Q: What paint color is as versatile as a little black dress?

“Like an infinitely wearable LBD, a great paint color can give home interiors eternal flexibility, so I asked experts and designers to share their go-to shade.”

Gazing Inward

A newly built West Palm Beach home's sense of place comes from within.

Risky Business

A home in the heart of North Carolina pushes— almost beyond—the limits of layered vibrancy.

Colors of the World

An old-worldamansion rendered anew, a jungle enclave enriched sical decor, or a freestanding treehouse perched on the glittering Pacific coastline bold hotel design has the power to unleash the imagination and cement a sense of place. Beyond the scenic landscapes they occupy, these luxury properties are travel experiences in themselves, with scene-setting details spanning from clever color palettes and artisanal textures to historic architecture and bespoke furniture.

MEMBERS ONLY

Scott Sartiano's private club, Zero Bond, became postpandemic New York's celeb-friendliest playground, luring the likes of Taylor, Elon, and Mayor Eric Adams. What's the secret sauce?

DEVIL'S EVE, 1982

Before she was killed by her ex-boyfriend, Dominique Dunne had been poised for Hollywood stardom. The crime launched her father, Dominick, into his calling, covering high-profile court cases for this magazine. The tragedy also reshaped their family, as GRIFFIN DUNNE writes in his memoir, The Friday Afternoon Club

OF GODS AND MEN

Despite playing Thor for years, Chris Hemsworth is every inch a human being: an introspective family man with real questions about his career and future. We meet up in Australia on the eve of his favorite role in more than a decade in Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

RUNNING for His Life

His freedom in the balance, Donald Trump's campaign has been big on autocracy and low on the drama that marked previous runs. What might this newfound if terrifying competency mean?

ALFRED MOLINA

The actor, currently starring in Uncle Vanya on Broadway, on his love of vinyl, New York, and not being the worst dad in the world

IN VITRO VERITAS

More than half a century ago, in a dusty Roman library, men of science and men of faith gathered together to unlock the mysteries of female fertility. The answer: urine from the brides of Christ. And lo, those nuns gaveth

CITIZEN CHAMBERS

Until very recently, Jim \"Fergie\" Chambers was an heir to Cox Enterprises and one of the largest family fortunes in America. With hundreds of millions of dollars on hand, a zeal for revolution, and an innate sense for confrontation, he's becoming America's go-to radical communist

MOTHERS OF US ALL

Paula Vogel's \"Mother Play,\" Shaina Taub's \"Suffs,\" and Amy Herzog's \"Mary Jane.\"

DEATH IN VENICE

At the Biennale, the past dignifies the weird, desperate present.

ARROW RETRIEVER

I am an arrow retriever. After a batrows are costly and time-consuming to make. It seems like a terrible waste-and maybe even a sin―for an arrow to fall to the ground without hitting someone. Even if the arrow kills somebody, it can be reused to kill someone else. As Randolf the Scot famously said, \"Arrows don't grow on trees.\"

READ THE LABEL

How psychiatric diagnoses create identities.

NEW TRICKS

An animal trainer to the stars prepares a Great Dane for his film début.

STUNTED

\"The Fall Guy.\"

ORIGIN STORY

What do we hope to learn from our prehistory?

PURE PLEASURE

The \"Radical Optimism\" of Dua Lipa.

PARADISE LOST

The search for a home that never was in Claire Messud's new novel.

WE'RE NOT SO DIFFERENT, YOU AND I

\"You'll never get away with this!\" Ultra Man vowed as he wriggled in his chains. \"You may destroy me, but you'll never destroy what I stand for!\"

STONES OF CONTENTION

The British Museum faces accusations of cultural theft-and actual theft.

A CAMPUS IN CRISIS

Dissent and defiance at Columbia's pro-Palestine protests.

The Trash and Treasures of Temu

How are these headphones 4.98? And everything else you've wondered about the chaotic new Everything Store.

Trial-and-Error Arcadia

Kitty Hawks and Larry Lederman's Chappaqua gardens have been a three-decade-long journey.

Honor Levy

The 26-year-old stalwart of the Dimes Square scene is finally publishing My First Book. But is it already out of date?

Where Does the Wine Bar End and the Restaurant Begin?

Pét-nats, pan roasts, and a lobster on the loose at Penny and Demo.

French Quarter Seafood in Fort Greene

Lots of oysters and fillets of fish inspired by Nobu at Strange Delight.

Return to Guantánamo

Serial dusts off American terror's old machinery.

Our Campus.Our Crisis.

Inside the encampments and crackdowns that shook American politics.