Air Mail

Yoko Before John To understand the most misunderstood woman of the last half-century, you have to go back to the beginning

By Legs McNeil

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Big Easy Reading As New Orleans gears up for Jazz Fest, a tranquil alternative can be found in the city’s flourishing indie book shop scene

By Steve Garbarino

Style

Turning over a New Leaf A New York City landscaper shares her advice for bringing plants into the home, including where to shop, what to avoid, and which varietals can endure a bit of neglect

By Jensen Davis

City Guides

Lolita Cros’s Guide to New York The French curator and art dealer shares her favorite art galleries in her hometown

Eye of the Beholder Whether you’re the president or Taylor Swift, your mouth is a conversation topic—and we’re not talking about what comes out of it. But perfectly aligned, blindingly white teeth are no longer the gold standard, reports our beauty-and-wellness columnist

By Linda Wells

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Risky Business Israel proved its military can assassinate anyone, anywhere. But will those killings keep the peace or spark a larger war?

By Yossi Melman and Dan Raviv

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The Rest Is Podcasting Is there anything that former soccer star, now podcaster and media mogul, Gary Lineker can’t do?

By Jonathan Margolis

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A Night Celebrating Gay Talese Judy Collins, Tony Danza, David Remnick, and others gathered at the Waverly Inn to celebrate the writer’s new memoir

By Nathan King

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Asher Liftin The 24-year-old art-world darling, whose fans include David Geffen, stages his first solo show in New York City

By Clara Molot

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What Could Possibly Go Wrong? This week in American health: Tylenol-gate, more vaccine-mania, and A.I. Christopher Hitchens lambastes R.F.K. Jr.

By Paulina Prosnitz and Carolina de Armas

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Lucas Zelnick After a brief stint as a corporate strategist, the young comedian started a stand-up club in Manhattan

By Paulina Prosnitz

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City Guides

Maurizio Cattelan’s Guide to Milan The art world’s crowned prankster shares his go-to spots in the city he calls home

The Paris School

Art Nouveau Meet the nine young painters at the center of Paris’s artistic boom

By Jeanne Malle

Books

Editor’s Picks This week, don’t miss a new history of China’s path to Communism, a re-examination of the Bernie Goetz subway shooting, and McNally Editions’ reprint of a forgotten dark comedy

By Jim Kelly

Almine Rech’s Guide to Brussels The French art dealer and gallery owner shares her favorite spots in the Belgian capital

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That’s So French! Sexy, flirty, confident—Parisians embrace aging with typical élan. The most stylish among them share their secrets

By Linda Wells

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The Friend Zone The author Sigrid Nunez on the film adaptation of her National Book Award–winning novel, starring Naomi Watts, Bill Murray, and a Great Dane

By Nicolas Rapold

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John Derian’s Guide to Provincetown The “King of Decoupage” shares his go-to spots in the Massachusetts beach town

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Wild Ride Tesla used to be the car of choice for virtue-signaling Democrats. Now, as liberals all over the world are unloading their “Swasticars,” will the Fox News set fill the void?

By Simon Mills

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The Bookman Goeth Nobody read more—or faster—than Robert Gottlieb

By Corby Kummer

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Gaëtan Bruel Ahead of Bastille Day, the French cultural counselor discusses how New York’s Villa Albertine was born, and the novel approach it’s taking to artists’ residency programs

By Lim May Zhee

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Knives Out!

Forever Young Face-lift maestro Dr. Gerald Imber has been preaching the gospel of early intervention for decades. Now, thanks to TikTok, twentysomethings are actually listening

By Brennan Kilbane

Nostalgia on the Menu

Power-Lunch Like It’s 1989! Michael’s is a restaurant frozen in time. A better time, for its aging, loyal (and forgiving) regulars

By Dana Brown

The Perfect Ending

Daniel Humm The chef and restaurateur behind Eleven Madison Park answers 51 of life’s most pressing questions

Call Her “Daddy”! Some of the most stylish young women are walking around in neckties. Is it a response to Trump-era misogyny or a seductive power play?

By Laura Antonia Jordan

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