Parting Shot
Various forms of transport congregate cinematically at 11th Avenue on Manhattan’s West Side, looking like so many toys. (Photo: John de Guzman/Flickr)
Keeping up with the Occupy Wall Street protest movement is a daunting task for news outlets big and small, so from here on in, we’ll be doing a daily roundup of the latest goings-on. (Photo: ANIMALNewYork) Read more »
Brooklyn-based painter Zane York’s solo exhibit opens tomorrow, with painted taxidermied fowl, mounted disembodied animal heads and similar motifs of animal life penetrating human domesticity. Like you’ve never imagined a nest of ladybugs swarming inside your bath sponge! Read more »
Body Double
One never knows what might happen when two seemingly delirious and rather similar-looking models are placed in a hotel room together, but I can assure you that skimming through the TV menu and room service binge fests aren’t on the agenda. Instead, the tousle-haired duo in this third issue of LOVECAT have some kind of erotic face-off, complete with pistol and and letter-opener, a recurring trend in the magazines editorials. I suppose that the combination of females and weaponry is just too tempting to pass on for publications these days, but I’m not mad either way. Ladies, play nice. NSFW. Read more »
Tomorrow, the House will be voting on the SOPA bill a.k.a. the first American internet censorship act that will give private corporations the power to censor and shut down any website posting or linking to allegedly “infringing” material. Just think of the possibilities! To help you, here’s a handy black-out widget from F.A.T. artist Greg Leuch. Read more »
According to New York State Penal Code 155.25, “A person is guilty of petit larceny when he steals property,” a class A misdemeanor. This is what most city prosecutors charge people who sell MetroCard swipe with, but not anymore. Read more »
Back in 2008, ingenious plagiarist, snatch decorator, and hobbyist drug counselor Damien Hirst declared that he shall no longer be making candy-color dot paintings. Panic ensued. In a 2-day Sotheby’s grab-a-thon, 21,000 visitors swiftly rushed to buy up hundreds of Hirst-works for $200.7 million (cha-ching), especially those rare, extinct dots because there isn’t going to be any more, gasp!.. Guess who’s making dots again? Read more »
The spinning cubical Alamo sculpture at Astor Place has been cozily wrapped by Caltech minions. While not as festive as Olek’s, this intervention got me giddy: The California Institute of Technology has a storied history of pranks. The hope was that this is some sort of a Trojan Horse in an epic nerdy rivalry battle or perchance, a sciency riddle challenge, an academic “sword in the stone” if you will. Nah, it’s a Portal gaming thing, apparently. Read more »
Parting Shot
When street art imitates a dog’s life outside the Alias Restaurant on the Lower East Side. (Photo: Kitty Littered/Flickr)
Keeping up with the Occupy Wall Street protest movement is a daunting task for news outlets big and small, so from here on in, we’ll be doing a daily roundup of the latest goings-on. (Image: @usahitman_com) Read more »
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