Category: Takeover
London artist Shantell Martin stopped by the office we share with our “Mother” to create some flow-of-consciousness art. “It’s almost like the pen knows where it’s going and I follow,” she explains. Watch her in action. (Video: Jason Leiva/ANIMALNewYork) […]
Graffiti writers carry many weapons in their arsenal — spray paint, markers, etching paste, and stickers. For this series, we went out to document some of the stickers — hand-written ones, specifically — that are currently running on the streets of Manhattan, kicking off with KATSU (above). Check back every Friday for a new photo essay. See the […]
Travis, Hell’s Kitchen. (Photo: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]
Good news for the 44 Pratt students who lost work in a fire this past February. The Gagosian Gallery is giving them an exhibition! It is likely a transparent PR move by the Gagosian, but at the same time, a gesture that is hard to ignore, as is the uncomfortably borderline ironic name: “Flameproof.” The exhibit will […]
The saga continues. RiFF RAFF will guest star in an upcoming episode of the soap opera One Life to Live, playing a “shady art dealer” named Jamie Franko. If the bizarre meta-significance of this news isn’t immediately clear to you, allow me to elaborate. In a little film you may have heard of called Spring Breakers, James Franco (Get […]
Apparently, ANIMAL “inspired” a part in the new Taiwanese animation video, the time that we enlisted North Korea expert Michael Malice to explain the photos of Kim Jong-un in Grease, the musical. The CGI reenactments of bunnies jumping into the anal cavities of a dictator in bondage and stuff? That wasn’t us. Dear Animal New York, We came across Marina’s article while doing […]
Dolly, Tompkins Square Park. (Photo: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]
Superchief Gallery at Culturefix is currently featuring the work of three artists dealing with blackness in the appropriately titled exhibition “BLACK POWER” — an eclectic mix of illustration, graphic design and sculture. They also have guns. As I walked into the Lower East Side space, it seemed quite casual — people hanging out in the […]
San Francisco’s non-profit digital library The Internet Archive has announced an open call for internet innovators/curators to hold week-long “Tumblr residencies” on their site. 52 selected winners will have the opportunity to showcase their skills by creating custom tumblr themes for a URL (provided by the IA crew) and then posting a week’s worth of […]
You know what this is. You know. Here’s a beautiful little Tumblr tribute to that special social network that makes some of your friends say “BRB!” and return 30 minutes later because he found a friend in the building. (True story.) Behold: Grindr Illustrated. Self-explanatory. Hello, boys. […]
