@thisispattismith’s work has inspired, uplifted, and electrified people over the course of her astonishing 50-year career. Her longtime literary agent and close friend, Betsy Lerner, describes the electric current that flows from Smith to her work and into other people as “kinetic” and as possessing an “aesthetic pulse.” “It’s a powerfully generous and affirming current,” writes @chloecooperjones, “that seems to say to its receivers, ‘Yes. You’re free. You can make your life revolve around art and exploration. You are free to do what you want.’” With a new photo book out and an immersive exhibit open at Paris’s @centrepompidou, the artist, writer, and musician reflects on her decades-long career and what drives her forward. Read the full cover story at the link in bio. — December 2022 / January 2023 Issue (on sale December 6) Photographer: @pieter.hugo.official Stylist: @tony_irvine Creative Director: @lauragenninger Hair: @kalle_eklund Makeup: @laurastiassni Manicure: @julievillanovanails Production: Production: Céline Guillerm at @octopixparis Set Design: @sophiemglasser Story by: @chloecooperjones Entertainment Director: @angcutt #PattiSmith wears @poloralphlauren, @cartier, @jimmychoo, and her own rings.