Category: Features
ANIMAL’s feature Artist’s Notebook asks artists to show us their original “idea sketch” next to a finished artwork or project. This week, newly Brooklyn-based artist Scott Gelber talks about his videos “Image 02” 003 and “Image 03” 004 inspired by skeuomorphism and the original “broken image icon.” The videos feature music by Zac Traeger and Arjun Ram Srivatsa. Lately, I’ve been thinking a […]
Syd, Hell’s Kitchen. (Photo: Bucky Turco/ANIMALNewYork) […]
Here are some art, film, music and other things happening in NYC so you can Have a Good Weekend. Drop your suggestions in the comments or to tips@animalnewyork.com. FRIDAY 78 °F LOW 60 °F In theaters: Hendrix biopic Jimi: All Is By My Side starring Andre 3000; Björk: Biophilia Live at IFC. Andrew Durbin’s “Mature Themes” book launch with readings Harry Burke and Juliana […]
Albert, Hell’s Kitchen. (Photo: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]
Absinthe is a pale green (sometimes clear) highly alcoholic anise-flavored liquor distilled from wormwood and herbs, famous for its purported mind-altering effects for artists such as Oscar Wilde and Van Gogh. It was banned, but lately has experienced a revival, and a century’s worth of lies and distortion has returned. Absinthe, even of the “ordinare” […]
Patriarch Kirill I, the leader of Russia’s Eastern Orthodox Church, has a very particular taste in art. He considers contemporary art a sign of the Apocalypse — just like gay marriage and that Pussy Riot “doing the work of Satan!” At an Orthodox festival on Wednesday, Kirill ranted at length about his specialized notions of aesthetics. The Moscow Times reports: According to the patriarch, art […]
Whodini, Hell’s Kitchen. (Photo: Bucky Turco/ANIMALNewYork) […]
Vin, Hell’s Kitchen. (Photo: Bucky Turco/ANIMALNewYork) […]
“Listen In” is a weekly feature in which we ask musicians to curate a mixtape-length YouTube playlist of songs they’re currently digging. Click the big play button above to hear the whole playlist or scroll down to see and hear individual tracks. Today’s playlist comes to you from Tim Pioppo who, along with a cast […]
Blake, Battery Park. (Photo: Bucky Turco/ANIMALNewYork) […]
