New York
Books
Murder, They Wrote Tragic beauties dominate this month’s best mystery novels—as well as a 1946 noir classic
The Art of the Steal
Game of Throne With Maurizio Cattelan’s latest act arriving next week, a look back at the improbable saga of the Italian artist’s $6 million golden toilet
T.G.I.S.
The Attention-Whore Index Steve Bannon plots, Donald Trump brags, and Prince Andrew is cast out
French Exit
The Last Spies of Paris Unlike porters in London or doormen in New York, Paris’s omnipresent gardiennes—the eyes and ears of Haussmann buildings—are fast disappearing
Photography
When Lee Met Dave From the front lines to Hitler’s bathtub, Lee Miller and my father, Dave Scherman, made one of the great photojournalistic duos
The Shops Around the Corner
War of the Gourmet Grocers Fighting over everything from chicken salad to trad-wife protein powder, a spate of Manhattan prepared-food stores are vying to take the place of the mother ship, Dean & DeLuca
Highlight
Beyond the Grave Ahead of his new solo show, the artist Scott Covert discusses his artistic breakthrough and sneaking into cemeteries to create his paintings
But First …
The View from Here A 1960s hoax by liberal luminaries including E. L. Doctorow fueled the conspiracy theories that Trump has relied on his entire political career
Modern Times