Youth

On the southern fringe of Mexico City’s Juarez neighborhood, a two-story apartment complex built in 1912 occupies an entire block, its elegant brick architecture contrasting with the auto parts stores across from...

This year, Milan’s Salone del Mobile design fair, which concluded on Sunday, returned to its prepandemic schedule. It was a welcome change for attendees, who were able to take in not only...

Jeanette Winterson: I was there when Eleanor was born, and the first thing I did was tell her a story. She’s the daughter of my oldest friend, Vicky Licorish, whom I met...

Hiam Abbass: I see you both as a continuation of my path, in a way. But I didn’t plan it. As a mother, I just wanted you to do what you wanted...

Danai Gurira: For Dominique to be out there now is thrilling. We’re both children of immigrants and, though our journeys are different , we have that similarity when your parents come from another...

Irene Neuwirth: You’re wildly creative and, ever since I was a little kid, I knew that I was going to do something creative, too. I’d go to every dinner with paints and...

Wangechi Mutu: I was introduced to Priscilla by Juan Roselione-Valadez, the director of the Rubell Museum in Miami and a former classmate of mine at Cooper Union — friends and old teachers...

Gabriela Cámara: I met Monica when she became the sous-chef for Álvaro Vázquez, whom we hired to run Caracol de Mar in 2021. I’m always impressed when I taste her food: with...

Rita Dove: I landed on Safiya’s work in 2011 when she applied for the creative writing program at the University of Virginia — and to paraphrase Emily Dickinson, she took the top...

Graciela Iturbide: I became Maya’s mentor through a government grant in the 1990s and, not long after, she traveled with me to France and Hungary as an assistant. We have a similar...