Onward and Upward with the Arts
The Man Who Sells Unsellable New York Apartments
In the city’s turbulent market, Jason Saft doesn’t just beautify properties. He reveals the new life they could bring you.
The Exacting Magic of Film Restoration
Each year, at a festival in Bologna, movies that were once lost or damaged come back to life.
An Unrepressed Podcast Hosted by Freud’s Great-Granddaughter
Bella Freud—who’s also the child of Lucian—has had a lot to unpack. She’s working through it, mesmerizingly, on “Fashion Neurosis.”
A24’s Empire of Auteurs
The studio is brilliant at selling small, provocative films. Now it wants to sell blockbusters, too.
The Otherworldly Ambitions of R. F. Kuang
The author of “Babel” and “Yellowface” is drawn to stories of striving. Her new fantasy novel, “Katabasis,” asks if graduate school is a kind of hell.
A Secret Trove of Rare Guitars Heads to the Met
For decades, an obsessive duo of guitar guys has been amassing a definitive collection. The art these objects created changed the world.
Dirty Projectors Creates a Symphony for a Burning World
Between brutal fire seasons in Los Angeles, David Longstreth wrote “Song of the Earth,” an album that captures the beauty, and the peril, of nature.
The Subversive Love Songs of Lucy Dacus
The singer-songwriter talks about boygenius, the perils of love, and “Forever Is a Feeling,” her new album.
The Flirt Behind “Chicken Shop Date”
Amelia Dimoldenberg’s show has become one of YouTube’s more enduring hits by giving the celebrity interview a screwball spin.
High-School Band Contests Turn Marching Into a Sport—and an Art
Band kids today don’t just parade up and down the field playing fight songs. They flow across it in shifting tableaux, with elaborate themes and spandex-clad dancers.