WSJ. Magazine - Culture

The man who gave us Gossip Girl is back with Nancy Drew and Looking For Alaska, two new shows for the high school crowd he knows so well.

From designing Nobu Downtown to creating Broadway sets, the architect’s wide-ranging practice involves seeking out each project’s narrative thread.

The ‘urban activist’ who once erased the Louvre pyramid is bringing his hijinks to the Brooklyn Museum

“Linda McCartney: The Polaroid Diaries” is a sampling of 30 years of previously unseen snapshots by the late photographer and musician of her friends, family and the Beatles’ world.

We asked a musician, an art history professor, an actress and others about the topic of tension, as experienced personally and in art.

Cover story: The chairman and CEO of the Walt Disney Company discusses his rise to the top, the launch of Disney+ and his new book, “The Ride of a Lifetime.”

Screenwriter and director Sam Esmail shares everything that’s on his phone—including the things he wishes he had

The author of Red at the Bone discusses her minimalist approach and the similarities of writing for young audiences and for adults

This dentist-ceramicist team is peddling bespoke teeth so customized, they’re in-demand from Brazil to Dubai

Backed by a who’s who of female investors, like Gwyneth Paltrow and Whitney Wolfe Herd, start-up Social Studies will ship props for a pop-up brunch to your door—Instagram-ready succulents included.

The Americana songwriter on her star-studded album Threads and what it’s like to make music with her heroes

Preparing to play the iconic performer involved throwing chairs, FaceTiming nightly with her vocal coach and staying in character on set.

Designers and decorators say Paris’s famous flea market has new energy—and that it’s worth protecting: “We cry about Notre Dame, but in a way the antique market is like Notre Dame too.”

In ‘We Are the Weather,’ the writer interrogates himself and his habits in order to help everyone face the planetary crisis

Despite social media gags, there’s no pumpkin spice White Claw in the offing—and no “holiday ham,” either. So how will the drink of summer fit into colder months? Meme-makers, drinkers and analysts weigh in

From punk progenitors Patti Smith and Debbie Harry to indie darlings Liz Phair and Tegan and Sara, some of the most exciting women in rock have written four of the fall’s must-read memoirs

Photographer François Halard, writer J.R. Moehringer and more on their contributions to this month’s issue.

WSJ. editor-in-chief Kristina O’Neill introduces the September Men’s Fall Style issue, including why cover subject Kevin Durant’s nonconformity makes him the NBA’s most interesting narrative

A tribal mug for espresso and a high-tech bicycle he calls “super-pimpy”: everything the veteran film and television producer can’t live without.