New York
Eight Questions
Weathering the Storm The Pulitzer Prize–winning author and critic Michiko Kakutani discusses disruptive politics, the technology of the future, and her new book, The Great Wave
T.G.I.S.
The Attention-Whore Index Donald Trump and Elon Musk are aggressively seeking out the spotlight again. If only Xi Jinping would disappear them too
art of darkness
The Curious Case of the Missing Basquiat For 16 years, a $20 million Basquiat was at the center of a bitter legal battle between an Oscar-winning Italian producer and his ex-wife. Then, just as mysteriously as it vanished, it turned up in a Miami warehouse
Seeing Red
Harvard Henchman Putin’s point person for brokering a Ukraine peace agreement with Trump is a rich, Ivy League smoothie
Yesterday Once More Forty years after Karen Carpenter’s death, a biography of the 1970s superstar explores the singer’s grit and tenacity
Art
The Best Renaissance Artist You’ve Never Heard Of At London’s National Gallery, the first-ever exhibition devoted to Francesco Pesellino’s work goes on view
The Beautiful Game
Soccer’s New Footprint For Forest Green Rovers, the world’s first carbon-neutral soccer team, bringing politics into the sport hasn’t played out exactly as the team’s super-rich owner had hoped
Highlight
Pitch-Perfect In an interview, the breakout tenor Jonathan Tetelman chronicles his road from D.J.-ing to starring in Puccini’s Madama Butterfly at the Met
Books
The Monty Python Diaries In an interview, Eric Idle looks back on the heyday of the British comedy group, from working with Lorne Michaels to partying with Ringo Starr and Keith Moon
