OWNER
Eli Zabar and Flynn McGarry Think Running An NYC Restaurant Is Worth the Pain
December 27, 2024
“I always had, and still have, a fairly low opinion of people in the restaurant business,” the New York food impresario, celebrating the 50-year anniversary of his Upper East Side café, told chef wunderkind Flynn McGarry.
DIRECTOR
Halina Reijn on the Sex, Shame, and Power Dynamics That Drive Babygirl
December 26, 2024
The filmmaker talks to Eugene Kotlyarenko about the influences and insecurities that inspired her modern spin on the erotic thriller.
SOUND ADVICE
Will August Park Made Us a Playlist to Boost Your Aura
December 26, 2024
“These are the tracks I listen to while sitting in traffic or waking up too early,” says the NYC-based producer. “Tracks that inspire me but don’t get me too jacked.”
RAPPER
“So Many Feelings:” Meet Nettspend, Gen-Z’s Underground Savior
December 23, 2024
The 17-year-old musician links up with MTV legend John Norris to talk rap, god, and his new album: Badassfuckingkid.
JOHN
“Tall Blonde With a Big Dick”: 18 Men Ask Edmund White Some Sexy Questions
December 23, 2024
The renegade gay novelist sounds off sailors, silver daddies, and hustling ahead of the release of his new sex memoir.
SMOKE BREAK
Fabio Cherstich Takes Mel Ottenberg Into the Annals of Gay Art History
December 23, 2024
After the last of his three performances at La MaMa, the opera director joined our editor-in-chief to talk about dedicating his life to the preservation of queer art.
PARTY
The Dare Takes Us Behind the Scenes at the Saint Laurent Afters
December 20, 2024
We asked the indie sleaze icon a few very important questions.
PORTFOLIO
How Rachel Morrison Upended the Sports Movie With The Fire Inside
December 20, 2024
The first-time director talks to Eugene Kotlyarenko about her long fight to get her radical boxing movie on the big screen.
HE SAID SHE SAID
How Succession’s Harriet Walter Imagined Alternative Lives for Shakespeare’s Women
December 20, 2024
The acclaimed actor joined poet Jonathan Wells to discuss her new book, in which she imagines soliloquies Shakespeare’s female characters might have delivered.
STUDIO VISIT
How Painter Anthony Cudahy Finds Intimacy In The Mundane
December 20, 2024
“I’m interested in there not being any censoring of what can exist in my painted world,” said the artist, whose solo exhibition is now on view at The Green Family Art Foundation.
YEEHAW!
Mason Ramsey on God, Fame, and Mania
December 19, 2024
The 18-year-old country singer is back with a new Christmas EP, a brand-new whip, and answers to some pretty personal questions.
FAREWELL
“A Japanese Cheers”: Martha Stewart, Sofia Coppola, and More Say Goodbye to EN Brasserie
December 19, 2024
As the West Village restaurant prepares to close its doors for good, a host of regulars reflect on what made Reika Alexander’s temple of jazz and Japanese cuisine one of a kind.
SOUND ADVICE
“I Was a Tumblr Bitch”: DJ Avalon Made Us an Electroclash Playlist
December 19, 2024
“Extremely private profane thoughts and to-do lists.”
ARCHIVES
“Love, Joe”: Inside Artist Joe Brainard’s Private Letters to Andy Warhol
December 19, 2024
In this excerpt from a new book of Joe Brainard’s personal correspondence, the New School artist writes to Andy Warhol about art deals and vacation in Southhampton.
DJ
“I’m a Slut for Ambient.”: Meet L.A. It Girl Avalon
December 18, 2024
For our Winter 2024 issue, the performer and producer answers a few invasive questions.
PISS CHRIST
“Artists Need Obsessions”: Andres Serrano, in Conversation With Todd Solondz
December 18, 2024
To mark the opening of his show at Lubov, the artist and filmmaker got together in Manhattan to reminisce on the infamous piece that made Serrano a household name.
LIVE FROM NEW YORK!
Gabe LaBelle Tells Seth Rogen the Secret to Becoming Lorne Michaels
December 18, 2024
The one-time Steven Spielberg joined his “The Fabelmans” co-star to talk about the challenge of portraying another entertainment industry giant.
FESTIVITIES
“Spoiled, Childish, and Happy”: Taylore’s Holiday Party Diary
December 17, 2024
Our senior editor took two new shearling Celine bags for a spin.
DESIGNER
“I Want Total Global Domination”: Willy Chavarria by Tommy Hilfiger
December 17, 2024
The designers talk politics, personal style, and winning big at the CFDA Awards.
CANON
“It’s Not Me, You Know?”: Liv Ullmann Looks Back on 60 Years of Persona
December 17, 2024
After a private screening of “Persona” at The Museum of Arts and Design, the legendary Norwegian actor joined Jeremy O. Harris to discuss the film’s enduring influence.