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The 2025 Dazed 100 USA list is here

From artists to activists, get to know the young trailblazers influencing culture across America

Dec 10, 2025 • 5 min read

Meet Bhavitha Mandava, the history-making, hobbymaxxing Chanel model

Scouted on the subway and originally reluctant to get into fashion, Mandava was chosen by Matthieu Blazy to become the first-ever Indian model to open a Chanel show

Dec 10, 2025 • 5 min read

The renaissance of Zara Larsson: ‘I’m out of the Khia Asylum’

As she earns her first Grammy nomination, the Swedish singer discusses her decision to boycott Eurovision and why she’ll never stop speaking out

Dec 10, 2025 • 5 min read

The pop culture moments that defined 2025

Jet2 holidays, merkin thongs, and a high-profile jewellery heist – here’s our round-up of the all the weird and wonderful moments from the past year

Dec 10, 2025 • 5 min read

Meet the Dazed Clubbers on this year’s Dazed 100

From a pioneering perfumer to a DJ producing certified ‘dyke bangers’, here are the creatives pushing culture forward from within the Dazed community

Dec 10, 2025 • 5 min read

2025 was the year of the ‘swag gap’

From intelligence gaps to ‘shrekking’, why do we suddenly care so much about the difference in our own – and each other’s – relationships?

Dec 10, 2025 • 5 min read

In pictures: The playful worlds of Tokyo’s young subcultures

Sitting between plushies and figurines, photographer Alexandra Waespi captures Tokyo’s gyaru and otaku communities in their bedrooms

Dec 10, 2025 • 5 min read

Contorted photos of men’s feet in archive Prada heels

Photographer Pietro d’Azzo’s new project Men in Heels captures the contortions, crumpling and arching of one man trying to fit into archive Prada shoes

Dec 10, 2025 • 5 min read

Hunting for aliens on Mars should be a ‘top priority’, say scientists

A new, NASA-backed report outlines objectives for human missions to the red planet in the 2030s, from finding little green men, to laying foundations for a permanent base

Dec 10, 2025 • 5 min read

NYC Cultural Institutions Group Taps New Leaders

Stephanie Hill Wilchfort of the Museum of the City of New York and Atiba Edwards of the Brooklyn Children's Museum will lead the coalition of city-funded institutions.

Dec 10, 2025 • 5 min read

TCU School of Art Offers Fully Funded Graduate Study

MA and MFA students at this university in Fort Worth, Texas, are trained for impactful careers in contemporary art, museums, and the broader arts field.

Dec 10, 2025 • 5 min read

Liz Collins Explodes Cliches About Crafts

In her textile-based practice, she calls attention to what holds a piece together or the ways some works seem ready to come apart.

Dec 10, 2025 • 5 min read

In Maureen McCabe's Art, the Medium Is the Message

The artist takes a mystical, magical journey through America's supernatural past in a retrospective at the Benton Museum of Art.

Dec 10, 2025 • 5 min read

The 10 Best Paris Art Shows of 2025

Olga de Amaral’s sculptural tapestries, Otobong Nkanga’s multi-media oeuvre, Meriem Bennani’s footwear-as-soundscape, and more.

Dec 10, 2025 • 5 min read

Remembering Frank Gehry, Martin Parr, and Mel Leipzig

This week, we honor a sculptor of buildings, a photographer of the absurd, and the “Chekhov of Trenton.”

Dec 10, 2025 • 5 min read

Our Favorite Art Books of 2025

This year, we read too many incredible books to count — here are a few that stuck with us, including tomes on Marsha P. Johnson, Mary Cassatt in Paris, and Ruth Asawa and mothering.

Dec 10, 2025 • 5 min read

Hundreds Rally Against Sweeping Cuts at New School

Around 40% of full-time faculty were offered buyouts and programs are on the chopping block as the university faces a $48M deficit.

Dec 10, 2025 • 5 min read

What Earth’s most extreme places teach us about being human

Explorer Victor Vescovo has spent years reaching some of the most extreme places on Earth, from scaling the tallest mountains on every continent, diving to the deepest parts of every ocean, skiing to ...

Dec 08, 2025 • 5 min read

Collaboration masterclass: How to wrangle disagreements like Bob from Xerox

Leaders need to invite disagreement, not just expect it. When the invitation to offer their opinion is not clear, teams will assume you don’t want it. Leaders often don’t realize that their status can...

Dec 08, 2025 • 5 min read

“AI can be a force for good”: Arianna Huffington on work, health, and our future

Arianna Huffington moved to England from Greece at 17, earning a master’s degree in economics from Cambridge University where she was president of its celebrated debating society. Best known as the co...

Dec 08, 2025 • 5 min read