The Face Vol. 4 Issue 026
Spring 2026 · final Wasted Talent print issue · Cover 4 True Whitaker by Ari Marcopoulos · “a lot, baby, face it”
Spring 2026, Volume IV Issue 26 of The Face, in the True Whitaker cover variant photographed by Ari Marcopoulos. The issue carries the cover line “a lot, baby, face it” and includes Robyn, Sophia Stel, Kai Schreiber, Cathy Simmons, Naomi Watts, Duran Lantink, Inuuteq Storch, Tracey Emin, reporting on chemsex and Nepal’s Discord-linked Gen Z movement, and other contemporary culture.
Read the catalogue note →- Publication
- The Face
- Condition
- Very Good+ to Near Fine appearance, ungraded.
- Completeness
- Both covers plus selected contents and masthead pages are photographed. The sampled interior appears intact, but no page-by-page physical collation has been performed; no separate supplement or insert is evidenced in the supplied photographs.
- Date
- Spring 2026 (True Whitaker cover release listed as 2 March 2026)
Catalogue note
Spring 2026, Volume IV Issue 26 of The Face, in the True Whitaker cover variant photographed by Ari Marcopoulos. The issue carries the cover line “a lot, baby, face it” and includes Robyn, Sophia Stel, Kai Schreiber, Cathy Simmons, Naomi Watts, Duran Lantink, Inuuteq Storch, Tracey Emin, reporting on chemsex and Nepal’s Discord-linked Gen Z movement, and other contemporary culture. The masthead still announces an imminent launch of THE FACE China, making this an unusually revealing terminal issue: Wasted Talent announced The Face’s closure later in March 2026, after this issue had already appeared. It is therefore the final print issue of the 2019–2026 Wasted Talent revival, though not necessarily the final issue forever because C86 acquired the title in May 2026 and the current site says The Face will return.
Why this object matters
The final issue of the Wasted Talent revival is an exceptional publication-state document: its forward-looking China announcement survives within an issue subsequently overtaken by closure. Retain Gold close to the 2019 revival launch and original-run final issue, rather than near the foundational 1980 launch. The True Whitaker/Marcopoulos cover adds photographic specificity; this is not asserted to be The Face's final issue forever.
Evidence limits: No new physical inspection or collation was performed. Copy-specific conclusions remain limited to the retained catalogue and accession evidence.
Score and assessment method
Archive Importance: 9.1 / 10 · Gold Star.
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