Air Mail

Two of a Kind Buying gifts for twins? Here’s how to halve your stress while doubling their delight

By David Christopher Kaufman

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Art’s Dark Horse

The Most Expensive Artist You’ve Never Heard Of Sanyu befriended Picasso and Giacometti yet died destitute. Today, he’s known as the “Chinese Matisse”

By Natasha Degen

Inspector Gadget

Landing Gear A smart-looking smartwatch; the razor giving new life to a stalwart of the shaving industry; headphones that make listening to music feel like a vice; and more

By Jonathan Margolis

Books

Book ’Em!

By Joanne Kaufman

It’s a Bird, It’s a Song … It’s The Birdsong Project! With more than 200 artists, from Nick Cave to Yo-Yo Ma, offering their takes on avian-inspired sound, there’s something for everyone

By Laura Jacobs

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A Different Kind of Holiday How to enjoy Christmas alone in the big city

By James Wolcott

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Mrs. Stern Wanders the Prussian State Library watch

By Alessandra Stanley

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Ignacio Mattos’s Guide to Punta del Este The Uruguayan chef and restaurateur behind New York’s Estela, Lodi, and Altro Paradiso shares his favorite spots in the seaside city

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Big Law Gets Bigger Paul, Weiss once embraced a variety of civic-minded causes. Today, the law firm seems more focused on its own bottom line

By Jeffrey Toobin

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The Swan Who Was Spared The real reason Washington Post publisher Katharine Graham, Truman Capote’s guest of honor at the Black and White Ball, was the only “swan” he didn’t betray

By Joseph Rodota

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Abercrombie & Flinch Behind the preppy, all-American fashion brand was a sordid world of alleged exploitation and abuse of power

By Rianna Croxford

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Britons on Broadway

The British Are Coming! Operation Mincemeat—the Olivier Award–winning West End musical about a W.W. II–era deception operation that fooled the Nazis—is taking Broadway by storm

By Tim Teeman

Beauty and Wellness

Eye of the Beholder As we peel off the layers and parade into spring, will we bare our body hair or banish it for good? Our brave beauty columnist goes bushwhacking …

By Linda Wells

Books

If You Build It …

By Celia McGee

Winds of Change Comporta, Portugal, sits on the last undeveloped stretch of Atlantic Ocean coastline in Southern Europe. Will developers and tourists ruin it?

By Michael Hainey

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Arts and Drafts Five years after leaving New York magazine, Adam Moss discusses the state of media today, how he fills his days, and his new book about art

By Jim Kelly

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Sore Losers A collection of songs for people who’ve turned on themselves, by self-critical artists such as the Buzzcocks, Lyle Lovett, Jackie Ross, and more

By George Kalogerakis

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Eye of the Beholder Thanks to Jane Fonda’s Workout, leotards and leg lifts became enduring cultural phenomena. Forty years after the video’s debut, Fonda is still astonished that it worked

By Linda Wells

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The Many Lives of Anna May Wong

By Celia McGee

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The Inimitable Nona Summers A director remembers a great love

By Michael Lindsay-Hogg

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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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Close-up

Kelly Beeman The painter and illustrator was convinced art couldn’t be a full-time job. But when Loewe creative director Jonathan Anderson came across her drawings on Instagram, overnight success followed

By Elena Clavarino

The Restaurant World

L.A. Plays New York In the past few years, New York City’s buzziest restaurants have been exported to Miami. Now they’re landing in Los Angeles

By Susan Campos

But First …

The View from Here Work, drink, or fornicate? Everything you’ve always wanted to know about writers’ retreats but were afraid to ask

By Judith Newman

The Attention-Whore Index After a brief summer break, the world’s neediest attention-seekers are back and clamoring for your vote. But who really deserves it? You decide!

By George Kalogerakis

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