Vanity Fair May 2023 by Risko

[vogue28]

 

[thenewclassic]

I was like "who?" when I read King Rupert But oh

 

[Deleted member 141523]

Acceptable during isolation days, in 2023 there's no excuse

 

[matheus_s]

What… no

 

[tigerrouge]

May already? It feels like Gisele's issue has been out for about a week. Looking on newsstand.co.uk, this new one isn't scheduled for release until 02/05/23. Are they rushing this post out to coincide with the hype high point for Succession? Have they timed the article correctly to account for the coming and going of this month's fiancée?

What's listed on the cover is probably the sum total of the contents - it's the combined issues that provide a decent amount of reading. And it will be interesting to see what way the wind is blowing with their Meghan and Harry piece, as VF has been a supporter so far, but seems to have rescinded slightly after South Park.

Use of an illustration on the cover - do they think they are the New Yorker? Or are most of the people involved not photogenic enough to appear on the front? Vanity Fair is no stranger to using stock imagery for the cover, if the people involved aren't available to pose, especially for their Dynasty issue. And having 'parted ways' with the magazine, is having the cover produced by Risko a last hurrah for their long-time contributor, or the start of a new arrangement that commences with throwing a sop to the artist?

 

[Deleted member 116957]

Acceptable during isolation days, in 2023 there's no excuse

I think caricatures on Vanity Fair are acceptable, in a way, it's good call back to their past.

(Random question, when did the price increase for Vanity Fair, I was looking at Gisele's issue at a newsstand yesterday and considered buying it... until I saw the price of $8.99... for a pamphlet!?! I guess they want us to subscribe.)

 

[tigerrouge]

I mentioned recently you'd need to be part of the 1% to be buying this on the newsstand. Checking my UK copies, the Hollywood issue was £4.99 but the Gisele one is £5.99.

 

[phungnam96]

They are trying to squeeze Succession off aren’t they?

 

[KoV]

They are trying to squeeze Succession off aren’t they?

The cover line uses the word "succession" in it, so they're not even trying to hide it.

However, this is topical not just because of the show. Murdoch's engagement and subsequent break-up plus the massive Fox News lawsuit where Murdoch himself may have to testify on the stand.... very timely and very Vanity Fair.

 

[justaguy]

This cover story is 100% 80s VF...even down to Risko.

 

[Deleted member 141523]

I found this:

Longtime Vanity Fair caricature artist Robert Risko out at mag
By Mara Siegler

January 15, 2023

Longtime Vanity Fair caricature artist Robert Risko’s career at the mag has drawn to a close, Page Six has learned.

The legendary artist has worked at the magazine since its relaunch in 1983, and his beloved illustrations appeared on its final page each month with the famed Proust Questionnaire.

But we hear Risko was personally given the news that his contract would not be renewed by editor-in-chief Radhika Jones. Sources say it was about money.

Illustrator Ryan McAmis will take over his duties on the back page, we’re told.

“It is a little sad leaving. We worked so hard,” Risko, 66, who worked under Tina Brown and Graydon Carter previously, tells Page Six. “When Radhika came over [in Dec. 2017], I was happy and looking forward to it. I am all for a diverse representation of America and she is a part of doing that. I thought [it would mean that I would] get to draw more interesting people.”

Risko says he thinks Jones is still figuring out her formula, just like her predecessors, and is on her way to reaching a new high point for the magazine.

“I guess the decision was just to not have me be a part of that,” he says. “That I feel sad about. I am a problem-solver by nature and I think that I could have helped in creating a new Vanity Fair [that would]… come up with something that is even more interesting in a new era.”

The 40-year veteran of the mag continued of his time there: “I have given so much to it, it’s kind of like my child. With my artwork too, these are my children, this is what I put my love into, I pour my heart into. Where is the heart of Vanity Fair now that I am gone?”

We’re told Risko’s name will still appear on the masthead and that he isn’t entirely leaving: his work will still occasionally appear in features.

