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Art Basel Paris Is Finally Here. Will It Upend the Global Art-Fair Order?
After flirting for years, Art Basel Paris is officially upon us. What does it mean for the future of fair-dom? Plus: updates on a Diddy-collection mystery, a Warhol Marilyn whodunit, and more in this week’s column.
By Nate Freeman
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The DNC Is Using Taylor Swift’s Miami Eras Tour Shows for Massive Voter Push
This weekend, Swifties will be invited to enter their “voting era,” a Democratic party spokesperson tells Vanity Fair.
By Kase Wickman
FROM THE MAGAZINE
Jenny Slate on the Other Side of Postpartum Depression, and Letting Go of Shame
“I’ve always been afraid of being shut out of love,” the actor tells VF in a wide-ranging conversation about her new essay collection, Lifeform.
By Michael Colbert
On the Scene
Vanity Fair and Art Basel Paris Celebrate an Official Opening Party
As the global art fair outfit officially arrived in Paris this week, it marked the occasion with a celebration of the city’s art scene with Vanity Fair.
By Nate FreemanPhotography by Sam Wong
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Taylor Swift Takes Travis Kelce Out to the Ballgame Before Eras Tour Resumes
She also announced a coffee table book and an extended Torture Poets Department vinyl and CD release. Like she said: She is so productive.
By Kase Wickman
Proust Questionnaire
Stanley Tucci Answers the Proust Questionnaire
The actor and author of What I Ate in One Year on face cream, Harry Styles, and why temperance is overrated.
By Stanley Tucci
After Hurricane Helene, East Fork Pottery and Asheville Artists Set a Course Forward
The devastation of Helene has reshaped the community of artists and local family-owned businesses in western North Carolina.
By Arimeta Diop
ART CRIME
Works by Pissarro, Renoir, and Avercamp Vanished. Here’s How an Amateur Art Sleuth Cracked the Case
For 43 years, police were stumped—until the dashing, enigmatic Clifford Schorer III went searching for clues online.
By Adam Leith GollnerPhotography by Diana Markosian
In Conversation
Lee Greenwood Says Kamala Harris Could Only Use “God Bless the USA” If She Asks in Person
The Nashville star talks to Vanity Fair about 40 years of the patriotic standard, what it was like when Donald Trump started promoting his bible, and why he doesn’t consider himself a conservative activist.
By Erin Vanderhoof
TRUE COLORS
Frieze London Is Letting Its Freak Flag Fly
As the art world kicks off its annual tour of two cities, the British mainstay has regained its spark. Just ask the creators of Industry. Plus an Obama flex and some exclusive Paris party news in our relaunched column, now available in newsletter form.
By Nate Freeman
Comic Relief
A New Yorker Cartoonist Reveals Life Beyond Illustration
In his new book, Q&A, Adrian Tomine answers questions about dedicating his life to creating cartoons, illustrations, and comics and what's next.
By Bryan Hood
FROM THE MAGAZINE
Giorgio Armani, 90, Is Opening a New Restaurant on Madison Avenue to Celebrate Beautiful Food
This fall the legendary fashion designer proves elegance is still on the menu, along with pasta.
By Kayla Holliday
ANYTHING GOOD
9 Books We Can’t Stop Talking About This Month
From an intimate portrait of Dorothy Parker to moody, observant fiction by Jhumpa Lahiri and Lauren Elkin, reading recommendations from the staff of Vanity Fair.
By Keziah Weir and Natasha O'Neill
the pouring rain
Taylor Swift Donates $5 Million to Hurricane Helene and Milton Relief
A post from Feeding America thanked the performer for her help ahead of her Eras Tour resuming in Miami.
By Kase Wickman
Fine And Dandy
The Met Costume Institute Reckons With Black Identity in Spring-Exhibition Theme
The spring 2025 exhibition, Superfine: Tailoring Black Style, also welcomes an A-list cochair committee including Pharrell Williams and Lewis Hamilton.
By Arimeta Diop
jenny and the talk
Jennifer Lopez Says “My Whole Fucking World Exploded” With Ben Affleck Split
The performer also called herself a “dumb bitch” for some of her past patterns, she reveals in a conversation for Interview with Nikki Glaser.
By Kase Wickman
weather or not
“I Lived, Bitch” Caroline Calloway Memes Proof of Life After Hurricane Milton
The influencer stayed put in her beachfront condo for Hurricane Milton and lived to tweet the tale.
By Kase Wickman
BOOKS
Melania Trump’s New Book Is Truly Bad, If Jam-Packed: A Review
Despite revelations about the speech lifted from Michelle Obama, insight into the Netanyahus, and her own apparent obsession with limousines, the former First Lady’s book is interminably dull. Here’s everything you need to know.
By Keziah Weir
Coconut tree: Tired. Talk show couch: Wired.
Kamala Harris Launches Media Blitz in Final Weeks of Campaign
After several interview-free weeks, the Democratic candidate for president will sit down with Howard Stern, Stephen Colbert, and The View.
By Eve Batey
Pop quiz, hot shot
Keanu Reeves Speeds Around the Indy 500 Racetrack
That glitch you see in the Matrix is a 60-year-old man making his debut at the auto racing capital of the world.
By Eve Batey
My Tennessee Mountain Home
Dolly Parton Donates $1 Million to Hurricane Helene Relief Effort
“These are my people,” Parton said of those impacted by the devastating storm, including the Appalachian mountains.
By Eve Batey