{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1","title":"March 28, 2026 – Air Mail","description":"Welcome to Air Mail Issue number 350.","favicon":"https://static.airmail.news/assets/icons/apple-touch-icon.png","home_page_url":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-3-28","feed_url":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-3-28.json","items":[{"id":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-3-28/the-view-from-here","title":"The View from Here","content_text":"Once there was a guardrail …and itlooked afteralittle boy.And every daythe boywould comeandhewouldkickitsbeamsand scream at itand curse at itand tell the railthat he would own it one day.And the guardrail,having guarded the boyand protected the world from the boy,was happy.But time went by.One day the boy came to the guardrail.And the rail said, “Come, Boy, kick me againand I shall stand strong against youand remind you of what is right and what is good.”“I am too big to have guardrails,” said the boy. ...","url":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-3-28/the-view-from-here","summary":"Once there was a guardrail …and itlooked afteralittle boy.And every daythe boywould comeandhewouldkickitsbeamsand scream at itand curse at itand tell the railthat he would own it one day.And the guardrail,having guarded the boyand protected the world from the boy,was happy.But...","tags":["The View from Here","But First ..."],"image":"https://photos.airmail.news/26y1ng0a9rdxnaolcwfx1l5ne62t-402b9d9a77fe6b731ac5791a18fd9e55.jpg","author":{"name":"David Kamp and Joe McKendry"},"date_published":"2026-03-28T06:00:00.000-04:00","_issue":{"name":"March 28, 2026","date":"2026-03-28","url":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-3-28"},"_article":{"byline_html":"\u003cem\u003eBy\u003c/em\u003e \u003ca href=\"/david-kamp\" data-purpose=\"author\" class=\"text-inherit\"\u003eDavid Kamp\u003c/a\u003e \u003cem class=\"type-overline type-overline-10\"\u003eand\u003c/em\u003e \u003ca href=\"/joe-mckendry\" data-purpose=\"author\" class=\"text-inherit\"\u003eJoe M\u003cem\u003ec\u003c/em\u003eKendry\u003c/a\u003e","subhead":"A fable for our times (with apologies to Shel Silverstein)","shorts":false,"banner":"But First ...","category":"The View from Here"}},{"id":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-3-28/barry-blitts-sketchbook","title":"Barry Blitt’s Sketchbook","content_text":null,"url":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-3-28/barry-blitts-sketchbook","summary":null,"tags":["Sketchbook","Barry Blitt's Sketchbook"],"image":"https://photos.airmail.news/w57sesdld4vimcgqifd6csz2b19g-5239eb5d91ff7ce170984528bfc07570.jpg","author":{"name":"Barry Blitt"},"date_published":"2026-03-28T06:00:00.000-04:00","_issue":{"name":"March 28, 2026","date":"2026-03-28","url":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-3-28"},"_article":{"byline_html":"\u003cem\u003eBy\u003c/em\u003e \u003ca href=\"/barry-blitt\" data-purpose=\"author\" class=\"text-inherit\"\u003eBarry Blitt\u003c/a\u003e","subhead":null,"shorts":false,"banner":"Barry Blitt's Sketchbook","category":"Sketchbook"}},{"id":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-3-28/down-and-dirty-on-nantucket","title":"Down and Dirty on Nantucket","content_text":"Burton Balkind, known to many as just “Spruce,” is the president of the Nantucket Coastal Conservancy, a highfalutin name for a grassroots, volunteer nonprofit on the island that has given itself the task of monitoring the mostly pristine beaches that surround it. Nantucket, of course, has become a premier summer playground for many of America’s richest and most powerful, from Stephen Schwarzman to Eric Schmidt to David Rubenstein. “We have great arts and culture, and we have amazing restaurants and a beautiful harbor,” Balkind, who has called Nantucket his home for the past 25 years, tells me. “But, really, the draw to Nantucket is our beaches, and I feel like one of the most important things we can do as a community is protect our beaches.” ...","url":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-3-28/down-and-dirty-on-nantucket","summary":"Burton Balkind, known to many as just “Spruce,” is the president of the Nantucket Coastal Conservancy, a highfalutin name for a grassroots, volunteer nonprofit on the island that has given itself the task of monitoring the mostly pristine beaches that...","tags":["Crime and