New York
Books
Murder, They Wrote Tragic beauties dominate this month’s best mystery novels—as well as a 1946 noir classic
But First …
The View from Here Oligarchs such as Boris Berezovsky thought they’d created a post-Soviet puppet, but Putin outgrew his wealthy mentors and then destroyed them
Open Book
Practice Makos Perfect Christopher Makos showed Andy Warhol how to use his first camera. He also cemented Warhol’s existence as the personification of the “American brand”
Close-up
Catherine Lacey The author discusses her latest novel, a fictionalized biography of a “Frankenstein’s monster of 20 artists and 20 writers” whom she admires, from Kathy Acker to Susan Sontag
Best in Show
Picture-Perfect The blockbuster Vermeer show at Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum exceeds the hype
Books
A Murder in Minneapolis
Close-up
Cleo Camp Four years after sewing her first silver bag from scrap leather, the 28-year-old designer counts Lena Dunham, Zoë Kravitz, and Gracie Abrams among her fans
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 …
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
