December 2016
Culture Articles
Inside Photographer Harley Weir’s First-Ever Solo Exhibition, Featuring Her Collabs with Frank Ocean
2017 Preview: Rei Kawakubo, Georgia O’Keeffe, and Princess Diana Are All Getting Major Exhibitions
The Year in Leonardo DiCaprio, King of the World
Why 2016 Was the Year We All Watched The Sopranos, Again
Ryan Gosling, Moon Man, Teams Up with Damien Chazelle Again, and the Trump Inauguration Looms Closer
Always Glamorous, Always Daring, Margot Robbie’s Best Looks in 2016
From Kardashian Drama to Political Beef, the Best Podcast Episodes of 2016 Answered All Your Most Pressing Questions
James Franco Prays the Gay Away in I Am Michael Trailer
The Contrarian New Yorker’s Argument Against New Year’s Eve
Remembering Debbie Reynolds and Her Massive Collection of Hollywood Costumes
Debbie Reynolds’ Hollywood Costume Collection
An Entire Year in One Shot: W‘s Photographers Let Their Pictures Do the Talking
Goodbye to All That: A Particularly Fraught Farewell to an Often Abject, at Times Glorious 2016
Twin Peaks, The Young Pope, and 8 Other New TV Shows That Will Dominate 2017
Vetements Dropped a Surprise LGBT Sweater Line That’s Almost Already Sold Out
Scarlett Johansson Is 2016’s Top Grossing Actor
George Michael Was an Underrated Pop Virtuoso: An Appreciation of His Musical Genius
Watch Gigi and Bella Hadid Rap Nicki Minaj’s “Starships” in Their Lingerie
Carrie Fisher Was Never the Bright-Eyed Princess Leia Hollywood Wanted Her To Be, and That’s Why We Loved Her
Carrie Fisher Remembered: Hollywood Mourns Another Celebrity Gone in 2016
Carrie Fisher, Hollywood’s Rebellious Princess Leia, Dies at 60
Debbie Harry is Designing a Capsule Collection Just in Time for the ’80s Revival
The Next Oscar/Grammy/Emmy/Pulitzer Winners Are Here: W’s Favorite Discoveries of 2016
Here’s the Best ’90s Slope Style to Steal, Just in Time for Snowboarding Season
Drama Among Society Swans and More Highlights from the Holiday Weekend
Twitter’s Favorite Astrologers Predict What Your 2017 Will Look Like
How Bella Hadid, Kendall and Kylie, and the Rest of the Fashion World Celebrated the Holidays
Sarah Paulson Won 2016 Thanks to an Infamous Perm and Lots of Prada
For Your Consideration: 15 of the Most Stylish Music Videos of 2016
Lindsay Lohan’s Little Brother, Dakota Lohan Opens Up About His Newfound Modeling Career
Exclusive Video Premiere: Kylie Jenner’s Christmas Gift to You Comes Already Unwrapped
The Most Instagrammed Art of 2016: Robots, Rainbows, and a Toilet Are All Up There
Michèle Lamy Would Like a New Scissor Lift for Christmas
Some Very Un-Wholesome Artists Would Like to Wish You a Merry XXXmas
Yves, a Warm New Restaurant in the Heart of Tribeca, Opens Just in Time for Winter
Instant and Infinite, Lily Rose Depp’s Best Looks in 2016
In Remembrance: The Fashion Figures We Lost in 2016
Then I Said, ‘Goodbye, Franca’: A Remembrance of Franca Sozzani by Stefano Tonchi
Helen Mirren, Instagram’s New Selfie Queen, Agrees 2016 Has Been a Pile of….
