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As you may have heard, Morrissey approached David Bowie about using a photograph of the two artists together for the cover of a reissued single. Bowie apparently declined, and now the “Last of the International Playboys” cover will feature the above photo of Moz with none other than Mr. Richard Paul “Rick” Astley himself. More […]
Artist Andrew Ohanesian has installed Urinal into the side of the Pierogi Gallery booth at the Armory Show, without asking permission from the art fair. It previews today. Yes, it’s actually a urinal. Gallerists Joseph Amrhein and Susan Swenson assure ARTINFO’s Benjamin Sutton: it’s the most standard, “ubiquitous” kind of urinal they could find. Unlike Duchamp’s vintage model, this […]
The MTA will consider adding express service on the F train once a $257.5 renovation project is completed in a few weeks, the transit authority announced Tuesday. The train would run express towards Manhattan in the mornings and towards Brooklyn in the evenings, much like the 7 in Queens, providing South Brooklynites from Coney Island to […]
Ralph, Rockaway. (Photo: ANIMALNewYork) […]
Street artist LNY brings some aquatic imagery to the Lower East Side. (Photo: newyorkstreetart/Flickr) […]
San Fransisco artist Klari Reis created these vivid abstract paintings, using petri dishes as her canvases. The colorful, psychedelic patterns do have a certain bacterial quality to them, and seem to have been inspired by the biological roots of their cylindrical homes. The range of depth and texture she manages to pull of within the […]
At 11:45 Monday morning, a friend of ANIMAL art editor Marina Galperina sent her a GChat message saying that he’d seen a drone flying over East Williamsburg, Brooklyn. “Maybe 10 foot wingspan. Probably 200 ft in the air. Not high, though it wasn’t armed with missiles or a visible camera,” Rhett Jones wrote. “I thought […]
We can’t resist these haunting preview images from the Brussels-based Harlan Levey Projects‘ upcoming exhibit. On Paraphotography: Uncertainty, The Uncanny, & The Occult is a collection of photos that pay homage to the dark allure of the occult underworld. The show will feature original work from artists Tereza Zelenkova, Paulina Otylie Surys, Joel-Peter Witkin and Jeffrey […]
When he’s not leading the arrest of teenage “laser hooligans,” or dismissing frequent accusations of “rampant human rights abuses and runaway corruption,” Ramzan Kadyrov, hard-partying leader of the war-torn Chechen republic, can be found snapping selfies. The 36-year-old dictator has recently amassed over 50,000 followers on Instagram and posts several photos a day. It’s not […]
It’s perplexing enough that Charmin’s commercials revolve around adorable, innocent bears shitting all the time. But their social media presence is essentially the same way, too. Charmin’s Facebook page and Twitter account talk about poop, a lot. It’s not surprising though, considering that, duh, they’re a toilet paper company, but the detail is a little…unexpected. […]