The artist, who started his career in Andy Warhol’s Factory and worked for the art icon’s Interview Magazine, as well as Rolling Stone and the New Yorker, has some new projects on the horizon.

He tells us he’ll be working with a UK-based gallery called Iconic Images, which will deal with his archival works as well as new pieces. He also has an ongoing work relationship with Bravo head Andy Cohen, for whom he has created book covers, and he tells us he is considering getting into animation.

He also runs a popular Instagram page.

But he tells us, “I don’t know if people want to see caricatures. I don’t know if they want to see personality. My job was to capture someone’s aura.” He noted that people now seem happy with emojis. “A computer can maybe do facial recognition, but there are abstractions in life and feeling that the computer just isn’t going to get.”

Risko is also still interested in working with media outlets.

“I did have 40 years; that is pretty good,” he says. “I was able to surf that wave of all those changes.” He added, “I would like to work ’til I drop like [famous caricature artist] Al Hirschfeld. I am still good and I have a lot of experience. I could offer a lot.”

We’re told Jones’ February editorial letter will include an image drawn by Risko along with a goodbye.

“Every month, we at the magazine have the immense pleasure of seeing an actor, a singer, a writer, an athlete, or an all-around sage interpreted through [Risko’s] eyes, from the first sketch through to the finished product,” Jones says. “With gratitude and affection, we thank him for his service… Given that our plan is to enlist him for other features, we trust you’ll keep seeing his signature strokes in Vanity Fair.”

 

[tigerrouge]

Yes, the news was posted in the Business of Magazines thread a while back, the editor's letter in the Channing Tatum issue made things sound more amicable than it seems to have been from his side, although the offer of future work probably helped stifle any further complaint.

 

[Bernie Flood]

The cover line uses the word "succession" in it, so they're not even trying to hide it.

However, this is topical not just because of the show. Murdoch's engagement and subsequent break-up plus the massive Fox News lawsuit where Murdoch himself may have to testify on the stand.... very timely and very Vanity Fair.

What lawsuit

 

[Bernie Flood]

I found this:

Conde Nast just can’t afford to give anyone raises nor exclusive contracts at this point.

Did he work exclusively for them?

 

[MulletProof]

What lawsuit

The massive, billion-dollar defamation lawsuit by Dominion, for lying about the elections, which Rupert admitted that they did.

I was a bit confused on Jerry's appearance on the cover, since she seems to have been.. dismissed, but just saw that the brutal breakup email was shown to the VF journalist..

Also:

According to Sherman, the couple’s divorce settlement has a clause banning Hall from providing plot suggestions to the writers of the TV show Succession, which is heavily influenced by the Murdoch family’s internal dynamics. He also reported suggestions that Murdoch’s son Lachlan believed his brother James could have been in touch with the programme’s creators.

guardian.co.uk

 

[tigerrouge]

According to Sherman, the couple’s divorce settlement has a clause banning Hall from providing plot suggestions to the writers of the TV show Succession

As if that was Jerry Hall's first go on the rodeo of being rich and famous and brutally dismissed by a partner. If she was with Mick Jagger for two decades and didn't go running to the press about anything much, Rupert Murdoch can rest easy, at least on that account.

 

[KoV]

What lawsuit

this one: https://gprivate.com/64kg6

 

[FashionMuseDior]

The scandal!

 

[Bernie Flood]

The massive, billion-dollar defamation lawsuit by Dominion, for lying about the elections, which Rupert admitted that they did.

I was a bit confused on Jerry's appearance on the cover, since she seems to have been.. dismissed, but just saw that the brutal breakup email was shown to the VF journalist..

Also:

guardian.co.uk

Oh my

 

[Bernie Flood]

I don’t really understand the concept of Fox news to the Murdoch empire.

They already have Disney who constantly panders to the woke audiences.

Do they want the best of both world?!