The Fashion Figures We Lost in 2016
Franca Sozzani, Iconic Editor of Italian Vogue, Dies in Milan
Remembering Franca Sozzani: Her Best Italian Vogue Covers
Kendrick Lamar: The Prophet We Needed for the Worst Year Ever
Behind the Scenes of Pedro Almodóvar’s New Film, Julieta
Beyoncé Is Officially Getting Her Own Bey-Shaped Tower, Meaning You Can Live in a Literal Beyhive
Conspiracy Theory: Geminis Ruined 2016
Björk Pens Letter About Sexism in the Media, Tells Everyone to “Eat Your Bechdel Test Heart Out”
2016’s Fashion Musical Chairs: All The Designer Firings and Hirings
Taylor Swift Fans, You Deserve Better Than “The Taylor Swift Experience”
Zac Efron Lands First Major Fashion Campaign as Face of Hugo Boss
Tilda Swinton, Yoko Ono and Scarlett Johansson Join Wes Anderson’s Isle of Dogs
Exclusive Music Video Premiere: In “Too Far,” Laurel Finds a Partner in Heartbreak
Maria Grazia Chiuri’s Dior Is On the Move Again
The Year in Culture: Fran Lebowitz, Whoopi Goldberg, Claire Danes and More Celebs Weigh in on Their Obsessions
This 30-Second Scene from Fences Explains Why Viola Davis is Already an Oscar Frontrunner
Are Hotels the New Art Museums? Inside the Latest Arms Race Shaking Up the Art World
Who Will Actually Dress Melania Trump for the Inaugural? Designer Calvin Klein is Latest to Raise His Hand
A Cure For Wellness: A Trailer for a Horror Movie Set in a Spa
Isabella Rossellini’s Son Roberto Rossellini Steps Out of Mom’s Shadow as a Model
Dior’s Latest Campaign Has A Feminist Message
Ciara’s Custom Cavalli Wedding Dress Was One of Many Major Fashion Statements in 2016
Juergen Teller Exposes Another Side of Robert Mapplethorpe
Sure, Matthew McConaughey Would Do Another Season of True Detective
Public School, New and Improved, Plots a Return to New York Fashion Week
A Metropolis TV Remake Sounds Like It Could Be The Next Westworld
Rihanna Goes Platinum Blonde, Internet Loses Its Mind
With Netflix’s The OA, Brit Marling Has Finally Arrived at Her Best Medium
Jake Gyllenhaal’s Style Evolution, from Donnie Darko to Tom Ford Heartthrob
Tallulah Willis Fills Her First Solo Gallery Show With Genderless Creatures
Zsa Zsa Gabor Was the Original Kim Kardashian
China Machado, Legendary Model and Muse, Dies at 87
Margot Robbie Marries in Secret Ceremony in Australia
Exclusive Video: Miranda July, Fresh with a Middle Part, Is Here to Answer All Your Questions About the Whitney Biennial
The Engineer Behind Bon Iver’s 22, A Million Clears Up Any Confusion About Its High-Tech Sound
Musician Thundercat Looks Back on the Year Since His Grammy Win for the Kendrick Lamar Collaboration “These Walls”
Unpublished Bill Cunningham Photos Surface; Blood Orange Gets Busy
Music Video Premiere: Bishop Briggs Enters a Lynchian Fever Dream With “Wild Horses”
After Midnight in Artist Nikki Maloof’s Unsettling Menagerie
Nicola Formichetti Also Can’t Wait for More Stranger Things
Hollywood’s Message to Standing Rock Activists: ‘We Stand with Integrity’
There Are 13 Cate Blanchetts at the Park Avenue Armory Right Now
Mick Jagger Welcomes His Eighth Child With Girlfriend Melanie Hamrick
Julia Roberts and 17 Other Oscar-Winning Actresses With TV Projects in the Works
Rick Owens’ Furniture Is Like Couture: Precious, Handmade and Wildly Expensive
Selena Gomez Got a New Haircut, and Is Still Silent on Social Media
Star, Not Empire, Is the Melodrama For the Trump Era
Watch Amy Schumer and Goldie Hawn Play Mother and Daughter in the First Trailer for Snatched
Irina Shayk Is Having a Great Year. Band of Outsiders, Less So.
Model-Turned-Artist Tali Lennox Transforms Her Grief Into Paintings
“Ashes & Confetti” by Tali Lennox
Music Video Premiere: See Imelda May Perform Her Stark New Heartbreak Song, “Call Me”
See Harry Styles’ Acting Debut in the First Trailer for WWII Drama ‘Dunkirk’
The 8 Juiciest Feuds That Fueled the Art World’s Gossip Mill in 2016
The Year of Poptimism: 17 Songs That Renewed Our Faith in Humanity in 2016
Margot Robbie’s Harley Quinn Spinoff Movie ‘Gotham City Sirens’ Will Have a Female-Led Cast
Meryl Streep and Emily Blunt Land Surprise SAG Awards 2017 Nominations
Bruno Mars’ “Carpool Karaoke” Is 24K Magical
Marion Cotillard Plays a Parody Version of Herself in Trailer for Raunchy French Comedy
Meet Kari Faux, the 24-Year-Old Rapper Tapped by Donald Glover and Issa Rae
It Was Only a Matter of Time Before Bella Hadid Was a Designer, Too
We Award the Winners of the Art World in 2016, from Tracey Emin’s Rocky Marriage to Shia LaBeouf Being Shia LaBeouf
Bella Hadid’s Top 10 Street Style Looks of 2016
A Madonna Biopic Was Voted Hollywood’s Hottest Unproduced Script
An Appreciation of Bella Hadid’s 2016 Street Style Transformation
The ’80s Will Be The Biggest Trend of 2017, For Better or Worse
Zaha Hadid’s Abstract Paintings Look a Lot Like Her Buildings
Is Chris Pine the Best Actor of All the Hollywood Chrises?
