T’s April 23 Culture Issue

Highlights

Dave Chappelle Is an American Folk Hero
Eleven years on the road doing standup has given the comedian a unique empathy for the people of this country.
By Kevin Powell
CreditInez and Vinoodh. Styled by Jason Rider
The Veteran Photographer Making Stunning New Buildings
Hiroshi Sugimoto is creating architecture that looks great today, but will look even better later — in ruin, 1,000 years from now.
By Bianca Bosker
CreditGen Aihara
Back in the U.S.S.R.: Russia’s Fashion Resurgence
For a new generation of designers, real memories of Soviet Russia shine brighter than the fantasy of peasants and princesses.
By Alexander Fury
CreditIllustration by Pierre Le-Tan
The New York Building Inhabited Entirely by Creative People
A group of friends in a townhouse on East Ninth Street live a vestige of Greenwich Village’s cultural past.
By Mary Kaye Schilling
CreditAnthony Cotsifas

The Fertile Mind of Sophie Calle
France’s most famous conceptual artist might finally be getting the attention she deserves — in America.
By Mary Kaye Schilling
CreditJuergen Teller
Paris in the Springtime: Fashion That Reflects the City
Architectural couture pieces set against the backdrop of their home turf.

CreditPhotograph by Jeremy Everett. Styled by Malina Joseph Gilchrist
When Father John Misty Met Patton Oswalt
T brings together two people for the very first time — to see what happens.
By Sam Dean
CreditChris McPherson
Perfect Strangers
25 Years Later, David Lynch Returns to ‘Twin Peaks’
The director discusses (sort of) his secretive TV series, which will return in a new form next month.
By Alex Bhattacharji
CreditChris McPherson
Pop Culture Figures — Rendered in Embroidery
Elsa Hansen Oldham’s classic cross stitch has charmed creative types from Tom Sachs to Ai Weiwei.
By Minju Pak
CreditJeff Rich

Arts and Letters
An Artist Returns From the Edge
Banks Violette helped define the art world of the mid-2000s. So why did he disappear?
By Andrew Goldstein
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Illustrated Interview | Thom Browne
The designer sketched his answers with a Sakura Pigma Micron pen in his New York office.
By Gabé Doppelt
6 Visionary Artists Reshaping Their Craft
Busting the boundaries of pop music, ballet, opera, theater and design.
A Picture and a Poem
An Artist and a Poet Consider Poetry Itself
For T’s ongoing series, the artist Eric Fischl responded to a poem by Susan Wheeler.
Market Report
White Sneakers to Wear Now
With a squeaky-clean canvas and retro details, these 8 pairs were made to kick it old school.
Going Home With the Artist David Salle
The painter and writer returns to Wichita for the first time in years to rediscover his prairie roots.
By David Salle
TimesVideo
In the Air | Supernatural
This season, designers embrace the zodiac and tarot. And witchcraft, too.
By Charlotte Di Carcaci
On Beauty
Braids Are Back on Top
Feminine and fierce, long may the hairstyle reign.
By Hannah Goldfield
Just 6 Things: News and Trends to Know About
Highlights from the worlds of fashion, food and art.
By Design
This Apartment Is Brooklyn’s Coolest Design Shop
The furniture dealer and interior designer Michael Bargo lives in a one-bedroom — and nearly everything is for sale.
By Sadie Stein