Scandal","Anatomy of a Scandal"],"image":"https://photos.airmail.news/i1ud0rd5dvblqgb13mp5qy37tfs3-455187aa678a6a659eac3d38775f4e2d.jpg","author":{"name":"William D. Cohan"},"date_published":"2026-03-28T06:00:00.000-04:00","_issue":{"name":"March 28, 2026","date":"2026-03-28","url":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-3-28"},"_article":{"byline_html":"\u003cem\u003eBy\u003c/em\u003e \u003ca href=\"/william-d-cohan\" data-purpose=\"author\" class=\"text-inherit\"\u003eWilliam D. Cohan\u003c/a\u003e","subhead":"The alleged vandalizing of geotubes installed to prevent beach erosion is exposing fault lines between the island’s affluent summer residents and year-round locals","shorts":false,"banner":"Anatomy of a Scandal","category":"Crime and Scandal"}},{"id":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-3-28/moscow-goes-digitally-dark","title":"Moscow Goes (Digitally) Dark","content_text":"Moskvichka, a lifestyle publication run by one of the Kremlin’s most notorious propagandists, Kristina Potupchik, just published a review of Ava, a new restaurant overlooking Red Square that serves crab doughnuts, a scallop-and-strawberry salad, and a white-chocolate-and-sour-cream cake wrapped in edible gold. What the magazine failed to mention is that the view from Ava has changed drastically in the last couple of weeks.F.S.O. (Russia’s secret service) officers in full military gear are stationed around the Kremlin. A masked gunman is perched on Lenin’s tomb. First-time diners who have trouble finding the restaurant will have to ask directions from ...","url":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-3-28/moscow-goes-digitally-dark","summary":"Moskvichka, a lifestyle publication run by one of the Kremlin’s most notorious propagandists, Kristina Potupchik, just published a review of Ava, a new restaurant overlooking Red Square that serves crab doughnuts, a scallop-and-strawberry salad, and a white-chocolate-and-sour-cream cake wrapped in...","tags":["News","Letter from Russia"],"image":"https://photos.airmail.news/pf78d5w6szsnk810jkm3bvfokmyr-7d9d4b81fc99e2845ed31d01585fe0f8.jpg","author":{"name":"Andrew Ryvkin"},"date_published":"2026-03-28T06:00:00.000-04:00","_issue":{"name":"March 28, 2026","date":"2026-03-28","url":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-3-28"},"_article":{"byline_html":"\u003cem\u003eBy\u003c/em\u003e \u003ca href=\"/andrew-ryvkin\" data-purpose=\"author\" class=\"text-inherit\"\u003eAndrew Ryvkin\u003c/a\u003e","subhead":"Russia has suffered hundreds of thousands of casualties since Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, and lost much of its influence in the region. This month, the capital went weeks without Internet","shorts":false,"banner":"Letter from Russia","category":"News"}},{"id":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-3-28/harry-and-meghans-mane-chance","title":"Harry and Meghan’s Mane Chance","content_text":"It is a “sexy sport” filled with “dirty sweaty boys … riding” according to a 2024 documentary about polo by the Duke and Duchess of Sussex. Viewers, however, were not enthralled with the Netflix program, Polo, which ranked only 3,442 out of about 7,000, with approximately 500,000 views. Yet, Prince Harry and Meghan will return to the subject when they produce a drama for the streaming platform.Set in the town of Wellington, Florida, known as the winter equestrian capital of the world, the as-yet untitled project will follow two rival polo teams and their families. Francisca X. Hu, best known for her work on the television series ...","url":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-3-28/harry-and-meghans-mane-chance","summary":"It is a “sexy sport” filled with “dirty sweaty boys … riding” according to a 2024 documentary about polo by the Duke and Duchess of Sussex. Viewers, however, were not enthralled with the Netflix program, Polo, which ranked only 3,442...","tags":["Film and Television","Megxit Follies"],"image":"https://photos.airmail.news/z1ovsjge3907h7edyj9npo4ekaiv-b473a950c65408d545da7bcfaa184850.jpg","author":{"name":"Kate Mansey"},"date_published":"2026-03-28T06:00:00.000-04:00","_issue":{"name":"March 28, 2026","date":"2026-03-28","url":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-3-28"},"_article":{"byline_html":"\u003cem\u003eBy\u003c/em\u003e \u003ca href=\"/kate-mansey\" data-purpose=\"author\" class=\"text-inherit\"\u003eKate