Twitter’s Favorite New Astrologers Are Here to Guide You Through Dark Times Ahead
Kanye West Paid Donald Trump a Visit and Left With a 2024 Campaign Plan
How Wolfgang Tillmans Made His New Visual Album Starring Hari Nef
Rick Owens, Kanye West’s Favorite Designer-Slash-Furniture Maker, Recommends Regular Naps
Meet Denée Benton, Broadway’s Newest Leading Lady
Bella Hadid, Emily Ratajkowski, and More Models Are Working on a Secret Project in the Bahamas
The British Royal Family Can’t Stop Issuing Press Releases About their Relationships
A Guide to the Golden Globe Nominees You Might Not Know
W‘s Complete Guide to the 2017 Golden Globes, from Tom Hiddleston and Natalie Portman to “Westworld” and”Stranger Things”
Felicity Jones, Dakota Fanning, and Hailee Steinfeld Belong in “Jerry Maguire”
Selena Gomez Signed a Reported $10 Million Deal with Coach
The 12 Best New TV Shows of 2016, Because We Couldn’t Pick Just 10
Viola Davis Delivers Powerful Speech About Self-Acceptance at the Critics’ Choice Awards
Christie Brinkley Taught Mariah Carey About the Importance of Good Lighting
Bob Dylan Did Accept His Nobel Prize After All, With a Bit of Help from Patti Smith
Dress for the Holiday Season Like Emma Stone, Bella Hadid, and Cate Blanchett
Who Actually Had a Good 2016 On Social Media?
Ina Garten Has a Serious Appetite for Taylor Swift
Artists Nursed Their Art Basel Miami Hangovers in the Virgin Islands
Kylie Jenner’s Pop-Up Cosmetics Store Looks Insane
Ciara Is Starting 2017 Off with a Chic New Haircut
Kate Moss Stars in the Latest Music Video for Elvis (Yes, Elvis)
Bella Hadid and Naomi Campbell Attended Marina Abramovic’s Very Artsy 70th Birthday
The Five Most Earth Shattering Album Drops of 2016
An Ode to Emma Stone’s Expert-Level Fashion Promoting “La La Land”
The First Trailer for Spider-Man: Homecoming Is Here
Kanye West Is Blond, Back in Public, and Everything Seems Fine
“La La Land” Has the Heart of a Romantic, the Head of a Cynic
Taylor Swift Slips In a New Single with Zayn Malik Just Under the Wire
For ‘Elle’ Director Paul Verhoeven, a Good Movie Means “Anti-Boring”
Elle Fanning and Kirsten Dunst Sure Seemed to Have Fun on the Set of Sofia Coppola’s Latest Film
In the Trump Era, Kara Walker’s Slavery Art Rises Again
Madonna Definitely Broke Some Laws During Her Carpool Karaoke
Kim Basinger Has Always Had Great Pantsuits, and Even Better Hair
Chanel Muses Kristen Stewart and Willow Smith Get Busy at Their Day Jobs
Cruz Beckham Is Either The Next Justin Bieber or Willow Smith
Wolfgang Tillmans Made a Visual Album for the Post-Trump Era, Starring Hari Nef
Art World Can’t Get Enough of Agnes Martin
Art Crowd Can’t Get Enough of Agnes Martin Show at Guggenheim
Oh Right, There’s Another “Fifty Shades” Movie and Here’s the Trailer
Diving Into Artist Doug Aitken’s Underwater Universe Off the Coast of California
I Finally Saw Lauryn Hill Live, and It Was Worth the Wait
Mariah Carey Might Be the Realest Reality TV Star, Ever
Chrome Hearts and Off-White Re-Invent the Basic T-Shirt
Donald Trump Is Time Magazine’s Person of the Year
Jeff Bridges Reenacts Shirley MacLaine’s Iconic “Terms of Endearment” Performance, 33 Years Later
What the Album of the Year Grammy Race Means in a Year When the Album Was Everything
15 Times Tom Ford Has Waxed Poetic About Sex
Emma Watson Battles a Cult-like Tech Company in “The Circle” Trailer
Grammys 2017 Breakdown: Bowie and Beyoncé Finally Get Their Long Overdue Recognition
Chanel Throws an Unconventional Tea Party-Inspired Fashion Show, Starring Cara Delevingne and Pharrell Williams
When the Architect Behind High End Prada Stores Designs a Fast Food Restaurant
Lily-Rose Depp Makes Her Runway Debut at the Chanel Métiers D’Art Show, Because It Was Only a Matter of Time
Karlie Kloss Wants a Space Trip For Christmas, Will Settle For Nintendo NES Classic
From Victoria’s Secret to the Pride of St. Louis, a Decade of the Very Best of Karlie Kloss
Hailee Steinfeld Is Not Your Average Teenager, But She Does Love Drake
What You Need to Know About Turner Prize Winner Helen Marten
The Next Step in Beyoncé’s World Domination Plan? The Grammys.
