
Arts & Culture


Swimming in Copenhagen with Mikkel Karstad
Mikkel Karstad maintains that the best mornings start with a rush of adrenaline in the chilly Copenhagen sea.

Essential Reading
Transportable and transportive: the beauty of literature and its ability to absorb us in different worlds.

Lola Kirke
Awkward and ascending: Actor Lola Kirke talks to Pip Usher about auditions, America and her next act.


One Plus Two Is Blue
With synesthesia, senses overlap: Letters become colors, colors become sounds, sounds become tastes.

Personology
Want a new partner who likes ironing and poetry? Science might help you find one.


William Kentridge
The South African artist opens a new space in which failure is fostered.

Far From Pedestrian
A rambling path: walking the line between civilization and wilderness.

Word: Desenrascanço
Forget hygge: Uncertain times call for problem-solving the Portuguese way.

Gerry Johansson: Tyre Choice
From Parisian publisher Libraryman, a new photo book by Gerry Johansson titled Tyre Choice.

Juergen Teller's Raw Authenticity
On Juergen Teller's Berlin exhibition, Enjoy Your Life!

The Wave: Beyond Hokusai
The Great Wave, created by Katsushika Hokusai in 1831, remains the most iconic—and reproduced—non-Western image in art.

Isabel & Ruben Toledo
To enter the loft of Isabel and Ruben Toledo is to ascend into a Borgesian sense of infinitude.


Relationships in Letters
Letter writing, the endangered species of correspondence, is responsible for nurturing some of history’s most celebrated relationships.


Man's Best Friend
For licking our friends and biting our enemies, we celebrate the endless loyalty of four-legged companions.