Mansey\u003c/a\u003e","subhead":"With their prospects drying up faster than Meghan can make her jam, the Sussexes’ latest Netflix cash grab is a polo series set in Wellington, Florida","shorts":false,"banner":"Megxit Follies","category":"Film and Television"}},{"id":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-3-28/the-gentlemens-hour","title":"The Gentlemen’s Hour","content_text":"For some time, Manhattan’s private-club scene has experienced vertiginous growth. Mario Carbone launched a Hudson Yards joint, ZZ’s Club, in 2023; chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten descended upon the Meatpacking District to open a point-one-percent-filled catacomb, Chez Margaux; Sunset Tower proprietor Jeff Klein descended upon the city last year to open one of his San Vicente clubs in the former Jane Hotel (disclosure: I am a member); even Kith, the clothing brand, joined the trend with Kith Ivy, a $36,000-initiation-fee hideout that opened a few months ago near Hudson River Park.But as the new guard of hospitality impresarios dot the ...","url":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-3-28/the-gentlemens-hour","summary":"For some time, Manhattan’s private-club scene has experienced vertiginous growth. Mario Carbone launched a Hudson Yards joint, ZZ’s Club, in 2023; chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten descended upon the Meatpacking District to open a point-one-percent-filled catacomb, Chez Margaux; Sunset Tower proprietor Jeff...","tags":["Modern Times","Clubland Confidential"],"image":"https://photos.airmail.news/t8vmfbl56sdxae73zboz5gvjj3wk-d972f1b36a9a0418674c72e7b4b53f8f.jpg","author":{"name":"Andrew Zucker"},"date_published":"2026-03-28T06:00:00.000-04:00","_issue":{"name":"March 28, 2026","date":"2026-03-28","url":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-3-28"},"_article":{"byline_html":"\u003cem\u003eBy\u003c/em\u003e \u003ca href=\"/andrew-zucker\" data-purpose=\"author\" class=\"text-inherit\"\u003eAndrew Zucker\u003c/a\u003e","subhead":"Trendy new members’ clubs are taking over Manhattan, but some young men are opting for the city’s Gilded Age mainstays instead—trading flashy perks for old-school allure","shorts":false,"banner":"Clubland Confidential","category":"Modern Times"}},{"id":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-3-28/seats-of-power","title":"Seats of Power","content_text":"There are dinner parties that turn out way better than expected. You walked in knowing no one—or almost no one—and somewhere between the first glass and the last, something clicked. The conversation flowed, you exchanged numbers with a stranger to make future plans (and meant it!), and you went home later than you should have and felt, inexplicably, like you’d been let in on a secret.And then there are the dinner parties that don’t live up to their potential. The ones that looked perfect on paper, with the right address, the right names, the right food. And yet, ...","url":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-3-28/seats-of-power","summary":"There are dinner parties that turn out way better than expected. You walked in knowing no one—or almost no one—and somewhere between the first glass and the last, something clicked. The conversation flowed, you exchanged numbers with a stranger to...","tags":["Style","Notes on an Aesthetic"],"image":"https://photos.airmail.news/2danw0bt8yehxf5og5yw4q1douuq-bc965f628b4a690100e7af42b4946c5e.jpg","author":{"name":"Jennifer Noyes"},"date_published":"2026-03-28T06:00:00.000-04:00","_issue":{"name":"March 28, 2026","date":"2026-03-28","url":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-3-28"},"_article":{"byline_html":"\u003cem\u003eBy\u003c/em\u003e \u003ca href=\"/jennifer-noyes\" data-purpose=\"author\" class=\"text-inherit\"\u003eJennifer Noyes\u003c/a\u003e","subhead":"You can fill a table with impressive people and still have an unremarkable dinner party—the difference lies in the seating chart","shorts":false,"banner":"Notes on an Aesthetic","category":"Style"}},{"id":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-3-28/force-of-fashion","title":"Force of Fashion","content_text":"When Paula Wallace, president and co-founder of the Savannah College of Art and Design, proposed to André Leon Talley that the school create an exhibition devoted to his wardrobe, the redoubtable fashion editor exclaimed, “It must be done!” In fact, since that