, the Italian glass firm that elevated Murano to new heights
The Last Hurrah
A new book collects the 1980s party photographs of Dafydd Jones, chronicler of British high society at its most riotous, just as that world was coming to an end
A Night at the Hôtel du Cap
Leonardo DiCaprio, Martin Scorsese, Scarlett Johansson, Robert De Niro, and other guests joined Graydon Carter and David Zaslav at the historic Antibes hotel in celebration of Warner Bros.’ centennial
So Much More than a Wedding
This season, “non-wedding weddings”—think short ceremonies, long parties, and far-flung locales—are all the rage, and brides have taken the assignment to heart
Go Figure
The Belgian figurative artist Luc Tuymans, who has a new show at David Zwirner, recalls the moment he decided to start painting again—and why he works so fast
All Stations Go
Two new books offer an ode to historic train stations, from Roma Termini to Venice’s floating Santa Lucia to the London Underground, and the people who passed through them
The Blue-Check Investment
Your guide to who’s buying Instagram’s verification check marks, once reserved for actually notable people, now open to anyone willing to pay
