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The AUDACITY of LORRAINE O'GRADY

At 89, the eternally PUNK-ROCK PERFORMANCE and CONCEPTUAL ARTIST still gets a kick out of CRASHING art-world parties. Only now she's the GUEST of HONOR.

REGINA'S Resolve

REGINA KING on LEARNING to LIVE with LOSS, the LEGACY of SHIRLEY CHISHOLM, and finding a WAY FORWARD

GUIDO Palau

Over the past three decades, GUIDO PALAU has SHAPED how the WORLD perceives HAIR, with his STYLES seen at Givenchy (1) and Valentino (4), among so many others. Now he's bringing ZARA HAIR to life. Here, the renowned artist lets us in on his CREATIVE PROCESS.

CAVE Dwelling

Accommodations nestled in natural or man-made GROTTOES provide an UNFORGETTABLE ESCAPE

What WOMEN Want

BEFORE THERE WAS \"quiet luxury,\" there was Donna Karan.

CRAFTING the FUTURE

SPEAKING BACKSTAGE just after he wrapped his Spring 2024 show in Milan this past September, Bottega Veneta creative director Matthieu Blazy waxed enthusiastically about craft. His collection was a showcase for the Italian house's tradition of handwork and tailoring, punctuated by pieces like a crochet dress decorated with raffia pom-poms individually knotted to its surface.

WORDS Matter

The LANGUAGE used to refer to NATIVE people in the U.S. is often rooted in the nation's fraught COLONIAL history which is why, TOMMY ORANGE writes, it must EVOLVE

Whatever HAPPENED to FUN?

So much of COMEDY TODAY is about making the AUDIENCE CRINGE. CAROL BURNETT still BELIEVES it should make you FEEL GOOD.

I THINK This WILL FIX Me

WELLNESS is EVERYWHERE. Melissa Broder questions just HOW WELL we NEED TO BE.

DEMNA'S New DAWN

BALENCIAGA's artistic director REINVENTED FASHION for an UPSIDE-DOWN ERA by CHALLENGING us to perceive the notion of LUXURY-and BEAUTY differently. But what he's after NOW is something much more EMOTIONAL.

A Beautiful MIND

In an AGE of CONFORMITY, SOLANGE is the RARE ARTIST who RELISHES FOLLOWING her own CREATIVE INTUITION

Back to the Land

Increasingly, travelers are seeking destinations that consider their impact in thoughtful ways

A SPARK of STYLE

The SPRING COLLECTIONS are an EXHORTATION to GET DRESSED for YOURSELF

The FUNNY Part

How SHARING a story of LOSS at a FAMOUS (and possibly haunted) writers' RETREAT taught SLOANE CROSLEY that JOY, like GRIEF, has many DIMENSIONS

VOICES PROFILE

On a FARM in Maryland that was once a STOP on the UNDERGROUND RAILROAD, PAULETTE GREENE and DONNA DEAR have created a new model for CLIMATE JUSTICE and found a different kind of FREEDOM

WILLY'S Way

Designer WILLY CHAVARRIA is CHARTING a more LIBERATED COURSE for American FASHION

Peak GISELE

The SUPEREST of SUPERMODELS on FOOD, FAMILY, the FUTURE, and FINDING HERSELF again

In Conversation - Celine Song and Adele Lim

Writer-directors Celine Song and Adele Lim on telling stories that reflect the compexity of asian identity, the power of perseverance, and breaking new ground

And Still They Rise

How a community - and a legacy - of black playwrights and theater-makers has transformed the american stage

Lana Del Rey Leads With Her Heart

Lana Del Rey is one of the most influential songwriters of the 21st century and also one of the most misunderstood. But there's a fine (and radical) art to learning to let go.

SWIZZ BEATZ

\"MUSIC and ART are BROTHERS and SISTERS,\" says Kasseem \"SWIZZ BEATZ\" Dean. \"PRODUCING a beat is the same feeling as PAINTING. They come from the same part of your HEART.\"

L.A. Story

LOS ANGELES occupies a NEAR-MYTHOLOGICAL PLACE in the psyche of the AMERICAN ART WORLD. But for some of the city's most compelling ARTISTS and CULTURE SHIFTERS, it represents a different kind of CREATIVE TRADITION one that's shaped it from the GROUND UP.

High ALTITUDE

A revamped SWISS INN with LUXURY TRIMMINGS is the ultimate ALPINE ESCAPE

Dream WEAVER

The DINÉ textile artist and designer NAIOMI GLASSES has partnered with RALPH LAUREN for a three-part CAPSULE COLLECTION

INDEPENDENT Streak

Three of the most EXCITING FASHION LABELS for 2024 are helmed by WOMEN whose DETERMINATION is as POWERFUL as their DESIGNS

AS TOLD TO A HOST of POSSIBILITIES

Culinary artist LAILA GOHAR creates COMPLEX INSTALLATIONS that LOOK as good as they TASTE. But when she CELEBRATES with family and friends, she likes to keep it SIMPLE.

Point of Return

Moving home can be an opportunity to reconnect with family. But for Minda Honey and her two sisters, it meant getting to know one another in an entirely new way.

The Vanilla Mystique

Sweet. Sexy. Bold. Bland. The evocative scent of vanilla is everything, everywhere, all at once.

MAYA LIN's Monumental VISION

For an ARTIST who makes exceedingly LARGE, powerfully URGENT PUBLIC WORKS and ARCHITECTURAL CREATIONS that take on BIG subjects like LOSS, MEMORY, and the CLIMATE CRISIS, she has always been intensely PRIVATE. But to her, it's all PERSONAL.

SCENT From EXTINCTION

Many COMPANIES look to the FUTURE to create INNOVATIVE FRAGRANCES. But one is drawing INSPIRATION from the past, using BIOTECHNOLOGY to revive lost flowers.