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Hoop Schemes

From Russia, Andrew Ryvkin reveals the backstory behind Putin’s possible swap of basketball superstar Brittney Griner for an ex-K.G.B. arms merchant …

War and Remembrance

From the editing room, Ken Burns documents America’s role in the Holocaust, and how decisions made then still reverberate in today’s debates on immigration …

Moscow on the Thames

From Westminster, Paul Caruana Galizia investigates the rise of the son of a former K.G.B. officer to Britain’s House of Lords …

The Bare Essentials

From the cosmetics counter, our beauty-and-wellness columnist, Linda Wells, discovers a refreshing new alternative to the overly made-up face …

Sound and Vision

With Moonage Daydream, David Bowie’s extraordinary life gets the documentary it deserves …

The Pretenders

From Montecito, Meghan Markle drops her new podcast, dedicated to society’s most pressing subject: herself!

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Issue No. 166

The View from Here Here’s why Putin thinks basketball superstar Brittney Griner is a fair trade for ex-K.G.B. arms dealer Viktor Bout

By Andrew Ryvkin
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Barry Blitt’s Sketchbook
Letter from London

On Her Majesty’s Final Services Despite all the planning, many in London are not quite sure how to mark Queen Elizabeth’s death

By Ashley Baker
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War and Memory

Never Again With his latest epic historical documentary, Ken Burns enters a very contemporary debate

By Adam Kirsch
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Small Talk

“Anyone Seen the Beefeater Gin Guy?” Queen Elizabeth headed one of the world’s biggest brands. It’s only right that advertising heads of state come to mourn her

By John Ficarra
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From Russia with Money

Once upon a Time in Londongrad How did the party-mad millionaire son of a former Russian K.G.B. officer penetrate the very core of Britain’s political establishment?

By Paul Caruana Galizia
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Air Supply

Postcard from Lake Placid

This week, AIR SUPPLY is heading into the great outdoors with an autumnal trove, from blankets and board games to all-weather adventure attire and the perfect books to read fireside. Just try not to get too cozy.
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Small Talk
“He doesn’t have a single redeeming quality. He’s just disgusting and awful and repulsive, and he has no consideration for other people’s feelings.”
“He doesn’t have a single redeeming quality. He’s just disgusting and awful and repulsive, and he has no consideration for other people’s feelings.”
Guest Edit

My Favorite Things Isolde Brielmaier is nothing short of an art-world force. Here, the deputy director of the New Museum and guest curator at the International Center of Photography reveals the eye-catching essentials she has on heavy rotation.

By Isolde Brielmaier
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The Princess Diaries

Meghan Knows Best The duchess investigates stereotypes and deconstructs the b-word—Prince Harry even makes a cameo—but, really, Archetypes is all about her

By Patricia Nicol
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Best
Visit “L.A. Woman,” at the Columbus Museum of Art In 1966, Joan Archibald, a housewife living with her husband and two kids… Visit Seventh House It’s easy to miss Seventh House. Architect Frank Gehry likely intended that when he designed it in 1965, early in his career, on commission… Set Fable It’s Instagram’s fault. In a previous era, dishes, flatware, and drinking glasses didn’t need to be ready for prime time, but now every meal is… Wear The Vampire’s Wife Here’s the problem with the Vampire’s Wife: it’s ubiquitous, on stylish royals and plebeians alike. It breaks my heart to say this, but whenever your… Watch Dark Winds Dark Winds—a six-episode adaptation of Tony Hillerman’s best-selling, psychological cop thriller—was already renewed for a second season… Listen A Song for You In the fall of 1972, Karen Carpenter’s voice was inescapable. Released that summer, A Song for You, the Carpenters’ fourth studio album… Visit “L.A. Woman,” at the Columbus Museum of Art In 1966, Joan Archibald, a housewife living with her husband and two kids… Visit Seventh House It’s easy to miss Seventh House. Architect Frank Gehry likely intended that when he designed it in 1965, early in his career, on commission… Set Fable It’s Instagram’s fault. In a previous era, dishes, flatware, and drinking glasses didn’t need to be ready for prime time, but now every meal is… Wear The Vampire’s Wife Here’s the problem with the Vampire’s Wife: it’s ubiquitous, on stylish royals and plebeians alike. It breaks my heart to say this, but whenever your… Watch Dark Winds Dark Winds—a six-episode adaptation of Tony Hillerman’s best-selling, psychological cop thriller—was already renewed for a second season… Listen A Song for You In the fall of 1972, Karen Carpenter’s voice was inescapable. Released that summer, A Song for You, the Carpenters’ fourth studio album…
Beauty and Wellness

Eye of the Beholder Filters are fun, but not everyone wants to go out in public with full-on Instagram Face. Now the hottest trend in foundation is more subtle (and less Spackle). But is our discerning beauty expert ready to show her bare face to all the world?

