New York

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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

The Perfect Ending

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

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

By Matthew Gurewitsch

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

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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

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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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Modern Times

Keeping Up with the Gould-Gessens This trio of celebrated Brooklyn writers continues to generate an endless supply of reality-TV-worthy melodrama

By Jessa Crispin

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Clementina x Drake’s

By Nathan King

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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Food

Last Call at Mezzaluna With a potential closure looming over the Upper East Side Italian restaurant, the owner’s daughter reflects on growing up in its dining room, and what the future holds for the family business

By Gea Bozzi

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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City Guides

Mickalene Thomas’s Guide to Brooklyn The American artist shares her go-to spots in the neighborhood she calls home

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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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Best

Carey Lowell Ceramics

By Ashley Baker

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Air Play

What’s on Trump’s Birthday Playlist? Trump’s favorite songs offer an unsettling glimpse into his mind: Broadway schmaltz, masculine bombast, and an eerie indifference to the world going up in flames

By David Browne

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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

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Pit Stop!

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Online Special

Blow, Winds, and Crack Your Cheeks! Rage! Blow! From Stratford, Ontario, a King Lear of symphonic power

By Matthew Gurewitsch

Adventures in Filmmaking

King of the Costume Drama Amid constant fights, infidelity, and financial woes, James Ivory and his partner, Ismail Merchant, created the most elegant films of the era

By Susannah Butter

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