conversation, SCAD has mounted three such shows, each entitled “André Leon Talley: Style Is Forever.” The first opened at the SCAD Museum of Art, in Savannah; the second at the SCAD FASH Museum of Fashion + Film, in Atlanta; and now the third opens on Wednesday at the university’s study-abroad campus, SCAD FASH Lacoste, in Provence, France. ...","url":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-3-28/force-of-fashion","summary":"When Paula Wallace, president and co-founder of the Savannah College of Art and Design, proposed to André Leon Talley that the school create an exhibition devoted to his wardrobe, the redoubtable fashion editor exclaimed, “It must be done!” In fact,...","tags":["Culture","Highlight"],"image":"https://photos.airmail.news/1xyn902bf8bm9ontw5sjbnm7enmb-9abed004eb6bd502e2f703718af82220.jpg","author":{"name":"Amy Fine Collins"},"date_published":"2026-03-28T06:00:00.000-04:00","_issue":{"name":"March 28, 2026","date":"2026-03-28","url":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-3-28"},"_article":{"byline_html":"\u003cem\u003eBy\u003c/em\u003e \u003ca href=\"/amy-fine-collins\" data-purpose=\"author\" class=\"text-inherit\"\u003eAmy Fine Collins\u003c/a\u003e","subhead":"From Met Gala ensembles to personal treasures, an archival exhibition in Provence pays tribute to the elegantly extravagant editor André Leon Talley, whose influence lives on","shorts":false,"banner":"Highlight","category":"Culture"}},{"id":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-3-28/burberry","title":"Burberry","content_text":"Burberry is bringing back our dearest Lilibet. To mark the centenary of Her Majesty’s birth, the fashion house has teamed up with ...","url":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-3-28/burberry","summary":"Burberry is bringing back our dearest Lilibet. To mark the centenary of Her Majesty’s birth, the fashion house has teamed up with ...","tags":["Recommended","Best"],"image":"https://photos.airmail.news/xnrarcpdegt401mzky1h46k7lbv1-9253a6eb23613c9567bf70d0195f2407.png","author":{"name":"Carolina de Armas"},"date_published":"2026-03-28T06:00:00.000-04:00","_issue":{"name":"March 28, 2026","date":"2026-03-28","url":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-3-28"},"_article":{"byline_html":"\u003cem\u003eBy\u003c/em\u003e \u003ca href=\"/carolina-de-armas\" data-purpose=\"author\" class=\"text-inherit\"\u003eCarolina \u003cem\u003ede\u003c/em\u003e Armas\u003c/a\u003e","subhead":"wear","shorts":true,"banner":"Best","category":"Recommended"}},{"id":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-3-28/deep-end","title":"Deep End","content_text":"In New York—a city desperate for third spaces—bathhouses have emerged as an intimate way to meet new people. (See here.) But before ...","url":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-3-28/deep-end","summary":"In New York—a city desperate for third spaces—bathhouses have emerged as an intimate way to meet new people. (See here.) But before ...","tags":["Recommended","Best"],"image":"https://photos.airmail.news/ba6d8wk47b3zwbt6cfwpumngymth-fbade9e36a3f36d3d676c1b808451dd7.png","author":{"name":"Maggie Turner"},"date_published":"2026-03-28T06:00:00.000-04:00","_issue":{"name":"March 28, 2026","date":"2026-03-28","url":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-3-28"},"_article":{"byline_html":"\u003cem\u003eBy\u003c/em\u003e \u003ca href=\"/maggie-turner\" data-purpose=\"author\" class=\"text-inherit\"\u003eMaggie Turner\u003c/a\u003e","subhead":"watch","shorts":true,"banner":"Best","category":"Recommended"}},{"id":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-3-28/le-labo","title":"Le Labo","content_text":"As the world around us transitions out of winter heaviness to the airy and light spring, so does my daily perfume. Violette 30","url":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-3-28/le-labo","summary":"As the world around us transitions out of winter heaviness to the airy and light spring, so does my daily perfume. Violette 30","tags":["Recommended","Best"],"image":"https://photos.airmail.news/r7vwndu5v99cngk9t4e6uiy0yqel-7d5aa67f67b037b02a601c85562028e1.png","author":{"name":"Gracie Wiener"},"date_published":"2026-03-28T06:00:00.000-04:00","_issue":{"name":"March 28, 2026","date":"2026-03-28","url":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-3-28"},"_article":{"byline_html":"\u003cem\u003eBy\u003c/em\u003e \u003ca href=\"/gracie-wiener\" data-purpose=\"author\" class=\"text-inherit\"\u003eGracie Wiener\u003c/a\u003e","subhead":"spritz","shorts":true,"banner":"Best","category":"Recommended"}},{"id":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-3-28/returning","title":"Returning","content_text":"Nicholas Lemann is not one for small topics. He wrote about the great Black migration from the rural South to the urban North in ...","url":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-3-28/returning","summary":"Nicholas Lemann is not one for small topics. He wrote about the great Black migration from the rural South to the urban North in ...","tags":["Recommended","Best"],"image":"https://photos.airmail.news/go4dugdfywrou8ujaty0lvmynyup-27a72faf9d8c6e5278840d8b20b6c615.png","author":{"name":"Jim Kelly"},"date_published":"2026-03-28T06:00:00.000-04:00","_issue":{"name":"March 28, 2026","date":"2026-03-28","url":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-3-28"},"_article":{"byline_html":"\u003cem\u003eBy\u003c/em\u003e \u003ca href=\"/jim-kelly\" data-purpose=\"author\" class=\"text-inherit\"\u003eJim Kelly\u003c/a\u003e","subhead":"read","shorts":true,"banner":"Best","category":"Recommended"}},{"id":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-3-28/love-story","title":"Love Story","content_text":"First released in 1991, Lenny Kravitz’s “It Ain’t Over ’til It’s Over” is having a major resurgence after being featured in the premiere of ...","url":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-3-28/love-story","summary":"First released in 1991, Lenny Kravitz’s “It Ain’t Over ’til It’s Over” is having a major resurgence after being featured in the premiere of ...","tags":["Recommended","Best"],"image":"https://photos.airmail.news/qb3do70jn7s312pffnhteef26uk9-13264068d108c6901b3592ea654fcd57.png","author":{"name":"Gabriella Maestri"},"date_published":"2026-03-28T06:00:00.000-04:00","_issue":{"name":"March 28, 2026","date":"2026-03-28","url":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-3-28"},"_article":{"byline_html":"\u003cem\u003eBy\u003c/em\u003e \u003ca href=\"/gabriella-maestri\" data-purpose=\"author\" class=\"text-inherit\"\u003eGabriella Maestri\u003c/a\u003e","subhead":"listen","shorts":true,"banner":"Best","category":"Recommended"}},{"id":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-3-28/ammos","title":"Ammos","content_text":"A martini, to me, is only ever made with gin. A new brand of vodka has me convinced, however, that a juniper-less martini can ...","url":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-3-28/ammos","summary":"A martini, to me, is only ever made with gin. A new brand of vodka has me convinced, however, that a juniper-less martini can ...","tags":["Recommended","Best"],"image":"https://photos.airmail.news/jcy7si9dsq9vc054sbmd5uaihzem-18246cc55800750d0e3e7f7bfa6551dc.png","author":{"name":"Spike Carter"},"date_published":"2026-03-28T06:00:00.000-04:00","_issue":{"name":"March 28, 2026","date":"2026-03-28","url":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-3-28"},"_article":{"byline_html":"\u003cem\u003eBy\u003c/em\u003e \u003ca href=\"/spike-carter\" data-purpose=\"author\" class=\"text-inherit\"\u003eSpike Carter\u003c/a\u003e","subhead":"sip","shorts":true,"banner":"Best","category":"Recommended"}},{"id":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-3-28/the-bard-of-ireland","title":"The Bard of Ireland","content_text":"Colm Tóibín writes what could be called emotional thrillers, so swift and intimate that you can’t stop reading, even though the only mysteries they’re investigating have to do with loneliness and loss. His celebrated novels take many different forms—plunging us into the predicament of a young Irish woman torn between two homes and loves (Brooklyn and Long Island), reimagining with visceral power the stories of Agamemnon (House of Names) and the Virgin Mary (The Testament of Mary), stealthily exploring the secret lives of Henry James (The Master) and Thomas Mann (The Magician ...","url":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-3-28/the-bard-of-ireland","summary":"Colm Tóibín writes what could be called emotional thrillers, so swift and intimate that you can’t stop reading, even though the only mysteries they’re investigating have to do with loneliness and loss. His celebrated novels take many different forms—plunging