Christophe Pourny
The French furniture restorer who’s bringing vintage classics—along with hand-mixed furniture tonics and the perfect charentaise slipper—to Brooklyn
From Slush Pile to Pulitzer
Joshua Cohen couldn’t find a publisher for his novel about Harold Bloom and the Netanyahus. Now it’s a heralded prizewinner
Eat Your Heart Out
Since opening their restaurant, in 1999, the couple behind Il Posto Accanto, on East Second Street, has served up linguine and community in equal measure
Go Figure
The Belgian figurative artist Luc Tuymans, who has a new show at David Zwirner, recalls the moment he decided to start painting again—and why he works so fast
“Probably the Best Private Art Museum on Earth”
At the newly reopened Glenstone, near Washington, D.C., a small but mighty collection featuring works by Jenny Holzer and Richard Serra is on view, free of crowds
Let There Be Light
The Getty Center, in Los Angeles, exhibits the photographs of 26 avant-garde artists who made light their subject, such as Man Ray, László Moholy-Nagy, Thomas Wilfred, and Mary Ellen Bute
What’s the Skinny?
Skin slugging, skin cycling, micro-needling, gua sha–ing … skin advice is invading all corners of social media, and one doctor is out to bust some myths
Catch Them if You Can
With the news media and social media taking the “hot” out of hot spots, the new New York City nightlife has evolved to be constantly on the move
Everything but the Kitchen Sink
The chef and restaurateur behind New York’s Lilia, Misi, and Misi Pasta outlines the essential tools for home cooks of every persuasion
Love Is Blind
In an exclusive excerpt from the Audible Original Love Until Death, the story of how a successful music producer became ensnared in the web of a seductive con man—and never got out
Eye of the Beholder
Baby got back? There’s yet another area of the body that requires your attention, and professional intervention. Meet the entrepreneurs and surgeons who are focusing exclusively on improving your posterior
Aid and Abet
After Charlie Javice sold her financial-planning start-up, Frank, to JPMorgan Chase for $175 million, the wunderkind was poised to be the next big name in fintech. Then came charges of fraud
In Search of Lost Whimsy
In a new coffee-table book, the eccentric Italian artist and designer Gaetano Pesce looks back on his life and career, and reflects on his longtime enemy: coherence
A Starbucks for the Next-Gen Set
The fast-growing, tech-bro-funded Blank Street aims to be a younger, cooler version of staid coffee chains. It may have misjudged its customers
Hallucinating Graydon Carter
Following the publication of When the Going Was Good, A.I.-generated rip-offs have flooded the market—how do they stack up?
The View from Here
Disenchanted with the finance and consulting tracks that once defined success, some elite college grads are trading desk jobs for grueling blue-collar work
