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The Criminal Element

Sex, Drugs, and Anish Kapoor Why did Inigo Philbrick orchestrate an $86 million Ponzi scheme? Well, it depends which day of the week you ask him …

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Flights of Fancy

The Rise, Fall, and Revival of Pan Am The brand that pioneered the golden age of flying is staging a comeback—but can it exist in the cost-cutting world of international travel today?


Books

Sane, Economy-Class Asian-Americans

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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

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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 …

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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

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Shock and Awe The provocative, World War II–era paintings of Ben Shahn are on view in a sweeping retrospective

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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

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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

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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

Minuscule Series

Cliff-Hangers for the Commute One-minute micro-dramas—designed to be watched on your smartphone—are now a billion-dollar industry


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Chuck George The Filipino-American chef is taking the smashburger craze across the Atlantic with Chuck’s

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Christine Safa For the 32-year-old artist—a rising figure in the Paris art world—memories of Lebanon’s coasts and mountains are never far off

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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

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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

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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 …

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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

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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

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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

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Jack Siebert The Los Angeles–based curator using social media to find the art world’s rising stars


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