Issue
No. 339
January 10, 2026
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London
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Tokyo
Los Angeles
Reverend Al Sharpton
2001
The activist, jailed for protesting the navy’s bombing exercises on the Puerto Rican island of Vieques, went on a 43-day hunger strike during his sentence there.
Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán
2017–2019
The drug lord spent more than two years in isolation there before being transferred to a higher-security prison in Colorado known as the “Alcatraz of the Rockies.”
Martin Shkreli
2017–2018
The pharmaceutical fraudster—known for hiking the price of a lifesaving AIDS drug and being called “the most hated man in America”—was held there before being transferred to a New Jersey prison.
Ghislaine Maxwell
2020
Jeffrey Epstein’s right-hand woman made a short stop there before beginning her 20-year sentence in Bryan, Texas, where she’s allegedly living the high life.
Michael Cohen
2020
The former Trump attorney—who turned on his boss following the Stormy Daniels hush-money scandal—stayed there for nearly a month after refusing to adhere to the terms of his house arrest.
R. Kelly
2021–2022
The R&B singer sued the facility over being placed on suicide watch while awaiting the trial that found him guilty of racketeering and sex trafficking.
Sam Bankman-Fried
2023–2024
The crypto-currency fraudster became an informal legal adviser to his fellow prisoner and cellmate Sean Combs before being transferred to a jail in Mendota, California.
Sean "Diddy" Combs
2024–2025
Charged with racketeering, conspiracy, and sex trafficking, the rapper awaited trial there before heading to New Jersey to complete his sentence.
Luigi Mangione
2024–Present
The 27-year-old accused of killing UnitedHealthcare C.E.O. Brian Thompson has received more than $1 million in donations while awaiting his upcoming trial.
Nicolás Maduro
Present
The ousted Venezuelan president and his wife joined Mangione on January 3 following their capture by U.S. forces.
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¿Dónde Es el After?
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Gardenheir
Groping around on your knees in the mud has never seemed quite so elegant as it does at Gardenheir, a gardening-apparel…
Listen
¿Dónde Es el After?
Venezuela is making headlines for two very different reasons. First, for the capture of its dictator, Nicolás Maduro…
read
Bird City
Quick quiz: Where can you see more bird species, Yellowstone National Park or New York City? Whether you guessed correctly…
wear
Loro Piana
The sun is shining. The slopes are powdery. You’ve been skiing since first chair and you’re not ready to call it for aprés just yet…
stay
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Zen and the Art of JB Blunk
“I think life is a series of beginnings,” said the sculptor JB Blunk, who lived from 1926 to 2002, “and the one who feels they are always a beginner is the one who has the best chance.” A student of Zen Buddhism, Blunk saw work as a source of infinite inspiration, a medium, if you will, unencumbered by the constraints of time. “When you’ve created something that makes a difference to someone, that juice, that energy, occurs through us. See, I think all the discoveries, all the essence is already in existence.” READ ON
In Edinburgh
In January, when natural light is at its dimmest, J.M.W. Turner’s watercolors return to view at the National Galleries of Scotland…
In New York
Ian McKellen and Bridgerton’s Golda Rosheuvel co-star in a new Off Broadway play blending the physical and digital worlds…
In London
Forty years after it first made a splash, Nan Goldin is presenting her renowned series, “The Ballad of Sexual Dependency,” at Gagosian…
In Theaters
Belgium’s Dardenne brothers return with Young Mothers, a Cannes-award-winning film set in a maternity home in Liège…
In Los Angeles
Paintings by Sylvester Stallone and work by Paul Simonon, the Clash’s bassist, are among the offerings on view at the L.A. Art Show…
In Theaters
Bill Skarsgård (son of Stellan), Al Pacino, and Colman Domingo star in the latest film from Good Will Hunting director Gus Van Sant…
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