Month: January 2015
Brooklyn graffiti artist Craig Anthony Miller, aka CAM, has filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against luxury homebuilder Toll Brothers, The New York Daily News reports. Miller claims that the developers used his “Elephant Mural” without permission in a series of DUMBO condo ads they ran in 2012. The 90-foot mural once appeared on Water Street, […]
The MTA is scheduled to vote on two separate pricing plans for Metrocards on Thursday — though structurally different, both plans would result in the same increase for monthly cards. Board members will vote after hearing from the public at the meeting that will begin at 10 AM. The difference between the two plans will […]
Ted, Williamsburg. (Photo: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]
The street art at an abandoned White Castle in Clinton Hill is gone, but the graffiti remains. (Photo: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]
America’s favorite superhero, Captain America, is the subject of a new documentary. If you were envisioning the tall, muscular frame of blonde-haired, blue-eyed Chris Evans taking you behind the scenes of a Hollywood studios set, however, you’re wrong. This Captain America is way, way cooler. His name is Vishavjit Singh and his slogan is, “Let’s […]
Following the vicious terrorist attacks on Charlie Hebdo and the recent vandalism of Paul McCarthy’s big butt plug art installation in Paris, fashion designer Walter Van Beirendonck made his feelings about censorship clear on Wednesday. For the debut of his latest collection at Paris Fashion Week, Beirendonck sent his models down the runway wearing giant bald eagles with […]
When Invader was in Hong Kong last year, the French street artist peppered that city’s public spaces with his signature 8-bit style mosaics, including renditions of Hanna-Barbera cartoon great Penrod “Penry” Pooch (or as he’s better known to the world, Hong Kong Phooey). The illegally-installed work was eventually taken down by the Highways Department and […]
Microsoft has been building a reputation for being just a little bit cooler than AOL. Today, it announced something that actually seems like it could have a huge impact on the our lives: “Windows Holographic,” Microsoft’s bid at joining the coming virtual reality wars. This actually goes further than affordable headsets like the Oculus Rift, in that it’s all […]
Tell me if you’ve heard this one before: A sleazebag lawyer walks into the desert, finds trouble, gets involved with some shady drug kingpins and maybe loses his own soul. If it sounds familiar that’s because it was the basic character arc of Saul Goodman, the beloved weasel attorney on Breaking Bad. It was never […]
You’re going to see fewer Clickbait-y headlines on Facebook. The social media company has followed through on its promise from the summer and announced on Tuesday that it’s giving users the option to report shared content as “false,” meaning that if a headline makes an exclamation and then fails to deliver, you can demote that […]
