Personally, I don’t think there is one camera that will do everything, so you kind of need to decide what is important to you and go from there. If you hate lugging things around, and will never print, go for mirrorless. If image quality is paramount, go for FX (or better yet, medium format…but $$$). Having said that, I’m not really a fan of DX cameras, as they don’t give you the quality of a FX, nor the portability of a mirrorless.
Lens wise, I’m a big fan of primes. Not only for the quality, but also for the fact that it removes options and allows you to focus a bit more. For the same reason, I’ve been a really big fan of Zeiss lenses the last few years. The sharpness and somewhat cinematic quality they give you is just not really doable with anything from Nikon that I’ve tried. Of course there the big draw back is price, and that they only come in manual focus. But to be honest, slowing down is something most us need to do anyway.
The Sigma Art lenses I think are a really great buy. Japanese made prime lenses that are meant to hit go after the Zeiss market at a more affordable price point. Except, unlike Zeiss, these have AF! I'm not usually a big third-party lens guy, but Sigma really hit it out of the park with these.
If you go prime, I'd start with something in the 25-35mm range, as I think that range tends to suit a large variety of subject types (without being too distorted).
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