Category: Features
Last week, the Village Voice posted an offensive and racist review of Kehinde Wiley’s retrospective at the Brooklyn Museum, A New Republic, by art critic Jessica Dawson. Dawson called some of the paintings “pervy” and “predatory” for their sexualized depictions of handsome black men, and misinterpreted the political implications of the art, writing, “What does […]
Biking noobs, tourists, and pedestrians would be wise to heed this tried and true advice from cyclist Ethan Minsker. If you don’t want to be an asshole, then listen to Minsker. And if you do want to be an asshole, then congrats, cause it takes a huge asshole to want to be one. […]
Kostantinos, Bushwick. (Photo: Bucky Turco/ANIMALNewYork) […]
George, Coney Island. (Photo: David Tan) […]
On Tuesday, HBO released Catch the Throne, Volume II to promote the upcoming 5th season of Game of Thrones, which premieres April 12. It features new songs from Snoop Dogg, Ty Dolla $ign, Anthrax and many other rap, metal, reggaeton and pop artists; as well as a previously shared power ballad by Mastodon called “White […]
ANIMAL showcases a different street artist regularly in our feature, Scratching the Surface. This week, we profile Damien Mitchell. Name/Alias: Damien Mitchell Decade you were born in: ’80s City you currently live: Brooklyn Drugs or natural highs? You buyin’, I’m tryin’ How did you get your name? It’s a clever anagram of my real name: […]
Jasper, Bowery. (Photo: Bucky Turco/ANIMALNewYork) […]
Imagine the following scenario: A chemistry grad student sneaks into the 3D printer lab late at night. He’s downloaded a file he got off the internet, a molecule that’s never been synthesized. It’s a modified version of an existing drug, an analogue, a single tweak on a corner of a benzene ring. The machine whirs […]
Hot Rize is a bluegrass band from Colorado. They recently took a trip to New York, where they performed their song, “A Cowboy’s Life” from their album When I’m Free, inside the Roosevelt Island Tram as it crossed the East River. According to The Bluegrass Situation, Hot Rize had one take to perform the four-minute […]
The 47 Republican senators who last week went behind the government’s back to send a letter to Iran’s leadership did not commit treason, but they sure did something really, really dumb. The letter was an attempt to frighten their sworn enemy from entering a critical nuclear deal with the U.S. by warning Iranian leadership that […]
