New York
Finding Gaudí How the playful details of Antoni Gaudí’s architecture turned one critic into an admirer
But First …
The View from Here The anti-Semitic reactions in America to the war in Gaza are threatening the country’s most essential compact
The Art of Deceit
The Gall of Inigo Philbrick From London to Miami, the art dealer tricked the ultra-rich out of millions. A new documentary traces the unprecedented scale of his fraud—and the delusions that fueled him
Highlight
Fifty Shades of White A Robert Ryman retrospective goes up at David Zwirner’s Hong Kong outpost, marking the monochrome painter’s first solo exhibition in Greater China
Books
When Larry McMurtry Met the Merry Pranksters The biographer of the pre-eminent Texas chronicler recounts an infamous encounter with Ken Kesey’s gang of LSD enthusiasts, later immortalized in Tom Wolfe’s The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
Close-up
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
Air Mail Diary
A Ritzy Paris Building Where Millionaires Will Live Next to Former Homeless People And other strange news about these curious days …
Internal Affairs
That’s Hot? New laser treatments aimed at the nether regions make all sorts of promises. But not all patients achieve a happy ending
Great Lives
The Godfather of Punk As the glam lead singer of the New York Dolls, David Johansen changed music forever
