Month: May 2013
The MTA is working hard to get the subways to the Rockaways back on track and according to the transit agency’s spokesman, should be up and running by next month. (Photo: MTA/Flickr) […]
Are you ready, bitch? It’s not Britney. It’s Scott Walker, world’s most experimental baritone, an amazing artist, and if you don’t know, I can’t explain it to you. I’m not cool enough. BUT WHAT IS THIS? Is he singing will.i.am’s terrible, terrible pop song “Scream & Shout” featuring the inexplicably British accent-ing Britney Spears? OH MY GOD. […]
I know, I know. You’re depressed. Its’s an oppressive, overwhelming, dehumanizing world out there. You’re single, your “friends” are all assholes, the summer sun feels like some cruelly ironic wink at the coldness inside your soul. But there’s good news: Weed is a thing! (And so are dabs, for that matter) A study published in Social […]
Last year, Arne Svenson began secretly photographing his neighbors in their homes, as seen through his 2nd-floor TriBeCa apartment window. Now, the Julie Saul Gallery in Chelsea is selling prints from “The Neighbors” for thousands of dollars a piece. The project’s unsuspecting muses aren’t too thrilled about Svenson’s success. Considering the series includes shots of a lady’s butt […]
It’s a hot air balloon. But still, damn. If you happen to see magnificent creature flying around the outback this summer, do not be alarmed. Created by Patricia Piccinini–the artist behind this supremely bizarre human-animal hybrid sculpture—Skywhale looks like a giant bird-fish with droopy, bulbous breasts instead of wings. It is absolutely beautiful, and it will […]
Calm down, internet. It’s not like someone dropped two milli on the Deviant Art erotic fan doodle bea_aarthurXXXhott.jpg. This is Famous Painter John Fucking Currin! For the Art Patron Class, $1.9 million is a good deal. Yesterday, Christie’s New York of post-war and contemporary art sell-a-thon fetched in an all-art-auctions-ever record total of $495 million. Among the sold works: […]
Maybe you’ve heard that Supreme’s founder James Jebbia is suing the shit out of ANIMAL pal Leah McSweeney? Leah designed a parody of Supreme’s logo almost a decade ago for her clothing line Married to the Mob. It went well. Now, she’s being sued for $10 million. Naturally, this is absurd, as Supreme is notorious for not only […]
Each week in Sample Wars, we’ll pit two songs which sample the same source material head-to-head against each other, to determine which one rocked the sample better. This week’s Sample Wars pits two generations of NYC-bred rappers against each other: Jay-Z and Azealia Banks. Jay’s “Lucifer,” produced by Kanye West, heavily samples Max Romeo’s roots reggae […]
Artist Laurel Nakadate‘s work is… provocative. It’s dancing-in-strange-dudes’-homes-in-her-underwear provocative. It’s anyone-who-attacks-her-for-being-attractive-is-antifeminist provocative. And now, she’s on a skateboard deck. Damn. Of all the artists we’ve seen on skate decks — from Hieronymus Bosch to Damien Hirst — this makes the most sense. These limited-edition, hand-painted decks by Artware Editions and Woodpoint & Kingsland cost $3,000. Entitled “Untitled Performance,” the deck sources Lucky Tiger (2009). It’s one of […]
Remember that thing I said about design-y pop cultural mashups being internet gold? Well, here you go. An illustrator and designer who goes by Billy Butcher gave a bunch of ’80s punks and rock stars a DC Comics makeover, turning Morrissey into Superman, Ian Curtis into Batman, Siouxee into Wonder Woman, and slew of others. […]
