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Knives Out at the Louvre Laurence des Cars was Emmanuel Macron’s personal pick for the role of Louvre director. Now, following a string of disasters—including that jewel heist—the aristocratic curator says she is fighting for her career

By Elaine Sciolino

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Style

The It-Girl Guide to Going Out Emilia Petrarca, Song-I Saba, Sarah Hoover, Harling Ross Anton, Lolita Cros, Nicolaia Rips, Gia Kuan, Mecca James-Williams, and Liana Satenstein talk holiday outfits

Second Wind

An Ode to the Humble Paperback From Lady Chatterley’s Lover to Bright Lights, Big City to A Little Life, books that were better the next time around

By Sloane Crosley

City Guides

Annie Doble’s Guide to Ibiza The founder of Annie’s Ibiza shares her go-to spots in one of the cities she calls home

Baby Face Pricey serums and high-end night creams aren’t just for grown women anymore—meet the new consumers who are raiding the skin-care aisles

By Linda Wells

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Faux Fighters As the U.F.C. lands at the White House this weekend, young men are flocking to Thailand in search of authentic violence. What they’re getting is something oddly Trumpian: part spectacle, part grift, part fraud …

By Maggie Turner

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Vincent Lo Brutto and Pablo Stahl With their Parisian gallery and its unconventional outpost at Basel’s private airport terminal, the French gallerist duo is moving beyond the bounds of traditional curation

By Elena Clavarino

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The Seven-Year Hitch Director Billy Wilder wanted sex in Marilyn Monroe’s comedy about infidelity—but Hollywood’s prohibitive censorship rules wouldn’t allow it

By Scott Tobias

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The Man in the White Suit Is Back With his pyrotechnic prose and clinical dissecting of social mores, Tom Wolfe was the pre-eminent chronicler of the United States in the late 20th century. Now, five years after his death, he’s back in the public eye

By Peter Stevenson and George Gurley

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Mel Robbins’s Good Life The best-selling author wants to re-invent you. Let her!

By Holly Parmelee

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Saucy Beast In Williamsburg, Brooklyn, where almost everything has changed, a 125-year-old Italian restaurant is hotter than ever. Welcome to Bamonte’s

By Rob LeDonne

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Books

Lessons in Activism

By Clara Bingham

Authors and Villains

Liar Liar Generation plagiarism isn’t just for college students. World-renowned nonfiction writers, including New York Times best-selling author Dr. David B. Agus, are having their books recalled

By Stuart Heritage

Highlight

Grace Period

By Lewis Jacobsen

The Little Paper That Knew A tiny local newspaper on Long Island’s North Shore was the first to warn us about George Santos. He still can’t forgive them for it

By Matt Kapp

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The Power of Imperfection Aiming for flawlessness is a trap. A makeup artist explains how to embrace reality, step-by-step

By Linda Wells

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St. George’s and the Fire-Breather When Tucker Carlson offered to speak at his WASP-y alma mater, he was not greeted with open arms

By Jack Sullivan

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Bless This Mess These days, the hottest hairstyles look like they were executed after too many martinis

By Maggie Lange

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The Art of the Everyday Edward Hopper was born in 1882, but as a new documentary about the artist attests, his sensitive paintings of empty storefronts and dimly lit motels have lost none of their poignancy

By Laura Freeman

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Amy Taubin’s “Carte Blanche” The golden-age Village Voice critic and actress recalls the days of Warhol’s Factory and SoHo before tourists, as her film program debuts at New York’s MoMA

By Nicolas Rapold

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The Morty the Merrier New York’s finest bespoke tailor didn’t just craft suits—he stitched together a whole community

By Scott Asen

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Kings of Comedy

Terminal Hilarity How three guys from the Milwaukee suburbs re-invented American comedy

By Josh Karp

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

Books

In Colder Blood

By Jim Kelly

Metaphysical Graffiti For the last decade, Blake Kunin has photographed members of the city’s prolific tag crews at work. His pictures memorialize their conquests—and a city whose street-art scene lives on

By Max Lakin

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