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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”

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When Ulysses Came to New York How Bennett Cerf, the co-founder of Random House and famed publisher of Eugene O’Neill and Truman Capote, brought James Joyce’s controversial novel to the U.S.

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


Books

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Object of Desire

Sacré Bleu Jeans! Amidst fashion’s ever changing landscape, Matthieu Blazy’s denim reaffirms Chanel’s lasting allure

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Highlight

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

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A Look Back

Intoxicate Me Take a fresh sniff of Shalimar. You may be surprised by its seductive powers

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‘Tis the Season

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

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CHANEL Beauty x The AIR MAIL Newsstand Something glossy has come to 546 Hudson Street. From Tuesday, June 16, to Monday, June 22, CHANEL Beauty is in residence at the AIR MAIL Newsstand

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City Guides

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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Law & Hoarders

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

Polite Society

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


Anatomy of a Scandal

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

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

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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 …

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Travel

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

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Eight Questions

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

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Air Play

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

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Beauty and Wellness

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

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Great Lives

The Inimitable Nona Summers A director remembers a great love


The Seasoned Traveler

Gary Janetti The comedy writer and producer behind Family Guy, Will & Grace, and a beloved Instagram account reveals his travel routine

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

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