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Putting It Together How do you complete a Stephen Sondheim musical without Stephen Sondheim? Call for Jonathan Tunick

By Michael Riedel

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Sculpture Wars

A Tale of Two Beans Two years after its unveiling, at the base of a Manhattan luxury tower, Anish Kapoor’s smaller “bean” is way more controversial than its Chicago predecessor

By Max Kutner

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Lucky Jewel Olive Woodward, Lola Dement Myers, and Shay Gallagher, the trio behind the art collective Lucky Jewel, have opened a store on the Lower East Side

By Nicolaia Rips

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Measures of Success Get a full medical workup through the soles of your feet! The stereo receiver that will take you back to the 70s! The lightest carry-on luggage you can buy! And more …

By Jonathan Margolis

The View from Here France’s political order may be cracking up, but its Olympic Games—majestic, ridiculous, welcoming—are the envy of the world

By Ashley Baker

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Pot Heads and Basket Cases The Loewe Foundation’s Craft Prize brings together the best practitioners of the decorative arts from across the globe

By Ashley Baker

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The Diva’s Tragedy Maria Callas’s life was marked by poverty, drugs, cheating billionaires, and tabloid uproar. Can Angelina Jolie, who plays the opera singer in a new biopic, find the humanity amid the chaos?

By Lyndsy Spence

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Charlotte Colbert The multi-media artist’s Alice in Wonderland–inspired exhibition brings a trippy perspective to Frieze London

By Bridget Arsenault

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Who Wears the Crown? There’s something empowering and regal about my hair. Here’s how I created it

By Nelly Moudime

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Rule of Three Spare yourself the embarrassment of bare feet! Get your act together by staying in a hotel! And much more, in our new column on how to live …

By George Hahn

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Talkin’ Like Connie Converse

By Joanne Kaufman

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The Imperfect Ending

Natasha Rothwell The White Lotus star shares her least favorite things

The Shop Around the Corner

Valley of the Books Located inside a family’s Brooklyn home, High Valley Books offers the best collection of rare and vintage print media in the city

By Zach Sokol

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Olivia von Halle The fashion designer answers 35 of life’s most pressing questions

Survivor, D.C. Edition The new genre of books taking over Washington? Memoirs by Trump-administration survivors who tried to do their work in the midst of insanity

By Michael Oreskes

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The Attention-Whore Index There are puerile billionaires and whining authors scrabbling for your attention. But can any of them beat the orange elephant in the room? You decide!

By George Kalogerakis

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Yoko Before John To understand the most misunderstood woman of the last half-century, you have to go back to the beginning

By Legs McNeil

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Turning over a New Leaf A New York City landscaper shares her advice for bringing plants into the home, including where to shop, what to avoid, and which varietals can endure a bit of neglect

By Jensen Davis

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Eye of the Beholder Whether you’re the president or Taylor Swift, your mouth is a conversation topic—and we’re not talking about what comes out of it. But perfectly aligned, blindingly white teeth are no longer the gold standard, reports our beauty-and-wellness columnist

By Linda Wells

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Risky Business Israel proved its military can assassinate anyone, anywhere. But will those killings keep the peace or spark a larger war?

By Yossi Melman and Dan Raviv

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The Rest Is Podcasting Is there anything that former soccer star, now podcaster and media mogul, Gary Lineker can’t do?

By Jonathan Margolis

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After Hours

A Night Celebrating Gay Talese Judy Collins, Tony Danza, David Remnick, and others gathered at the Waverly Inn to celebrate the writer’s new memoir

By Nathan King

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Asher Liftin The 24-year-old art-world darling, whose fans include David Geffen, stages his first solo show in New York City

By Clara Molot

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Lucas Zelnick After a brief stint as a corporate strategist, the young comedian started a stand-up club in Manhattan

By Paulina Prosnitz

Art Nouveau Meet the nine young painters at the center of Paris’s artistic boom

By Jeanne Malle

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