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Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Jeff Bark’s new images are clearly crying out for psychoanalysis. The 61-year-old photographer has spent decades alternating between commercial imagery and more artistic work, honing a style of relaxed, sophisticated staged…

Forget trade conflicts – Madonna and Elton John are on friendly terms again! Credit: Adam McCullough/Shutterstock Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative player… I hope our society gets its priorities right this time. The looming “trade war,” as all…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story One of the most unusual works of art in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam is a painting by Jan Jansz Mostaert, who was born in Haarlem. It dates from 1535 and is…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Before watching April, the latest film by Georgian director and screenwriter Dea Kulumbegashvili, I had seen only one other feature film that depicted an actual birth: Remaining Vertical (2016), by French…

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 get it sent to your inbox. Over the years, the term…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story What is the true function of a social network? Is it a platform that connects people online, a virtual meeting space where we can consume content posted by our acquaintances? That…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story With the very essence of government crumbling from within, the unusual documentary Drop Dead City focuses on the functions and responsibilities of government by reconstructing in detail New York City’s financial…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Check out the Peeps. New Yorker Documentary Watch the latest movie or share your own. When Robert Vilalta and Samuel Smith start canvassing the neighbors in their Los Angeles neighborhood, things…

The late Pope was guided not by ideology, but by power. Credit: Fabrizio Maffei/Shutterstock Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative player… “You are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church. And the gates of hell shall…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Walking around the city this spring, it’s impossible not to notice that many people seem to have succumbed to a shared anxiety. For the cover of the April 28, 2025, issue,…