Throughout the night of November 8th, my sleep was pierced by the smell of a burning forest. It is a familiar scent to me, something I associate with working as a wildland firefighter in California, New Mexico, and Arizona. In my dream state, I did not wonder why the smell of a wildfire was wafting […]
The guys over at 15 Orient have been hitting a lot of home runs lately. Pardon the sports idiom: if you think of the art world as a competitive marketplace devoted to capital gains and winning with a team of star players, then the metaphor is apt. But the gallery’s founders, Paul Gondry and Shelby […]
In today’s newsletter, Trump’s shocking pick for Attorney General. Plus: Matt Gaetz. Photograph by Mark Peterson / Redux for The New Yorker Dexter FilkinsStaff writer When I met Matt Gaetz earlier this year after a Republican campaign event in Little Elm, Texas—where he’d just wowed a crowd at a beer hall, sharing his plans to […]