us...","tags":["Books"],"image":"https://photos.airmail.news/ecfqp2qt9dav07vf0ecdaqyf6qog-e7bacddadfa63a015244e9418035a0a8.jpg","author":{"name":"Pico Iyer"},"date_published":"2026-03-28T06:00:00.000-04:00","_issue":{"name":"March 28, 2026","date":"2026-03-28","url":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-3-28"},"_article":{"byline_html":"\u003cem\u003eBy\u003c/em\u003e \u003ca href=\"/pico-iyer\" data-purpose=\"author\" class=\"text-inherit\"\u003ePico Iyer\u003c/a\u003e","subhead":null,"shorts":false,"banner":"Books","category":"Books"}},{"id":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-3-28/helmut-newtons-hot-takes","title":"Helmut Newton’s Hot Takes","content_text":"Helmut Newton needs no introduction. But we’ll give him one anyway. He was born Helmut Neustädter in Berlin in 1920 to a Jewish family. His father owned a button factory, which the Nazis took from him in the 1930s. After Kristallnacht, in 1938, Helmut’s parents fled to Argentina while he waited for his passport. Within a month, he was able to hop a ship to China, which ended up in Singapore; the authorities there sent him to Australia, where he enlisted in the army.After the war, Neustädter returned to Melbourne, changed his surname to Newton, set up a photography studio, and married his life partner June Browne, an actress better known by her stage name, Alice Springs. Newton began shooting theater and fashion, and did industrial photography. ...","url":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-3-28/helmut-newtons-hot-takes","summary":"Helmut Newton needs no introduction. But we’ll give him one anyway. He was born Helmut Neustädter in Berlin in 1920 to a Jewish family. His father owned a button factory, which the Nazis took from him in the 1930s. After...","tags":["Books","Open Book"],"image":"https://photos.airmail.news/pdxijemxqcykquvxrb989me161vb-804e74a215f61ba247b2d558102a4100.jpg","author":{"name":"Carolina de Armas"},"date_published":"2026-03-28T06:00:00.000-04:00","_issue":{"name":"March 28, 2026","date":"2026-03-28","url":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-3-28"},"_article":{"byline_html":"\u003cem\u003eBy\u003c/em\u003e \u003ca href=\"/carolina-de-armas\" data-purpose=\"author\" class=\"text-inherit\"\u003eCarolina \u003cem\u003ede\u003c/em\u003e Armas\u003c/a\u003e","subhead":"A coffee-table book and exhibition re-create a 1999 album of the photographer’s most experimental work, collecting never-before-seen images and their handwritten pencil annotations","shorts":false,"banner":"Open Book","category":"Books"}},{"id":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-3-28/eugeniu-zubco","title":"Eugeniu Zubco","content_text":"Thirty-seven floors above Fifth Avenue, a Moldovan chef is serving some of the rarest Wagyu in America to 12 people at a time. The setting is Yūgin, an omakase counter tucked inside Coco’s at Colette, a private members’ club in Manhattan’s General Motors Building. The beef is Omi Wagyu from Shiga Prefecture—the oldest Wagyu lineage in Japan, dating back more than 400 years—access to which Eugeniu Zubco spent years cultivating. In New York, he’s encountered it only once before: during his decade at Masa.Zubco isn’t Japanese. In the omakase world, that still matters. He doesn’t pretend otherwise. ...","url":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-3-28/eugeniu-zubco","summary":"Thirty-seven floors above Fifth Avenue, a Moldovan chef is serving some of the rarest Wagyu in America to 12 people at a time. The setting is Yūgin, an omakase counter tucked inside Coco’s at Colette, a private members’ club in...","tags":["Food and Drink","Close-up"],"image":"https://photos.airmail.news/s1q7kn9dkohzn6hjw2be7c0w0z9b-1f69cbaa907bd31c5dee6de2fec6fead.jpg","author":{"name":"Jennifer Noyes"},"date_published":"2026-03-28T06:00:00.000-04:00","_issue":{"name":"March 28, 2026","date":"2026-03-28","url":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-3-28"},"_article":{"byline_html":"\u003cem\u003eBy\u003c/em\u003e \u003ca href=\"/jennifer-noyes\" data-purpose=\"author\" class=\"text-inherit\"\u003eJennifer Noyes\u003c/a\u003e","subhead":"On the 37th floor of a Fifth Avenue tower, the 31-year-old Moldovan sushi chef and Masa alum is leading Manhattan’s most exclusive new omakase counter","shorts":false,"banner":"Close-up","category":"Food and Drink"}},{"id":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-3-28/the-unbreakable-maria-lassnig","title":"The