Culture

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

IN CONVERSATION

“I Need to Be Obsessed”: Alba Rohrwacher Tells Josh O’Connor How She Went Deep For Maria

December 17, 2024

The Italian actor called her friend and “La Chimera” co-star to talk about her journey from the theaters of Rome to the big screen starring in Pablo Larraín’s latest biopic.

SEARCH HISTORY

“I Was Born to Be Famous”: Raymonte Tells Us What’s In His System

December 16, 2024

In this week’s Search History, we slid into the social media maven’s DMs to talk about Hollywood aspirations, creepy old men, and managing life in the spotlight.

JUST FOR LAUGHS

Ronny Chieng Gets an Introduction to the Tao of Jerry Seinfeld

December 16, 2024

When Ronny Chieng got on a call to talk to his comedy hero Jerry Seinfeld, the maestro had a bone to pick with his protégé about his liberal use of profanity.

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REAPPRAISAL

“It’s Intimate, But Also Perverse”: Inside Suzanne and Louise, Hervé Guibert’s Lost Photo Novel

December 13, 2024

This fall, Jordan Weitzman of Magic Hour Press reissued “Suzanne and Louise,” the beloved 1980 photo novel by French writer Hervé Guibert.

HO HO HO

Addison Rae Crashed the Interview Staff Holiday Party at Temple Bar

December 12, 2024

We had a little “You’re the best here’s some drinks let’s play some Christmas music thank you” celebration.

EDITOR

New York’s David Haskell Tells Mel Ottenberg Why He Still Believes in the Power of Magazines

December 12, 2024

“I’m very grateful that I’m gay.”

SOUND ADVICE

Fab Morvan Of Milli Vanilli Made Us a 123-Song Playlist of Pop Excellence

December 11, 2024

After gracing the pages of our Winter Issue, Milli Vanilli’s Fab Morvan sent us a playlist of 80s power pop and revealed his musical guilty pleasures.

FAIR

Meet Shanzhai Lyric, the Art Collective Celebrating New York City’s Digestive Tract

December 11, 2024

At the fifth edition of “Press Play,” Pioneer Works’ annual art fair, we talked to Ming Lin and Alex Tatarsky about parrots, piracy, and the profundity of plastic bags.

FAME

“We Were Sacrificed”: Fab Morvan on Fame, Regret, and the Milli Vanilli Comeback

December 10, 2024

For decades, the French performer has been a symbol of pop music’s greatest fall from grace. Alissa Bennett sat down with him to discuss greed, redemption, and the public’s appetite for sacrificing its stars.

BASEL

“I’m Obsessed With Ambiguity”: 20 Minutes in Miami With Artist Lucy Bull

December 10, 2024

“I was a slightly delayed bad girl,” says the painter, whose solo exhibition, “The Garden of Forking Paths,” opened last week at ICA Miami.

RICHES

Big Money and Micro Bikinis: Taylore’s Miami Art Week Diary

December 9, 2024

Our senior editor documents the best in overhyped parties and expensive outfits.

MORNING AFTER

“That Was a Big Moment For Me”: Inside the BlackStar Luminary Gala With Tourmaline

December 9, 2024

After being honored at the Luminary Gala thrown by Blackstar Projects, the artist recapped her big night in Philadelphia with us and writer J Wortham.