Innholdsfortegnelse for May 5-18, 2025 i New York Magazine

1 For New York’s latest cover story, features writer Jen Wieczner interviewed stock traders and others in finance as they belatedly reacted to the chaos wrought by the Trump administration (“Nightmare on Wall Street,” April 21–May 4). The response was overwhelmingly caustic. On Bluesky, reporter Stephanie Mencimer wrote, “I feel like these Wall Street Masters of the Universe are like the CIA agents who missed the collapse of the Soviet Union … Why should anyone trust these guys with their money?” Paul Ford joked that “to understand what’s really going on in America right now you only need to talk to a group of plain-spoken, hard-working Americans from the south of Canal Street.” Tigersatthezoo agreed: “These are the same guys who read Liar’s Poker as a how-to guide and not…

NO ONE WOULD ACCUSE Lucien Smith of being original, least of all Smith himself. “I’ve always role-played as a painter, role-played as a fine artist,” he says, swiveling in a chair in his studio. “I don’t know how much of it is genuine and how much of it is an act. Maybe the whole thing.” His earliest public role was wunderkind, which he took on in 2011 when he shot out of art school, Supreme beanie askew, and started selling work that flipped at auction for nearly $400,000. His first big sale was a landscape he copied from Winnie-the-Pooh, and his first big series comprised splatter paintings made by spewing paint from a fire extinguisher. Those brain-dead Pollocks begged critics to slot him into a trend they called Zombie Formalism,…

CHUNGIN “ROY” LEE stepped onto Columbia University’s campus this past fall and, by his own admission, proceeded to use generative artificial intelligence to cheat on nearly every assignment. As a computer-science major, he depended on AI for his introductory programming classes: “I’d just dump the prompt into ChatGPT and hand in whatever it spat out.” By his rough math, AI wrote 80 percent of every essay he turned in. “At the end, I’d put on the finishing touches. I’d just insert 20 percent of my humanity, my voice, into it,” Lee told me recently. Lee was born in South Korea and grew up outside Atlanta, where his parents run a college-prep consulting business. He said he was admitted to Harvard early in his senior year of high school, but the…

A COLLECTION OF expert-vetted, spotted-around-town, or otherwise just especially excellent products that recently appeared on thestrategist.com. To shop all these items—plus the ice-cream-maker—in one place, scan the QR code. CELEBRITY SHOPPING Machete Midi Heirloom Claw, $35 “I have really long hair and a lot of it. I’ll start the day with it down, but inevitably it finds its way up. Machete’s clips are beautiful. I first spotted them at Striiike in Beverly Hills. I always have one clipped on a bag or a shirt. They come in vibrant colors, and I’ve curated a collection of them.” As a Man Thinketh, by James Allen, $8 “This book is the most succinct expression of the fact that the quality of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts. I’m not religious,…

STOCK IN GOOD feeling is sinking of late. An atmosphere of headache prevails. The markets, the mood, the outlook: low, low, low. That’s a lot to heap on a restaurant, especially one down an East Village cul-de-sac: Oh, look, another dead end. But Kabawa, which opened under the aegis of the Momofuku group in the space that once housed its tasting room, Ko, aims to elevate. Cooks carom behind the counter in tie-dyed aprons and hats embroidered LIFE IS GOOD. The menu comes with two instructions: “Love yuh self. Eat yuh guts full.” How many restaurants are dedicated to making their diners feel happy? I never realized how rare they are until Kabawa made me think about it over a few visits. Plenty of recent openings seem more focused on…

One afternoon this spring, I went to the West Village to meet a West Village Girl. When I arrived at the whitewashed wine bar she chose, just two blocks from the brownstone stoop Carrie Bradshaw made famous, Miranda McKeon was journaling in her notebook and sipping a cup of green tea. She wore crimson leggings, a stack of candy-colored beaded necklaces, and a black sweatshirt that read SELF-EMPLOYED because she is a full-time influencer—or “creator,” as it is more polite to say in this part of town. Online, the blonde, rosy-cheeked 23-year-old from New Jersey has over a million followers across TikTok and Instagram. She posts a lot, most often about her charmed life in the West Village: sweating it out at Pilates, treating herself to weeknight Froyo, drinking espresso…

RUBY AIYO GERBER Writer and librettist, Prospect Heights How do you like the show? Everything is so intentional. There’s often this polite silence when it comes to Black art—an unwillingness to speak deeply about what the work evokes or disrupts. In Johnson’s show, it’s impossible to be silent. Everyone here has to engage with the work in some way. Are you here with anyone? I’m with my boyfriend. When I see art, I always like to go with a buddy. We’ll meet up before the show for a drink and kind of check in on our relationship to the work: What do we want to take away from the show? Are we going to think critically about the pieces, or are we there to talk to the people? It’s also…

