SMOKE BREAK
“We’re Celebrating the Grannies”: On the Grounds at Quentin Belt’s Book Launch
September 19, 2025
Is Quentin Belt the people’s photographer? Last weekend, in the middle of a hectic New York Fashion Week, we stopped by his book launch at Time Again to find out.
STUDIO VISIT
For the Artist Gala Porras-Kim, Sculpture Is a Portal to the Afterlife
September 19, 2025
To mark the opening of her new show at Seoul’s Kukje Gallery, the 41-year-old artist joined the author R.O. Kwon to talk about death, divinity, and the afterlife.
OPENING
“I Grew Up in a Household of Death”: Raúl de Nieves Takes RF. Alvarez Inside His Grief Sanctuary
September 18, 2025
Before the opening of “In Light of Innocence,” a new exhibition by Raúl de Nieves at Pioneer Works, the artist got together with RF. Alvarez to talk about light, loss, and the human condition.
SMOKE BREAK
“Tradition With a Twist”: How Designer Robert Rufino Turns Storefronts Into Stages
September 18, 2025
In this week’s installment of Smoke Break, we joined the man famous for conceiving of the city’s most extravagant window displays to talk design, diamonds, and “Downton Abbey.”
TOUR DIARY
Elyanna on Call of Duty, Coldplay-Gate, and the Flavors of Palestine
September 17, 2025
In this week’s installment of Tour Diary, the 23-year-old singer-songwriter called us from the road to talk zodiac signs, Arab delicacies, and opening for Coldplay.
FEEDBACK
“I Don’t Understand Why She’s Shaving Her Face”: An 11-Year-Old Reviews Our September Issue
September 17, 2025
We asked a precocious sixth-grader to review our September 2025 issue featuring Sabrina Carpenter. “It’s a nine out of ten,” she declared.
MEDUSA
Eileen Myles and Versace? It Makes More Sense Than You’d Think.
September 16, 2025
To mark a new era under the auspices of creative director Dario Vitale, the Milanese house enlisted the poet and novelist to contribute to the first chapter of “Versace Embodied.”
ICON
Marlon Wayans Tells Channing Tatum How He’s Upending Hollywood’s Hierarchy
September 16, 2025
Shortly before his turn as an aging quarterback in the Jordan Peele-produced horror trip “Him,” the actor and comedian called his bro to talk family, fame, and fighting his way to leading-man status.
ICON
“I Would Hate to Be Young Right Now”: Sally Mann Looks Back on Her Life in Pictures
September 16, 2025
“I’m a romantic, but hard-nosed,” said the photographer, who’s authored a new memoir about her art and life. “Photographically, I think of myself as kind of a hard-nosed pictorialist.”
NYFW
“I Could’ve Snatched It Off the Model!”: Ravyn Lenae Enters the Coach SS26 Fantasy
September 15, 2025
After the Coach SS26 show on Monday afternoon, we tapped into the schoolgirl fantasy with the singer-songwriter before she set off for an evening of fashion week parties.
SMOKE BREAK
Richard Turley and Lucas Mascatello on Bad Trends, Egregious Typos, and Civilization Issue 7
September 15, 2025
Issue Seven of the charmingly impractical newsprint “Civilization” is full of pleas, regrets, and confessions. To celebrate the launch, we grilled its two publishers over a cigarette.
NYFW
“Glamour Keeps Me Alive!”: Dara Takes Michael Kors SS26
September 12, 2025
We kick off our New York Fashion Week coverage with a dispatch from Michael Kors SS26. And according to our fashion director Dara, harem pants are officially back.
DISCO
Cher Showed Up to Studio 54 to Kick Off Fashion Week With Valentino Beauty
September 11, 2025
To kick off New York Fashion Week, Valentino Beauty turned back the clock with a disco and diamonds bash at the city’s most iconic club.
OPENING
Tabitha Arnold’s Punch Needle Tapestries Are Not For Scabs
September 11, 2025
To mark the opening of her new show at Field Projects, “Gospel of the Working Class,” the artist and textile maker joined us to talk scabs, automation, and the plight of the American labor movement.
IN CONVERSATION
“Fuck, I Think I Need to Sit Down”: David Jonsson Takes Cailee Spaeny on His Long Walk
September 11, 2025
Before “The Long Walk” hits theaters, the 32-year-old British actor got together with his “Alien: Romulus” co-star to explain why he’s embracing roles that scare him.
SMOKE BREAK
“I’m a Tompkins Girl”: An Eight-Minute Cig With Efron Danzig
September 10, 2025
Last night, skaters, actors, and downtown fashion people gathered at our NYFW kick-off dinner with Vans.
BRAT
“Need a Martini ASAP”: Charli XCX Brought Her Camera to TIFF
September 10, 2025
How did the OG Brat celebrate her first time at the Toronto International Film Festival? By buying a new camera and documenting the festivities exclusively for Interview.
STUDIO VISIT
How Artist Mark Leckey Found God in the Glitches
September 10, 2025
“A.I. is a regurgitation machine,” said the 61-year-old artist ahead of his largest survey to date, opening this week at the Julia Stoschek Foundation. “It can’t actually invent anything, really.”
BROTHERS
“This Is Not an Apology Tour”: Charlie Sheen, in Conversation With Emilio Estevez
September 9, 2025
Eight years after getting sober, the 60-year-old Hollywood icon is finally ready to talk about his fall from grace. Who better to coax him out of his shell than his older brother Emilio Estevez?
WINNER
Behind the Scenes of Sabrina Carpenter’s VMA After-Party
September 9, 2025
If you’re Sabrina Carpenter, how do you celebrate three VMA awards, including wins for Best Pop Artist and Album of the Year? By throwing an exclusive after-party with your fellow pop girls, of course.
