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T.G.I.S.

The Attention-Whore Index Bashar al-Assad flees, Juan Soto increases his fees, and the Trump nominees continue to displease

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Design for Living

Rule of Three Go from shoddy to well shod with a pair of adult shoes! Spend an evening at the movies (but not in a multiplex)! And more, in our column on how to live …

Photography

Joel Meyerowitz’s Life in Photography One of the pioneers of color photography looks back on his six-decade career in a new book


Bell, Book, and Candle

To Catch a Manuscript Thief The shocking leak of Pope Francis’s closely guarded autobiography bears uncanny similarities to an infamous publishing swindler’s modus operandi

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Caio Twombly The 26-year-old curator spotlights young artists at his new East Village gallery

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Dae Kim At just 29 years old, the Per Se alum is the head chef at Manhattan’s splashiest new fine-dining restaurant

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Against the Grain The Museum of Modern Art exhibits New York’s first-ever retrospective on Käthe Kollwitz, one of history’s greatest graphic artists—and one of its most outspoken pacifists

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A Gentleman’s Touch Thanks to his impeccable manners, Arthur Barry ingratiated himself with Jazz Age millionaires—then stole their jewels

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View With a Room

Better Living Through Holiday At Yeotown in Madeira, a wellness retreat that caters to angsty over-achievers

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After Hours

A Night Celebrating Michael Chow After Thursday night’s premiere of AKA Mr. Chow, a documentary directed by Nick Hooker and executive-produced by AIR MAIL Co-Editor Graydon Carter, guests including Victor Garber and Griffin Dunne gathered to celebrate the inimitable restaurateur at—where else?—Mr. Chow

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Body Language

Golden Girl The spray tan has shed its streaky reputation, and now everyone from Ryan Gosling to Jennifer Lawrence is going under the gun

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Plastic Problems

Cat’s Out of the Bag In the late 90s, Jocelyn Wildenstein became a tabloid sensation after her $2.5 billion divorce and as “the poster child for plastic surgery gone wrong.” Now she’s broke and the subject of a new HBO documentary series

High-Society Sound

A Getty on the Dance Floor The oil heiress Ivy Getty lost her father and divorced her husband—but found salvation in breezy, summertime pop


Portfolio

The London List Meet the 25 irrepressible young talents lighting up the scene

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Yasmine and Julie Audi The Lebanese sister duo behind Milan’s ultra-popular Oslo—Made in Heaven dessert shop is creating museum-worthy confections

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Tall Tales How super-tall, pencil-thin buildings are changing Manhattan’s classic skyline

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Editor’s Picks This week, don’t miss an audiobook murder mystery involving cellist prodigies, an intimate history of Manhattan’s Public Theater, and a globe-maker’s exploration of his craft

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Great Lives

Michel David-Weill For 25 years, the French-born investment banker directed Wall Street’s most prestigious firm with the touch of an enlightened monarch

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City Guides

Angelica Hicks’s Guide to Brooklyn The British illustrator and Internet personality shares her go-to restaurants, shops, and bars near her home in Carroll Gardens

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Anatomy of a Hypochondriac Red Bull Theater revives the dying Molière’s The Imaginary Invalid

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Optical Delusion

The Big Light Haunting Italy The food is divine. The architecture is exquisite. So why is it lit like a hospital room?

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The Trump Circus I

Presidential Small Print MAGA’s motto: No dollar left behind

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The World Through Rose-Colored Glasses Ahead of her show at the Queens Museum, the South African multimedia artist Tracey Rose discusses apartheid, psychedelics, and the inspiration behind some of her most radical works


Past is Prologue

Dispatch from Klooga How a young woman discovered her grandfather’s harrowing Holocaust-survival story, memorialized in a forgotten Life-magazine report by the famed war correspondent John Hersey

Food

The Heat Is On From fine dining to sweets shops, there’s never been a better time to eat your way through Mumbai. Our peripatetic omnivore relishes every bite

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