“Rosco Style” Pancakes MONTAGUE DINER 148 Montague St., Brooklyn Heights Named for the son of one of the owners who likes his pancakes with Nutella and whipped cream. Apple Tart Tatin Pancakes LINGO 27 Greenpoint Ave., Greenpoint Inspired by chef Emily Yuen’s time as a pastry cook—down to the salty red-miso ice cream on top. Masa Pancake COCINA CONSUELO 130 Hamilton Pl. Karina Garcia’s pancake is a showcase for corn: Her batter starts with Mexican masa from Masienda, the preferred source for the country’s best chefs. Heirloom Masa Pancakes HELLBENDER 68-22 Forest Ave., Ridgewood Fortified with Greek yogurt and milk, these savory cakes have a crisp perimeter that gives way to the fluffy texture inside. Knafeh Pancake HEN HOUSE 120 First Ave. A chubby, buoyant golden disc is stuffed with…

THE EMPEROR OF GLADNESS is out May 13. OCEAN VUONG’S 2019 debut, On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous, was an epistolary novel addressed to someone who could not read it. The book presents itself as a series of letters written by Vuong’s alter ego, Little Dog, to his mother, Rose, a mixed Vietnamese child of the Vietnam War who never learned to read. Her illiteracy allows Little Dog to admit things he never otherwise could, most notably his secret teenage romance with his all-American best friend, Trevor. But Little Dog also fantasizes about discovering a means of communicating with his mother through sheer proximity. “I envy words for doing what we can never do—how they can tell all of themselves simply by standing still, simply by being,” he writes to his…

For more culture coverage and streaming recommendations, see vulture.com. MUSIC 1. Listen to Fancy That Y2K-ish grooves. Warner Records UK, May 9. With formidable chops and exquisite taste, U.K. songwriter, singer, and producer PinkPantheress offers up a set of songs that’s reverent to both aughts dance charts and contemporary pop tastes. This mixtape follows 2023’s delightful studio album, Heaven Knows, in showing off her facility with Europop and garage-music conceits. CRAIG JENKINS THEATER 2. See Five Models in Ruins, 1981 Ready for their close-ups. Claire Tow Theater at Lincoln Center Theater, opens May 5. Morgan Green directs a new play by Caitlin Saylor Stephens in which a fashion photographer lands a dream gig in the wake of Princess Diana’s dream wedding. Or is it, as Di’s marriage will turn out…

IF YOU’VE NEVER whipped up ice cream at home, you’re missing out on a particularly delightful cold treat—one that’s tailor-made for your flavor preferences and, unlike some store-bought pints, won’t be cloyingly sweet or blemished by freezer burn. The stainless-steel Breville Smart Scoop ($500) is the tool for the task, says Strategist contributor Erik Lucas, who, after speaking to professional dessert chefs, tested five of the most recommended ice-cream-makers to name our top pick. At nearly 31 pounds, the appliance isn’t small, but it is versatile (it has 12 hardness settings) and a cinch to use. Unlike most of its competitors, the Smart Scoop has a built-in compressor that cools the mix as it churns, reducing prep time and making it easy to produce back-to-back batches. Tyler Malek of Salt…

ON A RAINY MARCH morning in Studio City, Los Angeles, Kaitlyn Dever and I meet up to paint ceramic knickknacks. Dressed in jeans, an oversize sweater, and a ball cap, she approaches the task with all the gravity befitting an eldest daughter who has been a working actor since the age of 13. She carefully examines every shelf, privately weighing her options before noticing a few unexpected bongs on the top one. “What if I was like, ‘Okay, yeah, that’s what I’m going to do’?” she jokes. She ultimately chooses a doughnut-shaped box, which she opts to paint in Mardi Gras colors. “I’m the most indecisive person, especially when it comes to crafts,” she says. “But I feel like you’ve got to go all out here.” A few years ago,…

IN OCTOBER 2021, the artist Serge Attukwei Clottey watched anxiously as a painting he had made just a few months earlier went up for sale at the Phillips auction house in London. The portrait—of a stylish Black couple whose clothes were rendered in colorful strips of duct tape—was his first ever to go to auction. It was “really, really scary,” Clottey, now 39, tells me. He wouldn’t profit directly from the sale—he had already sold the piece to a collector, who had brought it to Phillips—but a low auction price could devalue all his other work. A high price could set off a speculative furor. For years, Clottey had been known mostly for his tapestries, made from tile-like pieces of discarded plastic bottles. One had sold for $6,875 in 2019.…

Frat Boyz, Eris Deep Space, May 21. Severance’s Britt Lower and Zach Cherry have been co-workers before—as part of an improv group. They regularly reunite at the Brooklyn Comedy Collective. Struggle Bus, The Bell House, May 16. Anora breakout Ivy Wolk co-hosts this show (with Nick Viagas) in which comedians compete for who has the worst life. Malik Elassal, Union Hall, May 10. Before he stars as one of a group of friends “trying to be good people” in FX’s Adults later this month, Elassal will headline a stand-up show in Brooklyn. Tiny Ideas Live! Union Hall, May 23. If you’re a fan of a smaller screen, TikTok darlings Tiny Idea debut all new sketches.…