June 22, 2024
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WARDROBE DYSFUNCTION

Behind the curtain of newly minted RHONY cast member Rebecca Minkoff’s troubled fashion brand, Rachel Holden uncovers a toxic, Scientology-laced workplace …

REMEMBRANCE OF PROFITEERS PAST

As billionaires from Stephen Schwarzman to Nelson Peltz lobby for a Trump re-election, Alessandra Stanley can’t help but think of the industrialists who laid the foundation for another leader’s rise …

GALLIC GAFFE

Emmanuel Macron’s decision to hold a snap election—and risk handing over the keys to the far right—has Alexandra Marshall wondering whether he’s had one apéritif too many …

ONE TO WATCH

Nicholas Foulkes charts the astonishing rise of Rexhep Rexhepi, a young escapee of war-torn Kosovo who creates watches of bewitching beauty …

BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY

How the Chinese artist Sanyu, who rubbed shoulders with avant-garde luminaries in Paris but died poverty-stricken, became a market juggernaut …

ZEN AND THE ART OF MOTORCYCLE PHOTOGRAPHY

In an interview, Jeff Nichols discusses the long road to adapting Danny Lyon’s seminal photo series into his new film, The Bikeriders …

ART-WORLD ENIGMA

If there is an anti–Larry Gagosian—impervious to trends, indifferent to making money—it’s Mitchell Algus, the art dealer who’s built up an impressive roster while operating in near obscurity …

BUT, WAIT, THERE’S MORE!

A history of reality TV, from Survivor to Keeping Up with the Kardashians … meet Lucian Freud’s assistant, nicknamed “Slave” … the $28,000 duvet making waves … France’s Camargue is accessible at last … headphones that are better than reality … Cast your vote in this week’s Attention-Whore Index Poll! …

But First …
Issue No. 258

The View from Here It’s probably unfair to liken Trump’s donors on Wall Street and in Silicon Valley to the German bankers and industrialists who supported Hitler. Or is it?

By Alessandra Stanley
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Barry Blitt’s Sketchbook
Bad Housekeeping

Who Is the Real Rebecca Minkoff? Accused of hypocrisy and workplace hostility, the fashion designer—and devout Scientologist—has gone from #Girlboss to horrible boss to Real Housewife

By Rachel Hodin
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Après Moi, Le Déluge

Coup de Disgrace Why did Emmanuel Macron court chaos just weeks before France claims Olympic glory?

By Alexandra Marshall
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Air Supply

The Longest Days

Luxuriate in every ray of light. As we round the summer solstice, it’s time to take advantage of the sun’s extended hours. AIR SUPPLY has a few thoughtful suggestions to make your longest days count
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Guest Edit

Veronica Ditting’s Favorite Things Known for her work as the founding creative director of the London-based magazine The Gentlewoman, Veronica Ditting shares a few picks that please her, including Hermès mascara, Simone Prouvé tapestries, and Kewpie mayonnaise

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Photo: Anton Gottlob (Ditting)
The Watchman

Vivat Rex! Young, humble, and ingenious, with timepieces that whisper rather than shout, Rexhep Rexhepi is the quiet master of the watchmaking world

By Nicholas Foulkes
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Small Talk
“I just want someone who texts me as often as Joe Biden does, you know?”
“I just want someone who texts me as often as Joe Biden does, you know?”
T.G.I.S.

The Attention-Whore Index New Jersey is to corruption as Elon Musk is to reproduction. Plus, all the strangest news from around the world

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Best
READ The Early Days of ESPN Sports fanatics under the age of 30 may have trouble believing it. But there was, in fact, a time… APPLY Augustinus Bader I love a deadline—give me one and I’ll be sure to meet it just under the wire and not a minute sooner. That may be one reason why… READ Rabbits “When the shotgun went off under Johnnie Burchill’s brother’s chin, word had it, the top of his head came off like the top of a… DECORATE Tulip As a renter in New York City, I have a laundry list of things I would like to change about my apartment but can’t. While I could… LISTEN Proxy Music Her title and cover concept—a funny homage to Roxy Music’s eponymous debut—would have been enough, but as… EAT Café Ginori Ginori 1735 has been a leader in Italian porcelain since its inception in Florence three centuries ago, when its centerpieces and vases… READ The Early Days of ESPN Sports fanatics under the age of 30 may have trouble believing it. But there was, in fact, a time… APPLY Augustinus Bader I love a deadline—give me one and I’ll be sure to meet it just under the wire and not a minute sooner. That may be one reason why… READ Rabbits “When the shotgun went off under Johnnie Burchill’s brother’s chin, word had it, the top of his head came off like the top of a… DECORATE Tulip As a renter in New York City, I have a laundry list of things I would like to change about my apartment but can’t. While I could… LISTEN Proxy Music Her title and cover concept—a funny homage to Roxy Music’s eponymous debut—would have been enough, but as… EAT Café Ginori Ginori 1735 has been a leader in Italian porcelain since its inception in Florence three centuries ago, when its centerpieces and vases…
Landing Gear

