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April 20, 2015 Issue
Cover Story
The New New Museum
The Whitney may have just won New York’s museum arms race — by showing a way forward for contemporary museums everywhere. By Jerry Saltz
On the Cover: Photograph by Adrian Gaut for New York Magazine. Typography by artist Lawrence Weiner for New York Magazine, whose first U.S. retrospective was at the (old) Whitney in 2007.
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Features
The New Whitney Building Is Open
It’s filled with light. And contradictions. By Justin Davidson
Avocados Are Toast
Will the California drought signal the end of affordable guacamole for all? By Adam Sternbergh
Manny Pacquiao Is Fighting a Lot More Than Floyd Mayweather
But it’s still the biggest bout in decades. By Kerry Howley
Cute Family. And You Should See Their Bacteria.
The scientists who want to fix America’s intestines started with their own. By John Swansburg
Intelligencer
The National Interest
The paranoia behind the machismo behind the Republican response to everything.
Periscope Has a Star
Come watch Amanda Oleander.
186 Minutes With Laura Ricketts
Cubs co-owner and a big-deal Democrat in a family of big-deal Republicans.
Sex Lives
Is the first date too early for couples therapy?
The Cut
The Eternal Trench
A century old, the spring staple still signals elegance.
Strategist
Best Bets
Four canteens; a pencil shop comes to Forsyth Street.
The Look Book
The Pennsylvanian transplant channeling Marilyn Monroe.
The Restaurant Review
Platt on Momofuku Ko.
The Dish
King Bee introduces New York to the donair.
Crunch
The resurgence of the lowly crudité.
The Underground Gourmet
Raclette in the East Village takes melted cheese to the next level.
Restaurant Opening
First look at Danny Meyer’s Untitled, opening at the new Whitney.
Restaurant Opening
Pearl & Ash’s stylish sister Rebelle.
My Favorite Room of All Time
Eighteen architects and interior designers on the New York spaces they love most.
Culture
Indie Music
Shamir Bailey’s post-gender, post-genre charm.
Books
The very public saga of Karl Ove Knausgaard.
Comics
Critic Ta-Nehisi Coates dons his fanboy cape to unpack the importance of superheroes.
Comedy
Funny people tell the jokes that changed their lives.
Theater
Two weeks, nine openings: It must be Tony season.
To Do: April 22–May 8, 2015
Twenty-five things to see, hear, watch, and read.
Departments
Comments: Week of April 20, 2015
Readers sound off on Hillary Clinton, Ray Rice, and more.
The Approval Matrix: Week of April 20, 2015
Our deliberately oversimplified guide to who falls where on our taste hierarchies.
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