The Greats
In our 2023 Greats issue, out Oct. 22, T celebrates four talents across music, film, art and fashion whose careers are a master class in curiosity, composure and defiance.
T's Oct. 22 Greats Issue
Highlights
Credit - On Architecture
A Treehouse Builder Who Celebrates Impermanence
Japan’s Takashi Kobayashi has found freedom in the canopies.
By Tom Vanderbilt and
CreditJosh Robenstone - making it
Radicchio Is in Season — And in Style
Increasingly, the vegetable is becoming a mainstay of contemporary American cuisine.
By Zoey Poll and
CreditPhotograph by Kyoko Hamada. Set design by Leilin Lopez-Toledo - home and work
A Photographer’s House of Shadows
In his home and studio, as in his art, Bill Henson plays with the balance of light and dark.
By Bill Wyman and
CreditAnu Kumar
What Happens When an Artist’s Technology Becomes Obsolete?
Curators and conservators are working to save — and update — art made with aging hardware.
By Evan Moffitt and
CreditDaniel Terna arts and lettersOnce a mainstay of European banquets, trompe l’oeil ceramics that imitate food continue to make dinner fun.
By Alexa Brazilian and
CreditPhotograph by Mari Maeda and Yuji Oboshi. Set design by Leilin Lopez-Toledo TraditionsA Tequila Distiller Turns a House into a Showcase for Mexican Design
In this San Miguel de Allende building, local 20th-century crafts and contemporary works sit side by side.
By Suleman Anaya and
CreditAna Topoleanu by designYohji Yamamoto Prefers the Side View
The fashion designer pulls back the curtain on his creative process.
By
Credit World Of …Uncanny Art for the Post-Truth Era
As deepfakes and A.I. images proliferate, hyperrealist sculpture has taken on an eerie new relevance.
By
CreditPhoto: Zeno Zotti. Courtesy of Maurizio Cattelan's Archive Arts and Letters
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In FashionFall Fashion Has the Spirit of Adventure
This season, be ready for anything with a mix of runway looks and outdoor gear.
By Michael Hauptman and Sasha Kelly
The GreatsHow Miuccia Prada Reinvented Fashion
The designer reimagined the industry’s relationship to art — and forever transformed what the world considers beautiful.
By Nick Haramis
The GreatsHow Henry Taylor Transformed the Way We Look at Ourselves
The figurative painter, a favorite of Barack Obama’s and Kendrick Lamar’s, has made portraiture the dominant mode of art in our era.
By M.H. Miller
The Prada Effect
No fashion house has had as big an impact on other designers. Just look at the clothes this season.
The GreatsAnnette Bening Knows a Thing or Two About Difficult Women
Even though the actress has been celebrated for playing them, it’s the difficulty of the roles themselves that really interests her.
By Ligaya Mishan
The GreatsQueen Latifah Redefined Being a Multihyphenate — and Made It Look Easy
A woman had never before been a hip-hop star, an actress, a producer and the face of mainstream America all at once.
By Emily Lordi
Market ReportTote Bags for Those Who Want to Have It All
Roomy, neutral accessories that go with everything.
By Mari Maeda and Yuji Oboshi
People, Places, ThingsA Paris Dining Space With One Motto: Come Hungry
Plus: kids’ furniture, boozy desserts and more from T’s cultural compendium.
First of Its Kind, Last of Its KindEarrings That Channel the Irregularity of the Universe
Tiffany & Co.’s new coral-shaped accessories pay homage to a 1956 brooch and its designer’s fascination with the natural world.
By Lindsay Talbot
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