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T’s Oct. 23 The Greats Issue

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    To the First Lady, With Love

    Four thank-you notes to Michelle Obama, who has spent the past eight years quietly and confidently changing the course of American history.

     By Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Gloria Steinem, Jon Meacham and Rashida Jones

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    The Pieces of Zadie Smith

    Briton, Jamaican, mother, writer, female: on becoming whole with one of this generation’s most vital literary voices.

     By Jeffrey Eugenides

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    In the Air | Ballet

    Life at the barre has long inspired fashion, this season included.

     By Charlotte Di Carcaci

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    Illustrated Interview | John Baldessari

    The trailblazing conceptual artist, who will mount an exhibition of new work at Marian Goodman Gallery in Manhattan next month, sketched his answers with ink and pencil at his Los Angeles studio.

     By Gabé Doppelt

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    20 Years of the Hugo Boss Prize

    Two decades after its inception, the award is one of the country’s most prestigious. Here, a guide to its winners.

     By M.H. Miller

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    Eight Bold and Beautiful Bookends

    Whether providing heroic assists or standing on their own, these simple shapes make an artful statement.

     

  1. Editor’s Letter

    T’s New Greats Issue: Editor’s Letter

    This issue is dedicated to seven people whose gifts to culture we feel are exceptional.

    By Deborah Needleman

     

  2. By Design

    A Design Firm That Spins Modern Objects From Ancient Tales

    The Italian duo behind Studio Formafantasma make interesting and conceptually rich pieces.

    By Gisela Williams

     

  3. Seven Whimsical Rings, Inspired by Animals

    A menagerie of statement pieces.

     

  4. Everything Old Is New Again

    Maximal pleasures return to the runway in ’80s-inspired looks.

     

  5. The Greats

    On the cover of this special Oct. 23 edition of T, we celebrate seven people redefining our culture. Each of our subjects not only embodies our definition of great, but our understanding of its power.

     

  6. Watch Report

    Four Watches Inspired by Automobile Racing

    The newest timepieces in red and black are muscularly sleek.

     

  7. A Six-Day Walk Through the Alps, Inspired by Simone de Beauvoir

    The feminist philosopher pursued hiking as intellectual enlightenment. In Provence, 77 years later, one writer retraces her steps.

    By Emily Witt

     

  8. A Picture and a Poem

    An Artist and a Poet Meditate on Identity and Place

    As part of an ongoing series for T, Robert Longo responded to a poem by Jorie Graham with an original work.

     

  9. Gardens by France’s Most Revered Landscape Designer

    Louis Benech looks back on his seminal projects, testaments to his glorious gift and to the constant, occasionally heart-rending, effects of time.

    By Dana Thomas

     

  10. In Spain, Reviving Dishes That Disappeared in 1236

    A new restaurant in Córdoba brings back a centuries-old style of cooking.

    By Alexander Lobrano