Nate Freeman

Larry Gagosian’s Beverly Hills outpost always kicks off #Oscar weekend with a blockbuster art show and a star-studded dinner. This year, LA’s biggest collectors—plus rock stars and screen icons—came out to see new paintings by Jonas Wood, followed by dinner at Spago vanityfair.com/culture/story/…

I profiled Kylie Jenner for the cover of Vanity Fair. vanityfair.com/hollywood/stor…

Brilliant @NFreeman1234 profile of Kylie Jenner, “the preeminent attention-economy tycoon of our times,” for the new cover of @VanityFair vanityfair.com/hollywood/stor…

We got a guy worth $240 Billion, and we got an artist cutting up a private jet—that's right, it's my report from on the ground at Art Basel Miami Beach. vanityfair.com/style/story/ar…

It’s been nearly 20 years since Vanity Fair last presented an art-themed issue. For its return, we’ve featured @charli_xcx on the November cover—and commissioned London-based painter Issy Wood to create a portrait inspired by her career, lyrics, and their shared Britishness. 🔗: vanityfair.com/culture/story/…

Richard Prince’s Last Stand vanityfair.com/culture/story/…

Richard Prince’s Last Stand — vanityfair.com/culture/story/… via @VanityFair

I profiled Richard Prince for the November issue of Vanity Fair. vanityfair.com/culture/story/…

A few days ago, there was little indication that the State Department was planning for an artist to represent the US at the Venice Biennale. On Wednesday the grant appeared—with a twist. vanityfair.com/style/story/ve…

With a cult of cost-chainsawing threatening every facet of the US government, what might become of the important works by essential American artists the feds own and oversee? Read the latest from @NFreeman1234: vanityfair.com/style/story/tr…

The mayor of NYC holds an enormous amount of cultural power. So how might Andrew Cuomo, Brad Lander, Zohran Mamdani, and the rest of the field wield it? Read the latest from VF's @NFreeman1234: vanityfair.com/style/story/cu…

When Lin Manuel Miranda scrapped Hamilton’s run at the Kennedy Center this summer, it was the latest cancellation in a raft of them since the cultural institution got a Trump makeover. So how will its new head, the Trump loyalist Ric Grenell, re-program? vanityfair.com/style/story/a-…

"Hamilton" cancelling was just the beginning. Here's my big expose on the Kennedy Center, as I reveal the rapid changes happening at the nation's cultural center—and the surprising (to say the least!) cultural history of its president, Ric Grenell. vanityfair.com/style/story/a-…

I went to Palm Beach and reported on the start of the art world in the land of Donald Trump's Winter White House. Things get nuts. Here it is, for Vanity Fair. vanityfair.com/style/story/do…

VF's @NFreeman1234 reports from inside this year’s Art & Artists Gala— that other big annual fundraiser at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. vanityfair.com/style/story/ar…

Today Art Basel Miami Beach closes, and I was there in the eye of the spend-a-thon hurricane—and so I had to deliver a BANGER of a Vanity Fair column. Here it is, complete with with big-ticket art and MAGA hats and Jared Leto and crypto billionaires. vanityfair.com/style/story/wh…

"It’s called 'American Flagpole (Gazing Balls),' it might sell for more than $300,000, and it’s amazing." vanityfair.com/style/story/ar…

Inside J.B. Pritzker’s DNC Strategy: Art, Booze, Billionaires, and The Bear @NFreeman1234 reports: vanityfair.com/style/story/jb…

From a Yayoi Kusama installed in a private pool to $30 million homes, VF's @NFreeman1234 details how Aspen has collided with the art world. vanityfair.com/style/story/ho…

“There is an enormous amount of energy and excitement to elect Vice President Harris in the Hamptons.” Out on the East End, Hamptonites are ready to open their wallets in support of Kamala Harris. vanityfair.com/style/story/ka…