Starting today, people interested in hitting up the 9/11 Memorial must reserve their spot online. It officially opens to the public on September 12th, but can only accommodate about 1500 people at a time, so visitors must choose a date and time slot. And they’re going fast. Although there’s a suggested donation to cover the facility’s exorbitant costs, they are free.
Brooklyn public artist Leon Reid IV has previously turned a Lincoln statue in Manchester into True Yank, complete with a Yankee hat, an Africa Medallion and gold “Union” bling. Now he wants to update the statue of George Washington in Union Square by decking it out with large scale props resembling typical tourist regalia like an I♥NY hat, a map and some local shopping bags. Read more »
Here’s the CCTV footage of one of Moscow’s notorious speeders who recently tried to pull a Fast and the Furious, mis-swerved and ended up plowing up a row of parked cars into a pile of overturned, smoking debris. Watch ‘em explode into the air. Read more »
An anonymous street artist advertises mysterious services in Chelsea. (Photo: Jake Dobkin/Flickr)
If you you thought Fox crossed the line when they video-Photoshopped a crowd during an airing of MasterChef to make it look larger than it was, wait till you see what CBS did for their July 4th coverage. The network doctored footage so that fireworks appeared in the sky above Boston’s most storied landmarks, when in reality, they were exploding over the Charles River. The executive producer of the show defended the decision to alter the images, claiming it was entertainment not news. Well, that’s certainly one way to look at it.
The notorious art crew Voina told us they’re not associated with any political movement, but that doesn’t stop them from helping fellow activist friends who are. Read more »
Now in its fifth year, the Kevin Smith-catalyzed Crazy 4 Cult show opens tonight at Gallery 1988:Melrose in Los Angeles, followed up a the signing of the fresh Crazy 4 Cult: Cult Movie Art book this Saturday. One hundred artists take on cult classics, so expect the usual Tarantino/Coen/Kubrick staples and come wallow in arty geek fandom. “Crazy 4 Cult 5,” Group Show, Jul 8 – Jul 30, Gallery 1988:Melrose, Los Angeles
Last night, the 92nd Street Y hosted a Curb Your Enthusiasm discussion featuring Larry David, Susie Essman, Jeff Garlin and surprise guest Cheryl Hines. Before the talk began, audience members watched a prescreening of the new episode that airs this Sunday on HBO and all I can say is L-O-L. Read more »
“I think the Japanese male sexual complex originated in the two-dimensional world,” says super-flat superstar Takashi Murakami, proclaiming himself the inventor of three-dimensional, life-size renderings of anime-style cultural sex objects. This time, he had collaborating sculptor BOME make him a fiberglass, baby-faced trollop toppling from her vast, disproportionate boobage, based on the manga of Seiji Matsuyama (“controversial” creator of My Wife is an Elementary School Student, ahem). Read more »
How could they? The very charm of Rusky parkour lies in its incredibly shitty production value and life threatening interactions with dilapidated Soviet architecture… and this? This might be the most overproduced Slav freerunning video of all time. Sacrilege! Read more »
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