Interview

Possibly the only openly gay author from his native Morocco, the young Abdellah Taïa has chosen a vocation of literary transgressor and cultural paragon.  BLOG POSTED: 11/05/09

The Tribeca film festival took on Doha last weekend. Robert De Niro hosted, and then disappeared into the Arabian night.  BLOG POSTED: 11/05/09

The Qatari incarnation of the Tribeca Film Festival begins today in Doha complete with fireworks, a red carpet, and a cinema-loving, "financially unchallenged" audience.  BLOG POSTED: 10/29/09

While Youssou N'Dour's album, Egypt, was censored in Senegal, Elizabeth "Chai" Vasarhelyi was screening. Then N'Dour won a Grammy.  BLOG POSTED: 07/24/09

Paris menswear sees the revival of the cultural tourist.  BLOG POSTED: 07/06/09

Cyprien Gaillard loves it when things fall apart. The young French artist sees beauty in destruction, and that is why much of his incendiary work goes up in smoke.  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 04/28/09

Since the 1960s Walter Pfeiffer has been regarded as a cult photographer, known for his homoerotic depictions of Zurich street life. A new catalogue spreads the light.  BLOG POSTED: 03/31/09

The genius of the drape, the grandmaster of material, the poet of the silhouette. Only God knows a woman’s body better. But above all, he is the freest of spirits, a creator who answers only to his genius. Azzedine Alaïa is the last true couturier. Stephanie Seymour Brant talked to her mentor and adopted father about his African origins, his days with Dior, dressing Garbo, conquering New York, and paying supermodels with one-of-a-kind dresses  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 02/20/09