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Writer Young Kim discusses artist Penny Slinger's brilliant new exhibition, An Exorcism: Inside Out which is running at the Saltoun gallery in London until 7th September.

American modernist painter Georgia O'Keeffe is an enduring influence on the arts, as well as being famous for her distinct personal style. In this essay, Lucy Davies explores her legacy.

Katie Driscoll pens a dispatch from Fårö, an island on the Southeast coast of Sweden where the spectre of Ingmar Bergman still looms large.

Gallerist Michael Hoppen explores three great photographers—Nobuyoshi Araki, Enrique Metinides, and Arthur Fellig, known as Weegee—whose livelihoods somehow became intertwined with some of the strangest and often the most challenging moments one could imagine—and who have each left sizeable and indelible footprints on the canon of 20th-century photography.

Dreamlike dance sequences in LA, the art of seduction in Spain and ecstasy of first love found in Italy—writer Emma Firth explores the joy of getting lost in a summer romance. 

Mustafa The Poet, FKA Twigs, Ramy Youssef, Yasiin Bey, and other incredible artists brought art and protest to London's Troxy last night for a powerful benefit concert.

The Italian writer talks about her new book, We Will Be Forest, a feminist tale of trees and time.

Natasha A. Fraser looks back on the cinematic legacy of her stepfather Harold Pinter (1930–2008), whose fourteen screenplays were directed by the likes of Joseph Losey, Elia Kazan and Karel Reisz. Here, Fraser fondly remembers Pinter’s understanding of actors, the yellow legal pads he wrote his scripts on, his Hollywood flirtations and disdain for the clutter of Academy correspondence.

Rick Rubin talks to A Rabbit's Foot about his intimate Festival of the Sun, which took place in Tuscany last weekend.

The acclaimed artist, who shot an exclusive cover for this issue, sits down with Creative Director of A Rabbit’s Foot, Fatima Khan, to discuss obsession and transformation, her love for film noir, and Sonder: a short film she directed and starred in exclusively for A Rabbit’s Foot. These are the vices of Nadia Lee Cohen—laid bare for us all to see and to read.

From a tome on director's clothing, an academic masterpiece on Yasujiro Ozu and soon-to-be adapted novels, here are the books you should read this summer.

While defined by its relationship to disgust, Ottessa Moshfegh’s writing is also informed by kitschier genres of commercial culture. Kitty Grady caught up with the My Year of Rest and Relaxation author in Paris to talk Yorgos Lanthimos, stand-up comedy, and why she wants to write a book about Gordon Ramsay. 

Part one of our guide to lesser known screening rooms to add to your cinematic pilgrimage.

We're excited to share an excerpt from A Toast to St Martirià, the new book from Pacifiction director Albert Serra, available for the first time in translated English.

“By the second evening I find myself in a surreal situation; standing next to Swedish royalty as I stuff my face with canapés and pretend to find the art on display intriguing.” Lydia R. Figes reports from the 2024 Venice Biennale, finding herself entertained but also estranged from the art world she works in. 

Lucca Hue-Williams talks to the Danish artist about his upcoming performance at Museum der Moderne Salzburg in July.

What did Lisa Immordino Vreeland discover about Peggy Guggenheim’s time in Venice, while researching for her film on the American art collector? Here, she shares a lesser-known side to the socialite.

Photographer Max Montgomery and Penny Lane shot an exclusive feature for A Rabbit's Foot's massive seventh issue.

He was everyone's favourite Jazz heartthrob, but in life, Chet Baker was shrouded in mystery. We take a deep dive into the complex mythology of the musician.

Genevieve Gaunt sits down with Patrick Radden Keefe, author of non-fiction books such as 'Empire of Pain' and 'Say Nothing'. Here he talks about why his foundations as a writer were made in law school, conspiracy theories and buying burner laptops.

Director and Founder of Albion Jeune, Lucca Hue-Williams sits down with the artist for an in-depth conversation, with original photography by Fatima Khan and videography by Matilda Montgomery.

As The Talented Mr Ripley gets a reboot and a new airport opens in Salerno, Amber Guinness—author of 'Italian Coastal'—explores the wonders of the Amalfi Coast and a lesser known area of Cilento.

Imogen Lycett Green selects our poem of the month.

