Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story In the HBO drama “The Gilded Age,” the characters are keenly aware that they live in interesting times. Early in the series, which is set in the eighteen-eighties, an estate lawyer…
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story On an inky-dark stage, a naked man—blindfolded, trussed, and gagged—hangs like a deer from a pole. Pale and gleaming, he looks like a painting of St. Sebastian, rapturous in martyrdom, or…
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this storyYou’re reading the Goings On newsletter, a guide to what we’re watching, listening to, and doing this week. Sign up to receive it in your inbox. In the spirit of summer travel,…
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Lorde is contemporary pop’s greatest demystifier, and also its greatest mystic. This contradiction has animated her music from the beginning. “We aren’t caught up in your love affair,” she declared in…
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story For the cover of the July 7 & 14, 2025, special Fiction Issue, the artist Malika Favre chose an unusual setting to portray someone captivated by a book. “I really admire…
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this storyYou’re reading the Goings On newsletter, a guide to what we’re watching, listening to, and doing this week. Sign up to receive it in your inbox. The Colombia-born artist Fanny Sanín has…
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Watch “Here Come the Dykes.” The New Yorker Documentary View the latest or submit your own film. For several years, starting in 1979, the photographer Joan E. Biren, or JEB, travelled…
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story On a spring day in 1993, my mom drove me to a hair salon in Linden, New Jersey, and got me a haircut. It was my first. I wasn’t yet three.…
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this storyYou’re reading the Goings On newsletter, a guide to what we’re watching, listening to, and doing this week. Sign up to receive it in your inbox. “Constellation,” a Diane Arbus exhibition at…
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story We all have our distinct cinematic pressure points, specific kinds of images that trigger a burst of squeamishness. I instinctively cover my eyes whenever I see a character chopping food in…
