The View from Here
There’s a better way to remember William Friedkin, the witty, generous, and passionately dedicated director of The French Connection and The Exorcist
Teenage Wasteland
A new book of photographs by Beth Garrabrant—the artist behind Taylor Swift’s recent album covers—documents youth in the American suburbs
How Billionaires Tell Time
Richard Mille watches have long been exclusive and expensive, but they’ve recently been attracting the attention of the richest of the rich
Flower Power
A Dior designer’s take on floral arrangements, a visual history of the rose, and a gardening guide by Martha Stewart … Ring in spring with three new coffee-table books
Hip-Hop and Happening
Three new coffee-table books celebrate hip-hop—which originated in New York’s South Bronx 50 years ago—as a musical genre and cultural movement
The Attention-Whore Index
Elon Musk spats with a warlord, Donald Trump struggles with a gender, and Mark Robinson swears he’s not what he said he is on a porn site
Top of the Line
Algerian streets, Italian fountains, German tanks … The late New Yorker illustrator and cartoonist Saul Steinberg’s drawings are collected in a new edition of All in Line
The Last of the Giants
Before Steve Jobs, Polaroid founder Edwin Land developed revolutionary products at the intersection of art and technology. Thanks to a devoted few, his 225-pound 20x24 camera lives on
Voices from the Past
A recording device that will fill in the gaps in your memory! Google’s A.I. summary tool is unlike anything you’ve ever seen! The charging station that will change your life! And more …
Château LaThief
An intoxicating investment opportunity collateralized with extraordinarily valuable bottles of fine wine … What could possibly go wrong?
The View from Here
Harvard’s sanctioning of two Rhodes Scholarship recipients is only the latest in a series of controversies plaguing the prestigious academic prize
The Attention-Whore Index
Donald Trump is guilty as hell, Richard Dreyfuss loves a good yell, and you don’t want Martha-Ann Alito ringing your doorbell. Plus, the strangest news from around the world
