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True Colors

Papal Pavilions, a Polarizing Program, and Billionaires Aplenty

Inside the art world’s every-other-year Olympics, the Venice Biennale. Even His Holiness is getting in on the action this go-round.
Legal Drama

Meet the Manhattan DA’s All-Star Prosecution Team

Donald Trump may be in for a grilling, but the former president isn’t likely to sit back and take it.
Awards Insider!

The Indelible Roles of Robin Weigert 

From Deadwood to Big Little Lies, the Emmy nominee traces the through lines between her early career and her startling performance in We Were the Lucky Ones.

FOR TORTURED POETS

Chairman of the Department
Taylor Swift’s New Album Is Here, and It Is Bleak
The musician’s eleventh studio album hit shelves on Friday, April 19.
big reputations
Meet Clara Bow, the Scrutinized “It Girl” Who Inspired a New Song
The silent-film star whose legacy has often been reduced to scandal gets a namesake track on The Tortured Poets Department, which Bow’s family hopes captures her “perseverance.”
happy easter
How Taylor Swift Laid the Groundwork for a Surprise Double Album
Vanity Fair's resident Swiftie makes the case for why Reputation (Taylor's Version) could come alongside The Tortured Poets Department on Friday.

IN PHOTOGRAPHS

books

Photographer Rahim Fortune Examines Heritage, Ritual, and Black Culture’s Enduring Traditions in the American South

A profound sense of timelessness surrounds Fortune’s new book, Hardtack, comprised of portraits and landscapes photographed over a decade.