Unbreakable Maria Lassnig","content_text":"You might have found her standing or sitting or even stretched out on a canvas on the floor, downloading every bodily sensation, eyes wide shut to capture the evanescent colors inside her eyelids before she began to paint. Through these and other radical methodologies, the Austrian artist Maria Lassnig (1919–2014) channeled her perception of a moment and made the invisible visible. Just now, her art is the subject of three concurrent exhibitions: “Flow of Paint = Flow of Life,” at the Hamburger Kunsthalle; “Honey, You’re a Wonderful Model,” at the Des Moines Art Center; and “Maria Lassnig,” at Petzel, in Manhattan. ...","url":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-3-28/the-unbreakable-maria-lassnig","summary":"You might have found her standing or sitting or even stretched out on a canvas on the floor, downloading every bodily sensation, eyes wide shut to capture the evanescent colors inside her eyelids before she began to paint. Through these...","tags":["Culture","Highlight"],"image":"https://photos.airmail.news/jnd9gzx5r2tg3x928zchfiqky46f-9d831d6b95b2ab047d165da6a793a733.jpg","author":{"name":"Patricia Zohn"},"date_published":"2026-03-28T06:00:00.000-04:00","_issue":{"name":"March 28, 2026","date":"2026-03-28","url":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-3-28"},"_article":{"byline_html":"\u003cem\u003eBy\u003c/em\u003e \u003ca href=\"/patricia-zohn\" data-purpose=\"author\" class=\"text-inherit\"\u003ePatricia Zohn\u003c/a\u003e","subhead":"Three concurrent exhibitions pay tribute to the Austrian artist whose radical explorations of self defied the strictures of the male-dominated 20th-century art world","shorts":false,"banner":"Highlight","category":"Culture"}},{"id":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-3-28/out-of-the-jeep-into-the-saddle","title":"Out of the Jeep, into the Saddle","content_text":"In central Kenya, far from the Masai Mara, lies the Laikipia Plateau, a vast, arid bushland set at 6,500 feet. Dotted with ranches and private conservancies, it is often overlooked by camera-toting visitors chasing the Great Migration. And as one of the last strongholds of the African wild dog and the Grévy’s zebra, it remains among the country’s most compelling safari destinations.The place to stay is Sosian Lodge, a working cattle ranch comprising 24,000 acres, several hours northwest of Mount Kenya. Getting there is an adventure in itself: after a flight into Nairobi and a transfer to ...","url":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-3-28/out-of-the-jeep-into-the-saddle","summary":"In central Kenya, far from the Masai Mara, lies the Laikipia Plateau, a vast, arid bushland set at 6,500 feet. Dotted with ranches and private conservancies, it is often overlooked by camera-toting visitors chasing the Great Migration. And as one...","tags":["Travel"],"image":"https://photos.airmail.news/trf4o0njspa0k8rvu5tu1ikeartt-9019133175019cf8240ebdebcbcc14b5.jpg","author":{"name":"Susan Rigetti"},"date_published":"2026-03-28T06:00:00.000-04:00","_issue":{"name":"March 28, 2026","date":"2026-03-28","url":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-3-28"},"_article":{"byline_html":"\u003cem\u003eBy\u003c/em\u003e \u003ca href=\"/susan-rigetti\" data-purpose=\"author\" class=\"text-inherit\"\u003eSusan Rigetti\u003c/a\u003e","subhead":"In the rugged heart of Kenya’s Laikipia Plateau, Sosian Lodge offers a rare, high-octane alternative to the traditional safari","shorts":false,"banner":"Travel","category":"Travel"}},{"id":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-3-28/marcellus-halls-sketchbook","title":"Marcellus Hall’s Sketchbook","content_text":null,"url":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-3-28/marcellus-halls-sketchbook","summary":null,"tags":["Sketchbook"],"image":"https://photos.airmail.news/td9jtg8etd2bzh5q4bzweppq73kw-735c574ee768113fc142f238c250db10.jpg","author":{"name":"Marcellus Hall"},"date_published":"2026-03-28T06:00:00.000-04:00","_issue":{"name":"March 28, 2026","date":"2026-03-28","url":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-3-28"},"_article":{"byline_html":"\u003cem\u003eBy\u003c/em\u003e \u003ca href=\"/marcellus-hall\" data-purpose=\"author\" class=\"text-inherit\"\u003eMarcellus Hall\u003c/a\u003e","subhead":null,"shorts":false,"banner":"Sketchbook","category":"Sketchbook"}}]}