Tom Ford’s Four-Year-Old Sounds Much Chicer Than You
A Guide to Everything You Missed at Art Basel Miami Beach 2016
Julia Restoin Roitfeld Prefers Not to Dress for the Weather, Because She’s Still a Paris Girl at Heart
For Victoria’s Secret Angel Jasmine Tookes, the $3 Million Fantasy Bra Was “A Little Bit Too Comfortable”
Jaden Smith’s New Music Video Looks Like “Westworld” Season 2
Kim and Kanye Are Taking The Rest of 2016 Off, As We All Wish We Could
First-Time Victoria’s Secret Angel Josephine Skriver Made Her Debut in 20 Pounds of Crystals
The Schwarzenegger Daughters Step Out at Matt Damon’s Holiday Party
Mini-Me Givenchy Isn’t Just for North West Anymore
A Conversation With the Beloved, Compassionate, Indefatigable, Very Wise Judith Light
Madonna Gave Art Basel the Debauched, Celebrity-Drenched Concert Miami’s High Rollers Deserved
The Best Party Pictures From Art Basel Miami Beach 2016
Inside Madonna’s Tears of a Clown Concert in Miami
The Best Instagram Moments From Art Basel Miami Beach 2016
Jamie Hawkesworth’s Russia Gets the Spotlight in Jonathan Anderson’s London Gallery
Meet All the Street Cast Models in Hood by Air’s Art Basel Miami Show
Inside Hood By Air’s Epic Miami Pool Party, Art Basel 2016’s Most Transgressive Show
Judge a Gift by Its Label: 7 Designer Wines That Will Impress Even the Pickiest Hostess
Scenes From a Protest: On the Ground at Standing Rock
Jill Soloway Is Thinking About Starting a Revolution — But First, a Hot Bath
Unsurprisingly, the Works at Art Basel Miami Beach Got Political
The Year Art Basel Became One Big Group Therapy Session
Paris Hilton, Gucci Mane and Other Highlights from Art Basel Miami Beach Day 4
Vic Mensa and Kerby Jean-Raymond Are Heading to Standing Rock With Supplies and You Should Too
Thirty Years Later, Rossy de Palma and Pedro Almodóvar Are Still Playing Jokes On Set
Old School and Cutting Edge Furniture to Blow Your Mind: The Best of Design Miami 2016
Maxwell Osborne and Dao-Yi Chow Are Out; Kristen Stewart Is In
The Top 10 Highlights of Design Miami 2016
A Look Back at the Pioneering Photographer William Christenberry, Who Died This Week at 80
3 It Girls Taking Art Basel Miami Beach by Storm
The Ten Types of Parties You’ll Find at Art Basel Miami Beach
Day 3 of Art Basel Miami Beach Might as Well Have Been the Open Bar Olympics
Art Basel Miami Beach, Day 3: Nelly Furtado, Alex Katz, and Open Bars
The Dark, Twisted Natalie Portman in “Jackie” is the Natalie Portman We’ve Been Missing
Party All Around Ugo Rondinone’s Day-Glo “Miami Mountain”
A Comprehensive “Westworld” User’s Manual For the Season Finale
Amid Art Basel and the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show, Awards Season Charges Ahead
Can Damien Chazelle and “La La Land” Make Americans Fall in Love with Musicals Again?
Alessandra Ambrosio Loves All the Tiny, “Barely There” Outfits She’s Worn at the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show
Bella Hadid Lives Out the Ultimate Breakup Fantasy On the Runway at the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show
