SOUND ADVICE
Lexee Smith Made Us a Playlist For Getting Loose
February 10, 2025
“I would have loved to be the feminine visual embodiment of a Jimi Hendrix guitar solo.”
DISCOURSE
Michael Abel and Tunji Adeniyi-Jones on Troll Art, Traditionalism, and Taking the Bait
February 7, 2025
On the heels of their respective shows in New York and Seoul, the artists got together to discuss art world economics and, of course, that infamous Harpers Magazine cover story.
L.A.
Devon Lee Carlson Gets the Dara Treatment
February 6, 2025
The model and entrepreneur steps into the frame—and kitchen—with Interview’s fashion director.
SOUND ADVICE
Rapper FearDorian Hopes Their New Album Is Playing in Heaven
February 6, 2025
What’s the best way to listen to “Leaving Home,” the rapper’s sophomore album? “A walk by yourself in slight rain, or in your room after a date gone well,” they told us.
ARMOR
“It’s Wilder in the Dark”: Tish Weinstock and Amanda Harlech on What It Takes to Be Goth
February 5, 2025
The writer calls up her friend and fellow fashion icon to discuss black clothes, covens, and embracing the darkness, one look at a time.
PUNK
“I Don’t Give a Fuck About the Rules”: Yseult, by Gabriella Karefa-Johnson
February 5, 2025
The French superstar tells fashion editor Gabriella Karefa-Johnson why she’s not to be played with.
TELL-ALL
“I’m a Woman, Darling”: The Life and Times of Warhol Superstar Holly Woodlawn
February 5, 2025
To mark the release of his new tell-all book about his thorny friendship with Holly Woodlawn, Jeff Copeland joined us to peel back the curtain on the eccentric Warhol Superstar.
RORSCHACH TEST
“Bless His Heart, Girl”: Laverne Cox on TikTok, Trade, and Barron Trump
February 5, 2025
In this week’s Rorschach Test, the Emmy-winning “Clean Slate” stars joins us to share her hottest takes on awards season, “Emilia Perez,” and the scourge of DL men.
SOUNDCHECK
“I Want to Have People Hypnotized”: Five Minutes Backstage With 070 Shake
February 4, 2025
“I can’t fucking move a muscle,” the singer told us before her sold-out show at Kings Theater in Brooklyn. “I am the worst dancer ever, so it wouldn’t be fair to the audience if I started dancing.”
SMOKE BREAK
“I’m a Jersey Girl”: A Ten-Minute Cig With Playwright Vogue Giambri
February 4, 2025
“I’m just a chaotic, spontaneous person,” says the downtown playwright of “I Can’t Make Sense,” her latest blackbox production. “This play doesn’t give you a second to be one thing.”
SHOWGIRL
Lexee Smith and Addison Rae on Dance, Discipline, and Dressing for Chaos
February 3, 2025
L.A.’s reigning dancer du jour talks Texas roots, toxic coaches, and killer fits with her friend and collaborator.
SCENE AND HEARD
“I’m Not Buying Anything”: On the Grounds at the Armory’s Young Collectors Night
February 3, 2025
At the Park Avenue Armory’s Young Collectors Night, we asked guests to come clean about whether or not they’re really buying art—and what’s up with all the horse paintings.
PORTFOLIO
The Stars of Sundance… Exposed!
January 31, 2025
From stairwells to hotel lobbies to Thai spots, photographer Myles Pettengill spent the week in Park City capturing the stars of Sundance in their in-between moments.
SOUND ADVICE
“Chapstick, Phone, Gummy Worms”: Soccer Mommy Made the Indie Playlist of Our Dreams
January 31, 2025
In this week’s installment of Sound Advice, the Nashville-based singer-songwriter tells us her dream musical coven and all-time favorite guitar riff.
ICONS
“I Want to Live to 110”: Marina Abramović, in Conversation With Juergen Teller
January 31, 2025
“This is exactly why we are in this conversation together, because I don’t compromise,” the 78-year-old conceptual artist tells photographer Juergen Teller. “I can’t compromise to the market and I never did.”
SUNDANCE
A Screwball Comedy About Cabbage? Director Evan Twohy Can Make It Work.
January 30, 2025
“To me, it’s a love story,” says the director of his film “Bubble & Squeak,” which held its world premiere at Sundance. “But it’s just not a love story that ends where most love stories end.”
IN CONVERSATION
“More Is More”: Photographer Elizaveta Porodina Reimagines the New York City Ballet
January 30, 2025
To mark the New York City Ballet’s latest commission, the photographer got together with costume designer Mati Hays to discuss the art of not taking yourself too seriously.
COUTURE WEEK
“Camp, Clown, Frou-Frou Organza”: Tish Weinstock on Valentino Haute Couture
January 30, 2025
“I loved the Harlequin moments and the Pierrot and Pulcinella moments,” says professional goth Tish Weinstock of Alessandro Michele’s latest for Valentino. “The clowns have taken over.”
MAGIC CITY
“It Was Like a Caligula Orgy”: When James St. James Took Over South Beach
January 29, 2025
In 1991, the legendary club kid and author went to Miami to dry out. But his time in South Beach, as he told us in an exclusive interview, would prove to be more than just a reprieve.
SUNDANCE
Director Katarina Zhu on Besties, Bunnies, and Bad Breakups
January 29, 2025
“Making this film became an exercise in giving myself permission to bear parts of myself that I thought were gross or vain or selfish or evil,” says the first-time director of her debut feature, “Bunnylovr.”
