Giacomo, Jamaica Station. (Photo: Bucky Turco/ANIMALNewYork) […]
Eelco ‘Virus’ van den Berg, Bushwick. (Photo: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]
When Commissar Bloomberg first floated the idea of a cigarette ban in 2002 in New York City, my first concern wasn’t how it would impact public health or the city’s bustling nightlife and bars…I wondered how it would affect pot smokers. As mush as I hate cigarettes — they tend to be addictive and kill […]
While you may find glitter to be pretty, unless you’re a preteen girl or a die-hard David Bowie fan, you probably know better than to ever get within a 100 yards of that shit because once it makes contact with you, it will stay hidden in between the folds of your skin until you die. […]
In a unanimous decision of 7-0, the New York City Board of Corrections has approved a policy change to end solitary confinement for inmates ages 21 and under. This comes on the heels of the decision to end the practice for 16 and 17-year-old inmates back in September. