Profiles
An Artist Flowering in Her Nineties
Isabella Ducrot, a painter in Rome, didn’t really pick up a brush until her fifties. Four decades later, galleries and museums throughout Europe are celebrating her work.
By Rebecca Mead
The Doctor Tom Brady and Leonardo DiCaprio Call When They Get Hurt
Neal ElAttrache, the surgeon to the stars of sport and screen, can fix anything.
By Zach Helfand
A Surf Legend’s Long Ride
For Jock Sutherland, being hailed as the world’s best surfer was just one phase in an unlikely life.
By William Finnegan
Miranda July Turns the Lights On
A few years ago, July began writing a novel, “All Fours,” about how middle age changes sex, marriage, and ambition. Then the novel changed her.
By Alexandra Schwartz
Who’s Afraid of Judith Butler?
The philosopher and gender theorist has been denounced, demonized, even burned in effigy. They have a theory about that.
By Parul Sehgal
Padma Lakshmi Walks Into a Bar
Since leaving “Top Chef,” Lakshmi has found herself in a period of professional uncertainty. What better time to try standup comedy?
By Helen Rosner
Park Chan-wook Gets the Picture He Wants
With “The Sympathizer,” the director of “Oldboy” and “The Handmaiden” comes to American television.
By Jia Tolentino
Lila Neugebauer Interrogates the Ghosts of “Uncle Vanya”
A director of the modern uncanny steers the first Broadway production of Chekhov’s masterpiece in twenty years.
By Helen Shaw
How Quinta Brunson Hacked the Sitcom
With “Abbott Elementary,” the comedian and writer found fresh humor and mass appeal in a world she knew well.
By Molly Fischer
Percival Everett Can’t Say What His Novels Mean
The author of “Erasure” is renowned for his satires of genre, identity, and America. But his great target may be language itself.
By Maya Binyam