Stephen Mooallem

New York

Editor at Large at Harper's Bazaar

@smooallem. Formerly @villagevoice, @harpersbazaarus, @InterviewMag.

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Articles

Lorna Simpson Is Living in the Moment

1 month ago | harpersbazaar.com | Stephen Mooallem

In April 1965, Harper’s Bazaar unveiled an edition of the magazine guest-edited by photographer Richard Avedon and dedicated to "the off-beat side of Now.” Borne of a moment of upheaval not unlike the one we're currently living in, the issue explored the people and ideas that were shaping the era. Sixty years later, we're marking its anniversary by talking to some of our own era's most influential figures and faces about the idea of the Now. I ’m in Los Angeles right now.
The True Story Behind Bazaar’s Legendary “Now” Issue

1 month ago | harpersbazaar.com | Stephen Mooallem

Photograph by Richard Avedon ©The Richard Avedon FoundationJean Shrimpton, photographed by Richard AvedonSixty years ago this month, Harper’s Bazaar unveiled the magazine’s April 1965 issue, a special edition guest-edited by the photographer Richard Avedon.
For Kyle Abraham, Hope Is a Movement

1 month ago | harpersbazaar.com | Stephen Mooallem

In April 1965, Harper’s Bazaar unveiled an edition of the magazine guest-edited by photographer Richard Avedon and dedicated to "the off-beat side of Now.” Borne of a moment of upheaval not unlike the one we're currently living in, the issue explored the people and ideas that were shaping the era. Sixty years later, we're marking its anniversary by talking to some of our own era's most influential figures and faces about the idea of the Now.
Rashid Johnson’s Very Personal History

1 month ago | harpersbazaar.com | Stephen Mooallem

In April 1965, Harper’s Bazaar unveiled an edition of the magazine guest-edited by photographer Richard Avedon and dedicated to "the off-beat side of Now.” Borne of a moment of upheaval not unlike the one we're currently living in, the issue explored the people and ideas that were shaping the era. Sixty years later, we're marking its anniversary by talking to some of our own era's most influential figures and faces about the idea of the Now.
The True Story Behind Bazaar’s Legendary “Now” Issue

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Stephen Mooallem

The True Story Behind Bazaar’s Legendary “Now” IssueThu, March 20, 2025 at 12:06 PM UTCThe True Story Behind Bazaar’s Legendary Now Issue Photograph by Richard Avedon ©The Richard Avedon FoundationJean Shrimpton, photographed by Richard Avedon Photograph by Richard Avedon ©The Richard Avedon FoundationSixty years ago this month, Harper’s Bazaar unveiled the magazine’s April 1965 issue, a special edition guest-edited by the photographer Richard Avedon.
Carrie Mae Weems On Her Art & the Artists for Democracy Campaign

Nov 1, 2024 | harpersbazaar.com | Stephen Mooallem

This story is part of Harper’s Bazaar’s Great Motivators package, highlighting the essential voices that are keeping us inspired in 2024. When times are at their toughest, when our faith and resolve are most strenuously tested, when the world feels like it’s about to spin off its axis—that’s when Carrie Mae Weems gets to work. “I think it really comes out of my background,” Weems tells me. “My grandfather was a union organizer.
My Mother’s Work at Harper’s Bazaar Was About Much More Than Fashion

Sep 4, 2024 | harpersbazaar.com | Stephen Mooallem

Liz Tilberis, who served as editor in chief of Harper’s Bazaar from 1992 to 1999, in her office. I was seven years old when my family moved to New York from London. It was January of 1992, and my mother had just been named editor in chief of Harper’s Bazaar. She’d been the editor of Vogue in the U.K., where both my parents were from. She loved that job, having started out at the magazine two decades earlier as an assistant. We had family and friends in London.
Artist/Musician Terry Allen’s Life Story, Adapted for the Page

Aug 6, 2024 | villagevoice.com | Stephen Mooallem |R.C. Baker |Shana Nys Dambrot |J. HOBERMAN

“What makes us who we are — and how do we know?” That was the final line of an art magazine review I wrote of a Terry Allen exhibition at L.A. Louver in 2004–05. It is also the foundational question thoroughly and evocatively answered in the hefty, literary, and definitive new book Truckload of Art: The Life and Work of Terry Allen – An Authorized Biography, by Brendan Greaves (2024).
A documentary exploring the fascinating life of Diane von Furstenberg is out now

Jun 25, 2024 | msn.com | Stephen Mooallem

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A documentary exploring the fascinating life of Diane von Furstenberg is out now

Jun 25, 2024 | msn.com | Stephen Mooallem

Microsoft Cares About Your PrivacyMicrosoft and our third-party vendors use cookies to store and access information such as unique IDs to deliver, maintain and improve our services and ads. If you agree, MSN and Microsoft Bing will personalise the content and ads that you see. You can select ‘I Accept’ to consent to these uses or click on ‘Manage preferences’ to review your options and exercise your right to object to Legitimate Interest where used.