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Jerry Saltz The Pulitzer Prize–winning art critic reveals his travel routine

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The Original Walter White

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A Class Act The producing artistic director of Lincoln Center Theater pays tribute to his friend James McMullan, a brilliant artist who has designed its posters for nearly four decades

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Landing Gear A temperature-controlled mug for coffee-lovers; headphones without equal; the world’s sharpest, brightest portable projector; and more

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A Poet’s Painter

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Hello, Doctor? For just $100, a new online concierge service will connect the procedure-curious with some of the world’s top plastic surgeons and dermatologists

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Marta Has Left the Building In Death Valley Junction, a theater like no other

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Sophie Thatcher At just 21, the Yellowjackets star turns to the Force with a part in The Book of Boba Fett

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The Chelsea Portraits

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Face Value A new exhibition cracks open The Face’s archives, featuring more than 200 images from the pages of the pre-eminent culture-and-style magazine of 1980s London

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Cowboy Mouth

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New York

Jerry Saltz The Pulitzer Prize–winning art critic reveals his travel routine

Henri Bendel LOOK

Face Value Inside South Korea’s booming plastic-surgery district, where hundreds of faces and bodies are tweaked every day

Editor’s Picks This week, don’t miss a biography of artist LeRoy Neiman, a tour of New York’s hidden landmarks, a novel set in a Manhattan women’s hotel, and a new translation of Aesop’s fables

The Original Walter White

A Class Act The producing artistic director of Lincoln Center Theater pays tribute to his friend James McMullan, a brilliant artist who has designed its posters for nearly four decades

Down the Rabbit Hole

Charlie Fox Dispensary BLAZE

The Boat and Tote and Me I started ironically embroidering L. L. Bean tote bags as a joke. Then it went viral

Honor Levy With My First Book, the very online It Girl is defining Gen Z fiction

Lilli Elias With her homeware brand, Autumn Sonata, the 28-year-old is using her archival-studies degree to turn antique prints into new textiles

Henry Alford’s “This or That” A pop quiz of cultural phenomena

Into the Wilde In Milan, a new wave of members-only clubs is transforming the city’s social fabric

Landing Gear A temperature-controlled mug for coffee-lovers; headphones without equal; the world’s sharpest, brightest portable projector; and more

A Poet’s Painter

Hello, Doctor? For just $100, a new online concierge service will connect the procedure-curious with some of the world’s top plastic surgeons and dermatologists

The New Swampland? Since 2020, branches of restaurants from New York, Los Angeles, London, Mexico City, and elsewhere have opened in Miami. But the bubble may be ready to pop

The Uncommon Man There are many who believe Nicky Haslam is the last bastion of good taste. His tea towels can help you elevate yours

Billion-Dollar Babies When a plush-toy tycoon with a real-estate fetish bumps up against Bill Gates, hospitality goes out the window

Marta Has Left the Building In Death Valley Junction, a theater like no other

Sophie Thatcher At just 21, the Yellowjackets star turns to the Force with a part in The Book of Boba Fett

The Misfits Tony Notarberardino has been a resident of the Chelsea Hotel—and its unofficial photo-portraitist—since 1994

Face Value A new exhibition cracks open The Face’s archives, featuring more than 200 images from the pages of the pre-eminent culture-and-style magazine of 1980s London

Cowboy Mouth

The Boat and Tote and Me I started ironically embroidering L. L. Bean tote bags as a joke. Then it went viral