Month: August 2013
Every July, gray-haired bearded old men come to Key West, Florida to drink, fish, arm wrestle, run with the bulls and read Hemingway in order to be crowned Best Hemingway by the Hemingway Look-Alike Society. It is very official. Photographer Henry Hargreaves‘s project Becoming Hemingway recreate an iconic Hemingway portrait by Yousef Karsh from 1957. It’s very deep: I told […]
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 looks at two of our era’s most titanic musicians: J Dilla and Flying Lotus. “Pie Face,” from FlyLo’s 2010 Pattern + Grid World EP, and “What […]
After Destination DSW had invited well-known Australian photographer Stephen Dupont to curate an exhibition as part of the Reportage Photography Festival, one would expect the artist to have freedom of choice regarding what works he would like to include. This time, not so much. Nearly half of the images selected by Dupont didn’t sit well with event coordinators, even […]
While riding through the LES on my way home last night, I popped by Max Fish to see what was left of the now defunct space. There was about half-a-dozen people there–including owner Ulli Rimkus–sweeping and cleaning up the place, which already looked like a shell of its former self just 48 hours after its […]
The artist Takeshi Murata’s work successfully combines advanced methods of hyperrealistic computer rendering along with the stylistic subversions of still-life painting. However, despite the differences between these two methods the artist’s photo-based work seems to remain simultaneously playful yet meditative. The artist who has most recently shown his work at Salon 94’s Bowery location has recycled some […]
“Ima show you something, this Rembrandt right here… itsa FAKE.” Whoa, there. Here is Bradley Cooper and Christian Bale with ridiculous hair playing some likable criminal protagonists, accessorized with Jennifer Lawrence and Amy Adams, hello. David O. Russell directs: American Hustle. Here’s your Scorsesian trailer. Who knew that art fraud can be so sexy? The story of a con artist […]
It was only a matter of time before a mainstream retailer dipped its toes into 3D printing, but it still feels like a big step. UPS announced that six of its San Diego outposts would get in-store 3D printers for customer use, with more cities being added to the program “in the near future.” Significantly, […]
Last night, Uruguay’s lower legislative house voted 50 to 46 to pass a sweeping cannabis bill that would legalize and regulate the growing, sale, and consumption of the plant. The country’s Senate has yet to vote, there is a “comfortable majority” for legalization, according to the New York Times. And Uruguayan President José Mujica, himself a vocal cannabis supporter, […]
As part of a plan to stave off floodwaters in the event of another Sandy-like storm, Michael Bloomberg proposed the building of a new neighborhood, “Seaport City,” on Lower Manhattan’s East Side. Now, he’s moving forward on that plan, requesting proposals from consulting firms on how to make the landfill-built area a reality. The idea […]
Nick, Columbus Circle. (Photo: Andy Cush/ANIMALNewYork) […]
