King of the Costume Drama
Amid constant fights, infidelity, and financial woes, James Ivory and his partner, Ismail Merchant, created the most elegant films of the era
Life of the Party
In celebration of Mikhail Baryshnikov’s 75th birthday, the legendary dancer’s arts center is hosting a day-long concert in upstate New York
The Troubles of Taffy Brodesser-Akner
The author of the best-selling Fleishman Is in Trouble has money issues, religious worries, and anxiety about her next novel. It’s not easy being “the female Philip Roth”
Stealing God’s Stuff
He is best remembered as the author of the children’s classics Charlotte’s Web and Stuart Little. But is E. B. White also the forgotten prophet of our nuclear doom?
Rock v. Wade
Singing and abortion rights converge in 1972, a new rock opera from the musician and activist Chadwick Stokes, produced by Laurie David and Sybil Gallagher
Ludovic Nkoth
One year after moving to Paris, the 28-year-old artist, known for expressive portraits that center on Blackness, is collaborating with some of France’s most prestigious institutions
The French Connection
What is it about gentleman-thief Arsène Lupin, Maurice Leblanc’s answer to Sherlock Holmes, that makes him so endlessly appealing?
One-Stop Shopper
Betty Halbreich, the personal shopper at Bergdorf Goodman, offered guidance to the doyennes of New York. Lena Dunham, her friend and client, pays homage to the legend, who recently died at 96
Ghostwriters with Benefits
Victoria Beckham’s former ghostwriter on the perilous mistake Prince Harry’s ghostwriter has made: liking his subject too much
The Attention-Whore Index
This week’s dross rising to the top includes some old familiar names causing all-new commotions. Who is the unworthiest? You decide!
The Heirs of an Execution
Seventy years after Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were sentenced to death for atomic espionage, their sons recall watching them go on trial
