Air Mail

The Stepmother’s Tragedy At the Alliance Française, Jennifer Ehle goes out on a limb as Racine’s Phèdre

By Matthew Gurewitsch

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City Guides

Bjarke Ingels’s Guide to Copenhagen The Danish architect shares his favorite spots in his home city

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Suzanne Vega Is Watching You The singer-songwriter performs her folk-pop hits at City Winery in Greenwich Village

By David Yaffe

Kiss and Makeup

You Don’t Know Bethenny The RHONY star and margarita mogul has emerged as an outspoken beauty savant—and everyone is listening

By Brennan Kilbane

The View from Here In the 1990s, Scott Ritter was a respected U.N. weapons inspector. Now he’s a Kremlin propagandist, defending Russia’s war in Ukraine

By Andrew Ryvkin

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The Life Lessons of Shonda Rhimes The trailblazing creator of Bridgerton, Grey’s Anatomy, and Scandal is raising kids on her own, worrying about Donald Trump, and having trouble getting a date

By Decca Aitkenhead

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Cowboy Mouth

By John Lahr

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Isaiah Barr The saxophonist and co-founder of Onyx Collective, an experimental group of artists, is taking on fashion and filmmaking

By Elena Clavarino

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The Attention-Whore Index Kings face off! But can they beat the Queen of Pop for your attention? You decide! Plus: strange news from around the world!

By George Kalogerakis

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Staff Picks Don’t miss a buoyant account of the sunken Titanic, the origin story of Manhattan’s favorite T. rex, and a search for the real “Torso Killer”

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Editor’s Picks This week, don’t miss a history of crime as told through 100 objects, a look at Greta Garbo’s life off-screen, and a vivid sketch of daily life during the Roman Empire’s golden age

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Film and Television

California Leavin’ As out-of-state shooting locations increasingly lure filmmakers, Hollywood risks becoming to movies what Detroit has become to car manufacturing: an industry hub turned ghost town

By David Smith

Travel

Japan’s Moment in the Sun From the thriving food scene to the vintage shopping to the manicured aesthetic—not to mention the weak yen—Japan is having a moment

By Elena Clavarino

The Seasoned Traveler

Gisele Bündchen The supermodel and newly minted cookbook author reveals her travel routine

The Island of No How did Mustique, where Princess Margaret once partied naked, lose its luster to … Bequia?

By Mark Ellwood

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From Golden Spoons to Golden Statues Contessa Marina Cicogna’s storybook life is as vibrant as those in the films she produced

written and illustrated by David Downton

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No Fun in the Sun Inside the allegations of skin rashes and chlamydia outbreaks rocking tony St. Barth’s

By Linda Wells

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Christophe Pourny The French furniture restorer who’s bringing vintage classics—along with hand-mixed furniture tonics and the perfect charentaise slipper—to Brooklyn

By Sophie Kemp

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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

By Anshel Pfeffer

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Animal Instinct

By Jackson Arn

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Great Lives

Dirck Halstead From Saigon’s fall to Reagan’s shooting to Monicagate, the photographer was at the center of history as it happened

“Ze Spot”

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

By David Kamp

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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

By Elena Clavarino

“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

By Alexander Nazaryan

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New York

The Stepmother’s Tragedy At the Alliance Française, Jennifer Ehle goes out on a limb as Racine’s Phèdre

Bjarke Ingels’s Guide to Copenhagen The Danish architect shares his favorite spots in his home city

Suzanne Vega Is Watching You The singer-songwriter performs her folk-pop hits at City Winery in Greenwich Village

You Don’t Know Bethenny The RHONY star and margarita mogul has emerged as an outspoken beauty savant—and everyone is listening

The View from Here In the 1990s, Scott Ritter was a respected U.N. weapons inspector. Now he’s a Kremlin propagandist, defending Russia’s war in Ukraine

The Life Lessons of Shonda Rhimes The trailblazing creator of Bridgerton, Grey’s Anatomy, and Scandal is raising kids on her own, worrying about Donald Trump, and having trouble getting a date

Cowboy Mouth

Isaiah Barr The saxophonist and co-founder of Onyx Collective, an experimental group of artists, is taking on fashion and filmmaking

The Attention-Whore Index Kings face off! But can they beat the Queen of Pop for your attention? You decide! Plus: strange news from around the world!

Staff Picks Don’t miss a buoyant account of the sunken Titanic, the origin story of Manhattan’s favorite T. rex, and a search for the real “Torso Killer”

Editor’s Picks This week, don’t miss a history of crime as told through 100 objects, a look at Greta Garbo’s life off-screen, and a vivid sketch of daily life during the Roman Empire’s golden age

California Leavin’ As out-of-state shooting locations increasingly lure filmmakers, Hollywood risks becoming to movies what Detroit has become to car manufacturing: an industry hub turned ghost town

Japan’s Moment in the Sun From the thriving food scene to the vintage shopping to the manicured aesthetic—not to mention the weak yen—Japan is having a moment

Gisele Bündchen The supermodel and newly minted cookbook author reveals her travel routine

The Island of No How did Mustique, where Princess Margaret once partied naked, lose its luster to … Bequia?

From Golden Spoons to Golden Statues Contessa Marina Cicogna’s storybook life is as vibrant as those in the films she produced

No Fun in the Sun Inside the allegations of skin rashes and chlamydia outbreaks rocking tony St. Barth’s

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

Animal Instinct

Dirck Halstead From Saigon’s fall to Reagan’s shooting to Monicagate, the photographer was at the center of history as it happened

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