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Silent Witness

Looking again at Manet's Olympia.

Unspoken Truths

A publishing-world satire that's dead on.

Minutes of Infinity

Annie Baker continues with the calmest to ruffle feathers of breezes.

In Noah Kahan's Flannel World, You're the Main Character

An evening of teens and tears with the newly crowned prince of Stomp and Holler 2.0.

Just Like Old Friends

The newest trio to lead Merrily We Roll Along might just rewrite its Broadway history.

Kid Brain

Abby Hanlon's Dory Fantasmagory series is some of the best children's literature in years.

Todd Haynes Plays the Superego

The director is interested in people constrained by society's rules. In his latest, he makes it harder to root for the rule-breakers.

How Did Cabbage Become Sexy?

Chefs are wrapping it around all sorts of wild fillings.

The Injera I've Been Waiting For

It's fluffy, fresh, and made in Greenpoint.

Caviar, Calamari, and a Kardashian Sartiano's is a members-mostly club.

I FEEL LIKE EVERYONE here knows each other,\" said a friend on a visit to Sartiano's as we tore into a high-domed puck of olive-studded focaccia, oven-hot, and a TikTok- bait $48 plate of \"caviar cannolis,\" gooey with mascarpone and American sturgeon, fridge-cold.

IT'S GIVING HALSTON

Evoking \"the spirit of a bygone hedonism” in a sensible mid-century West Side co-op.

Z Coil's Spring-Loaded Orthopedic Sandals

I BOUGHT Z-COILS in the midst of an existential crisis. A month after increasing my testosterone dose, I felt acutely uncomfortable in my skin.

The Oppenheirmer of Our Age

Sam Altman insists the artificial intelligence he is creating could destroy civilization even as he hastens its advancement. Do we know enough about him?

HEARTBURN

Rupert Murdoch didn't want to DUMP HIS RATINGS LEADER and favorite Fox host. But was Tucker Carlson giving him a choice?

The Discourse: Ryu Spaeth

Cancel Culture Grows Up Have we figured out how to separate the repugnant from the merely unlucky?

The Group Portrait: Give the Liberty Their Grown

How New York's WNBA team became the hottest ticket in town.

The Body Politic: Rebecca Traister

The Return of the Marriage Plot Why everyone is suddenly so eager for men and women to get hitched.

Adorable Little Detonators

Our friendship survived bad dates, illness, marriage, fights. Why can't it survive your baby?

A Decamping to a Bro ad Channel Swim Club

A few years ago, co-founders Coming Soon Helena Barquet and Fabiana Faria left the Upper East Side for the Rockaways.

The Journalist and the Billionaire

Walter Isaacson is a man with a golden rolodex, impeccable Establishment credentials, and world-class schmoozing skills. Now he has written a biography of Elon Musk, who despises all those things.

How Zadie Smith Lost Her Teeth

Since her audacious debut, the author has been moving toward character-driven realism. In the process, she has become the least interesting version of herself.

A Very Sheer Afternoon

I wore a lasagna of Miu Miu chiffon to Trader Joe's.

The Office Ten

You'd never take a second glance at the guy in a Patagonia vest. So why does he suddenly look so hot when he asks to borrow a stapler?

What's My Age Again?

By now, many of us have fully resumed our post-pandemic lives. But what about all the years we missed?

PEAK BADU

She's an ICONOCLAST who fills arenas, an ONLINE SCRAPPER who just wants to hide from the world, a FASHION WEEK STANDOUT who rejects the notion that clothes should DEFINE YOU. Come join a four-hour phone call with ERYKAH BADU.

Tempest Lite

Shakespeare can be easy without being schlocky.

One Piece Does the Impossible

It's adapted from an anime and it works.

She's Been Through It

Olivia Rodrigo found a winning formula, but she's not content to repeat it.

The Decomposition of Rotten Tomatoes

The most overrated metric in entertainment is erratic, reductive, and easily hacked-and yet has Hollywood in its grip.

Led Around By It

When Bradley Cooper plays director, he likes to go big.