Warhol's 400-something 'Screen Tests' are a spectral archive of 1960s culture which also tell us something about today's image-obsessed society.

The Canadian photographer discusses Ingmar Bergman, the importance of truth to photography and why he doesn’t have to ‘hunt’ for pictures.

Co-hosted with CHANEL, the event took place at 5 Hertford Street in London's Mayfair.

Imogen Lycett-Green selects our poem of the month.

The Magnum photographer captured a pivotal period in US history during the 1960s and 1970s. But despite their tenderness, Cole always keeps himself at a distance.

As her latest novel 'Days & Days & Days' is translated into English, the Swedish writer and journalist Tone Schunnesson talks to Emma Aars about the influencer economy, being confused for her protagonist and Bret Easton Ellis.

As he prepares to play Des Grieux in 'Manon' at the Royal Opera House in London, Marcelino Sambé meets Allegra Handelsman. From his childhood in Portugal where he trained in African dance to being a figurehead for British ballet alongside Francesca Hayward, Sambé discusses a life lived in movement. Photographed by Stanley Dunmore.

After her 1976 'The Hite Report' revolutionised thinking around female sexuality, Shere Hite was largely forgotten. A new documentary by Nicole Newnham explores how this happened, and what we can still learn from the feminist researcher.

An exhibition at Hauser & Wirth St. Mortiz explores the body of work Richter made during his winter and summer holidays to the Upper Engadin in Switzerland.

Imogen Lycett Green introduces our poem of the month.

Cut down tragically in a cruel twist of fate, Isadora Duncan all but invented dance as we know it today. Here, we look at her life, her times—and what survived. 

We ask the underground artist Amanda Tutschek on her life and many muses.

The artist's son Jack Stokoe opens up about his father's legacy, and the true meaning behind his varied body-of-work.

The iconic photographer discusses his most famous work.

From Thunderbirds creator Gerry Anderson, Candy and Andy was a short-lived comic book combining quintessential Englishness with 1960s experimentation

From Florence, the cook and journalist pens a short ode to the season of 'tartufi'

Writer Sam Murphy looks into the renaissance of drive-in cinemas—exploring some of the most charming venues still going strong.

The video is one-part of Scott's musical film Circus Maximus

The English-born fashion icon, musician and actor who rose to prominence in France has died this week aged 76. The writer and film executive Issy Carr profiles an extraordinary woman who leaves behind a timeless legacy of love, style and creative collaboration.

With no clear end in sight to the current wave of strikes, we look at the biggest bind between creatives and executives—and what it spells out for the future of film.

From books, to revolution, to cinema, and back again — we chronicle the many romances of Ireland at breakneck speed.

Writer Genevieve Gaunt examines the erotic, elegiac world of 70's cult feminist novelist Rachel Ingalls.

The writer of the Oscar-winning romantic trilogy Before Sunrise discusses the creative genesis behind the movie: the erotic life of Anais Nin.

Ramsay Short pens an ode to Beirut's legendary communist bar, a hot spot for the likes of Anthony Bourdain and Ravi Shankar.

An icon for not only cinema but social causes, Jane Fonda has never backed down from a fight.

The story of how Glenda Jackson went from a lauded actress, to an influential politician...and back again.

Our Editor-in-Chief Charles Finch on the allure of Cannes during festival season.

American film producer Bill Gerber shares the experience of bringing A Star is Born to the Venice Film Festival, as well as some Gaga-star power to the lido.

Writer-director Carolina Cavalli makes her case in the defence of Italian folk-hero Rosso Malpelo...

Legendary photographer Jonathan Becker reflects on the paradise that is the South of France.

Revisiting literary Paris with American writer-director Whit Stillman.

Filmmaker Cosima Spender reflects on the uniquely bohemian childhood and Tuscan home that shaped her creative endeavours.

The Venice Film Festival chief talks his good friend, writer and editor Malcom Pagani...

Legendary producer Jeremy Thomas reminisces on his history with Cannes Film Festival.

Many of us grow up with cinema, but Bill Prince was practically raised in one. Here, the writer and editor remembers the magnificent theatre that shaped his early years.

New York: High Life / Low Life, a new monograph from Vanity Fair photographer Dafydd Jones, documents the optimism and opulence of the city and its celebrities in the last decade of the 20th century.