Bruce Handy uncovers a new batch of oddly disturbing George W. Bush paintings. The subject matter? Expected. The technique? Exquisite.
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Impossible Interviews | Martha Stewart and Tom Waits Swap Gardening Tips and Prison Stories
STEWART: Now, let’s have a look at your sunflowers. They’ve … not done well.
WAITS: Sunflowers don’t grow right in this sun. At least mine didn’t—came up and fell down, like a dray mule with rickets.
STEWART: And all your hydrangeas are dead.
WAITS: I’m the killer, Martha, but you’re the one who’s done time.
Read their full conversation here.
Illustration by André Carrilho
“Benjamin Harrison: Benjamin Harrison himself forgot “Benjamin Harrison” was a U.S. president and did not bother keeping any of his own records. They’re probably in storage somewhere, maybe by the winter coats, if anyone feels like looking for them.”
What Happens to the Records of Presidents Who Don’t Have Presidential Libraries?
Coffee with Apple C.E.O. Tim Cook Costs at Least $180,000 (Plus, You Know, the Coffee!)
If you can’t afford that price tag, there are plenty of people who would “love to get a cup of coffee or something sometime,” including:
- People at your old job
- College friends you run into at Whole Foods
- The children of your parents’ friends who are looking to break into your industry
- The person who went to the same camp as you who, even though the two of you were not friends as kids, ended up going to your colleague’s party because she and your colleague were in the same sorority at U.V.A., and how funny is that? So funny. You should grab coffee sometime or something!
Why is MoMA dead set on perpetrating a hideous act of architecture-cide?
Paul Goldberger denounces plans to demolish the former American Folk Art Museum. Read more here.
Photographs by Chiara Marinai
Take a look back at Audrey Hepburn’s fashionable life in Rome, alongside her equally chic Yorkie, Mr Famous.
