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California Cool A retrospective at the Palm Springs Art Museum honors the legacy of the midcentury architect Albert Frey

By Patricia Zohn

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David Mallett

By Jennifer Noyes

Art Nouveau

“Get Me a Schiele!” When a Hollywood film requires a priceless painting for a starring role, who handles the casting? Meet curator Leonardo Bigazzi

By Laura Neilson

California Cool

Babitz on Babylon In an excerpt from Too L.A., Lili Anolik’s new collection of letters by her longtime muse Eve Babitz, the novelist pits West Coast pleasure against East Coast pretension in correspondence with Catch-22 author and friend Joseph Heller

American Holiday Here’s what Italians really think of popular tourist destinations, from Lake Como to Capri

By Elena Clavarino

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Eye of the Beholder In our age of ring-lit TikTok stars, masked mouths, and new brands such as Jenna Lyons’s LoveSeen, there’s no putting a lid on the fact that eyelashes—false, extended, treated, lifted—are having a moment

By Linda Wells

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Teruko

By Andie Blaine

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The Attention-Whore Index R.F.K. Jr. tries out anti-Semitism for size, and Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie continue their never-ending, acrimonious divorce. Who’s grabbing your attention this week?

By George Kalogerakis

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Gary Janetti The comedy writer and producer behind Family Guy, Will & Grace, and a beloved Instagram account reveals his travel routine

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Scraps

By Gracie Wiener

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Oiji Mi

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The Devil’s in the Data Walter Murch reveals how Francis Ford Coppola’s The Conversation clicked together—and anticipated surveillance capitalism

By Michael Sragow

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The Good Kind of Political Drama: The West Wing at 25 On this week’s podcast, Janel Moloney, who played idealistic assistant Donna Moss, takes us inside the landmark show

By Ashley Baker and Michael Hainey

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Holywater

George McNally The 22-year-old dishes on getting kicked out of school in London; learning the hospitality business from his father, Balthazar founder Keith McNally; and Faux, his upcoming Tribeca restaurant

By Jeanne Malle

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Master of None Amid his battle to take back the White House, Donald Trump is in danger of becoming towerless and losing the Manhattan building that made him a star

By Hugh Tomlinson

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Thelma Golden’s Guide to New York As the Studio Museum in Harlem re-opens its doors, its director and chief curator shares her go-to spots in the neighborhood

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If You Build It …

By Celia McGee

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Iké Udé’s Guide to Lagos From beach clubs to hidden art hubs, the Nigerian-American photographer and performer shares his go-to’s in his native city

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The View from Here A 10th-grader on reading and writing to cope with gun violence

By Khaleel Wright

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AIR MAIL’s Best Coffee-Table Books of 2024 Dazzling volumes on Rosario Candela’s New York City penthouses and David Hockney’s works on paper, plus photography collections from Ernest Cole, Eve Arnold, and Ruth Orkin and a look inside an Italian home or two

By Jeanne Malle

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AIR MAIL’s Best Coffee-Table Books of 2024 Dazzling volumes on Rosario Candela’s New York City penthouses and David Hockney’s works on paper, plus photography collections from Ernest Cole, Eve Arnold, and Ruth Orkin and a look inside an Italian home or two

By Jeanne Malle

Air Mail Diary

Will Prince Andrew Lose His Right to Roam Freely? And other strange news about these curious days …

By George Kalogerakis

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Stable Work What my dead-end internship at a mediocre Saratoga Springs restaurant taught me about horse racing—and the food-service industry

By Brigid Washington

Kenny Schachter The artist, art dealer, curator, and writer reveals his travel routine

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