By Linda Wells
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Photography

A Passage to India Max Vadukul has spent the last few years chronicling India’s litter-and-pollution problem. The completed project goes on show this week in Milan

By Jay Fielden
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A Family Affair

Rebels with a Cause In Gutsy, a new TV docuseries, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton traverse the globe in search of inspirational and high-achieving women, but if their tedious banter is any indication, they barely know one another

By Hugo Rifkind
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Paul Cox’s Sketchbook
Long live the King! A procession of aldermen and heralds pass ceremonial pikemen and the statue of the Duke of Wellington, following the proclamation of King Charles III, at London’s Royal Exchange, on September 10.
Air Mail Diary

The Kinky King of Europe And other strange news about these curious days …

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Film

The Rise and Rise of Ziggy Stardust Moonage Daydream is the far-out, maximalist documentary David Bowie would have wanted

By Jonathan Dean
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Small Talk
Close-up

Christelle’s Ball The fashion designer behind Koché puts her own sporty spin on French style

By Laura Neilson
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Style

Is That Fungi? The hottest luxury bags and shoes are now made from a high-tech derivative of mushrooms

By Elena Clavarino
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East Sussex

Private practice: the Bloomsbury Group member Duncan Grant’s secret erotic drawings are on for public viewing at the Charleston museum …

Chicago

Through the grapevine: at the National Hellenic Museum, H.R.H. Prince Nikolaos’s photographs explore Greek resilience …

New York

Lessons from Karski: a solo show about the life of World War II hero Jan Karski comes to Brooklyn …

Zurich

Afterlives: Eva Hesse’s early paintings and the sculptures for which she became known go on view at Hauser & Wirth …

Online

Taking Georgia: streaming from the Atlanta Opera, Julius Caesar—with sequins …

Highlight

Hey, Genius Cécile McLorin Salvant sings art songs for the new 20s

By David Yaffe
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Modern Times

Reality Bites Rumored to be the most expensive TV show of all time, Amazon’s new Lord of the Rings prequel confirms that fantasy, a once mocked and belittled genre, is now a mainstream money-spinner

By James Marriott
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Small Talk
“It’s nice having the option to work from home.”
“It’s nice having the option to work from home.”
Books
Max Carter On

Picasso’s War: How Modern Art Came to America

by Hugh Eakin
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Pico Iyer On

Lucy by the Sea

by Elizabeth Strout
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Open Book

Lynn Goldsmith Has the Password The American photographer infiltrated the world of music’s greats. Her portraits of Aretha Franklin, Cher, Bob Dylan, and countless others are collected in a new, 80s-themed coffee-table book

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Aretha Franklin, photographed by Lynn Goldsmith, 1985.
Cher, 1985.
Rick James, 1982.
Top, the B-52’s; above, Boy George and Marilyn at the Palladium in New York, 1985.
Diana Ross, 1983.
Pat Benatar, 1980.
Top, Ashford & Simpson, 1982; above, Apollonia, 1987.
Steve Jordan and Carly Simon, 1985.
Chrissie Hynde, 1980.
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Listen

A Conversation with Ken Burns His documentary The U.S. and the Holocaust reveals old attitudes about immigration that are with us still

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Small Talk
“Thank you, Slightly More Correct Wording Man.”
“Thank you, Slightly More Correct Wording Man.”
Danielle Kosann’s Sketchbook
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I’ve always been fascinated by the story of the Sirens, alluring mythological creatures that were half-woman and half-bird, who lured unsuspecting sailors to a rocky doom with a sweet, hypnotic song. These days, to refer to a woman as a “siren” implies she is tempting and possibly up to no good. But why is the siren’s song so beautiful? My work is inherently playful and uplifting, so I wanted to explore this theme of dangerous beauty in scenes of joy and whimsy that celebrate the power of women. Terms such as “siren,” “tart,” “broad,” and (my favorite) “fortune hunter” take on a new meaning when you turn them around with a bit of cheekiness. These works and more are now on display on the seventh floor of Bergdorf Goodman, in New York City.
I’ve always been fascinated by the story of the Sirens, alluring mythological creatures that were half-woman and half-bird who lured unsuspecting sailors to a rocky doom with a sweet, hypnotic song. These days, to refer to a woman as a “siren” implies she is tempting and possibly up to no good. But why is the siren’s song so beautiful? My work is inherently playful and uplifting, so I wanted to explore this theme of dangerous beauty in scenes of joy and whimsy that celebrate the power of women. Terms such as “siren,” “tart,” “broad,” and (my favorite) “fortune hunter” take on a new meaning when you turn them around with a bit of cheekiness. These works and more are now on display on the seventh floor of Bergdorf Goodman in New York City.
I’ve always been fascinated by the story of the Sirens, alluring mythological creatures that were half-woman and half-bird who lured unsuspecting sailors to a rocky doom with a sweet, hypnotic song. These days, to refer to a woman as a “siren” implies she is tempting and possibly up to no good. But why is the siren’s song so beautiful? My work is inherently playful and uplifting, so I wanted to explore this theme of dangerous beauty in scenes of joy and whimsy that celebrate the power of women. Terms such as “siren,” “tart,” “broad,” and (my favorite) “fortune hunter” take on a new meaning when you turn them around with a bit of cheekiness. These works and more are now on display on the seventh floor of Bergdorf Goodman in New York City.
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