It’s a Snap! The app that gives you a Leica (and four lenses) for less than 1 percent of the price! Does Sonos make the perfect pair of headphones? A robotic lawn mower that will save your weekend! And more …

By Jonathan Margolis
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Art’s Dark Horse

The Most Expensive Artist You’ve Never Heard Of Sanyu befriended Picasso and Giacometti yet died destitute. Today, he’s known as the “Chinese Matisse”

By Natasha Degen
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Brush with the Devil

Lucian Freud’s “Slave” David Dawson was the artist’s fixer, confidant, and gofer—and he still lives in his master’s house

By Rachel Campbell-Johnston
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The Real Dealer

The Secret Source While the Mitchell Algus Gallery has launched the careers of many current art-world sensations, Algus himself struggles to pay the rent

By Bianca Bosker
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Photography

The Bikeriders Diaries Director Jeff Nichols reveals how his new film, based on Danny Lyon’s seminal 1968 photo series of the Chicago Outlaws Motorcycle Club, came to be

By Michael Hainey
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A photo from Danny Lyon’s Bikeriders series, taken in Chicago in 1965.
Lyon’s Triumph—with a broken gearbox spring—in New Orleans, 1965.
The Outlaws’ clubhouse in Dayton, Ohio, 1966.
Top, riding on Route 12 in Wisconsin, 1963; above, attending a funeral in Detroit, 1965.
Benny, a 19-year-old Chicago Outlaw, in an outtake from Lyon’s 1968 book.
Kathy in Chicago, 1967.
The Memorial Day run in Milwaukee, 1965.
Sparky in Hobart, Indiana, 1965.
Johnny with his wife, Gloria, in Chicago, 1965.
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Close-up

Jodie Comer Fresh off her starring role in the West End and Broadway hit Prima Facie, the actress stars opposite Austin Butler in The Bikeriders

By Jeanne Malle
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The Big Sleep

Lucky Ducks The newest .01 percent status symbol? A $28,000 duvet made of eiderdown, gathered from rare Icelandic waterfowl

By Alexandra Wolfe
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Small Talk
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Is Wall Street Funding a Fourth Reich? On this week’s podcast, Alessandra Stanley discusses Trump, tech and finance bros, and their newfound love for Trump

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Books
Bruce Handy On

Cue the Sun!: The Invention of Reality TV

by Emily Nussbaum
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Sam Kashner On

All the Worst Humans: How I Made News for Dictators, Tycoons, and Politicians

by Phil Elwood
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Small Talk
“It’s an inter-dimensional portal that can facilitate travel across both space and time … but we mostly use it for storage.”
“It’s an inter-dimensional portal that can facilitate travel across both space and time … but we mostly use it for storage.”
Inside Story

The Lady Gangster of New York Vivian Gordon made a name for herself as the sexual extortionist of Jazz Age New York. Then she disappeared

By Anthony M. DeStefano
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Highlight

Midnight in Toronto Fifty years ago, Mikhail Baryshnikov, a star of the U.S.S.R.’s Kirov Ballet, defected from his troupe after a performance in Canada. Dance was never the same

By Joel Lobenthal
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Travel

A River Runs Through It If you aren’t exploring France on a stylish Belmond boat, are you really even living?

By Alexander Lobrano
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Highlight

A Great Deal More Night Music Stephen Sondheim’s orchestrator, Jonathan Tunick, doubles his score in the world premiere of a re-arranged A Little Night Music at New York’s Lincoln Center

By Matthew Gurewitsch
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The Imperfect Ending

Geoffrey Mak

The writer, critic, and chronicler of the wild side shares a few of his pet hates
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Drew Friedman’s Sketchbook
Sidney Lumet, the legendary film director who made some of the most gritty and classic New York–based films—among them 12 Angry Men, The Pawnbroker, Serpico, Dog Day Afternoon, and Network—would have turned 100 on June 25.
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