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Art-World Rarities

Frida’s Missing Masterpiece Frida Kahlo’s painting The Wounded Table vanished in 1955. The hunt for it continues

By Paulina Olszanka

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The Criminal Element

Sex, Drugs, and Anish Kapoor Why did Inigo Philbrick orchestrate an $86 million Ponzi scheme? Well, it depends which day of the week you ask him …

By Joseph Bullmore

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Toast in Boerum Hill VISIT

By Ashley Baker

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Flights of Fancy

The Rise, Fall, and Revival of Pan Am The brand that pioneered the golden age of flying is staging a comeback—but can it exist in the cost-cutting world of international travel today?

By Chris Leadbeater

Books

Sane, Economy-Class Asian-Americans

By Pico Iyer

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Beauty and Wellness

Eye of the Beholder Aging: It’s all relative, right? For those who are trudging into 2023 feeling like the past few years have weighed heavily on their faces, help is here, without a single trip to the plastic surgeon. It will, however, require a bus ride …

By Linda Wells

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Anatomy of a Murder

Beating Putin’s Propaganda Alex Goldfarb was falsely accused by Russian state media of poisoning his friend Alexander Litvinenko. His long fight for truth finally ended this week

By Alex Goldfarb

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Highlight

Shock and Awe The provocative, World War II–era paintings of Ben Shahn are on view in a sweeping retrospective

By Nicholas Fox Weber

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Listen

Anna Wintour The Vogue editor isn’t typically a lady who lunches. But on this week’s Table for Two, she makes an exception for host Bruce Bozzi

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The Perfect Ending

Presley Gerber The investor and model answers 37 of life’s most pressing questions

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Highlight

Dream Time Alfresco Way above 96th Street, Shakespeare’s midsummer madness in classical Harlem Renaissance style

By Matthew Gurewitsch

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Food

When Life Gives You Lemons … French pastry chef Cédric Grolet’s lemon trompe l’oeil dessert is having a moment on menus around the world

By Nina Friend

Minuscule Series

Cliff-Hangers for the Commute One-minute micro-dramas—designed to be watched on your smartphone—are now a billion-dollar industry

By Blanca Schofield

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Close-up

Chuck George The Filipino-American chef is taking the smashburger craze across the Atlantic with Chuck’s

By Elena Clavarino

Patriot Act

Luxury Diplomacy When Trump started spouting conspiracy theories about a white genocide in South Africa, the continent’s richest man stepped in to correct the record

By George Pendle

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Chronicles of the .1 Percent

Treasured Island Long overlooked for its flashier neighbors, the Caribbean islands of Turks and Caicos are having a real-estate renaissance

By Sheila Yasmin Marikar

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Landing Gear

Power Tripping One vinyl record to rule them all! A home generator to keep you juiced up! Headphones you can take on your next scuba expedition! And more …

By Jonathan Margolis

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Clementina x Drake’s shop

By Nathan King

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The Dark Arts

A Forgotten Master of Pulp Fiction The only thing more noir than the work of writer Cornell Woolrich may have been his own life

By Sam Kashner

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Close-up

Jack Siebert The Los Angeles–based curator using social media to find the art world’s rising stars

By Elena Clavarino

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Lit Hubbub

The Sally Rooney Effect Writers, editors, and booksellers weigh in on the new book by the world’s most talked-about young novelist

By Erin Somers

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Close-up

Tom Blyth The British actor went from sidewalk charity campaigner to the star of a new series on Billy the Kid

By Bridget Arsenault

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Carey Lowell Ceramics decorate

By Ashley Baker

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T.G.I.S.

The Attention-Whore Index Donald Trump is in a dilemma, Kathy Hochul is in a dither, and Steve Bannon is going inside. Plus, the strangest news from around the world

By George Kalogerakis