Andy Golub’s models dropped trou’ down to tits and panties in Times Square again on Friday and the local artist proceeded to slather on neon smears and swirlies while a crowd of 150 oglers gathered ’round. Just like half a month ago. Just like half a month before that… Read more »
The Second Avenue subway is still years away from completion, but the T train is quickly gaining popularity among consumers of transit paraphernalia. It’s one of the MTA’s top 10 selling lines, despite its shade of robin’s egg blue, which the New York Times reports as being a tough color to work with interior decorator-wise. An Upper East Side designer echoes this worriment and says it could be disastrous if the T is juxtaposed with a line sporting a less flattering color. Oh, the travesty!
Graffiti writers HORROR and ROWDY painted a wall and festooned some NYC rocks into severed monster heads. (Photo: BruceLaBounty/Flickr)
That far-fetched copyright lawsuit against Ryan McGinley and his alleged biting of 150 of photos from photog Janine Gordon has been dismissed as expected, as per the judge’s decision (PDF) — “the dictates of good eyes and common sense lead inexorably to the conclusion that there is no substantial similarity between Plaintiff’s works and the allegedly infringing compositions of McGinley.” Oh, and it’s worth a read. Proceed to juicy bits. Read more »
The “West Memphis Three” were released from jail today after serving 18 years for brutal murder and torture of three boys in Arkansas. They were subjects of the 1996 doc Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills, whose makers fought to prove their innocence. Read more »
It’s been a while since Joshua Allen Harris’ plastic shopping bag animal sculptures have been spotted in NYC and so it was surprising to see new footage on YouTube. Paul Barnes-Hoggett, a self described “full time Englishman in New York,” shot video of the signature street art early Thursday on Astor Place. Read more »
The State Liquor Authority conducted a sting operation on more than 200 stores across the city and 123 of them were cited for peddling alcohol to minors, and out of all the boroughs, the Bronx racked up the most violations.
Now that everyone has noticed East London-based Mexican artist Pablo Delgado’s low-street-level paste-ups of Lilliputians in burqas, monk robes and skanky wears, journalists are asking what’s with all the little hookers. “They are not really a comment on prostitution itself… The prostitutes represent what is happening in East London – with the Olympics everyone is trying to sell themselves,” Delgado says. True, and there will be more business for hookers. He says he likes the distressed look of his older, dirt-speckled, peeling little people from all the weather, pedestrian wear and tear… and whatnot.
Just like the 9/11 Memorial, the annual Tribute in Light, is also facing financial struggles and without enough money, could end up going dark. Each year, the group that operates the bird disrupting beams has to scramble to cover the hundreds of thousands of dollars it costs to maintain. The Municipal Art Society scraped the funds together for this year’s 10th anniversary, but is currently asking the public to donate. (Photo: Marisa Soto)
If you enjoy pictograms, minimalism and timeline infographics, you’ll dig these neat minimalist pictrogram timelines of historical and pop culture villains and heroes, dig ‘em hard. Sabine Troisvallets of design house H-57 has creatively illustrated seven noteworthy fates. Proceed to see Jacko fade away and Marie Antoinette lose her cake-hole and the pretty little head that went with it. Read more »
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