VISIONARY
Doug Aitken and Beck on Making Art in an Age of White Noise
January 6, 2025
On a chilly afternoon in Los Angeles, the two visionaries got together to discuss how making art helps them defy a culture of white noise and fragmentation.
RORSCHACH TEST
Alan Cumming on Private Clubs, Middle Age, and Red Meat
January 2, 2025
The Tony-winning, tartan-rocking actor, activist, and host of “The Traitors” takes our Rorscharch Test.
SMOKE BREAK
“I’ll Dabble in the Cold”: 15 Minutes in Aspen With Billie Lourd
December 31, 2024
“My Aspen style seems to be leopard coats and boots,” the actor told us between caviar bumps and champagne sword fights. “But my ears feel naked. I should have earmuffs.”
KIM SQUARED
Kim Deal Tells Kim Gordon Why Contemporary Life Feels Like a Disaster Movie
December 31, 2024
The indie darlings, who spoke to one another in Interview’s November 1995 issue, reunited to talk jam sessions, Appalachian roots, and dystopian futures.
RETROSPECTIVE
“If You Can Walk, You Can Dance”: Inside the Whitney Museum’s Alvin Ailey Retrospective
December 31, 2024
Three titans of contemporary dance—Masazumi Chaya, Donna Wood Sanders, and Sylvia Waters—joined Brontez Purnell to reflect on the Whitney’s retrospective on the Alvin Ailey Dance Company.
ROLLING
How Aidan Zamiri Made the Music Video Essential Again
December 30, 2024
Through his collaborations with Charli XCX, Billie Eilish, and Timothée Chalamet, the Glaswegian artist helped define how pop culture looked and felt in 2024. To close out the year, he spoke to Interview editorial director Richard Turley about dealing with pop stars, shrinking budgets, and his newfound success.
TOUR DIARY
“I Want to Look Like a Lesbian Mick Jagger”: On the Road With Towa Bird
December 30, 2024
What can you expect at a Towa Bird concert? “Lots of guitar solos, lots of hair, lots of lesbian jokes,” says the 25-year-old rocker, fresh off a major gig opening for Billie Eilish.
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
“I Like to Be Ill-Defined”: Director Payal Kapadia on All We Imagine as Light
December 27, 2024
The Golden Globe-nominated director joined us to talk about Indian cinema, the romance of friendship, and making movies that resist categorization.
ROUND UP
“Wet Juicy Body”: Performance Artist Kuby Lin Recreates 2024’s Most Viral Moments
December 26, 2024
“It’s so weird that everyone’s so horny for a hippo.”
DIRECTOR
James Mangold Tells Elle Fanning How He Got Inside Bob Dylan’s Head
December 26, 2024
The director of “A Complete Unknown” joined one of the movie’s stars to discuss the epic undertaking of making a movie about the enigmatic icon.
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.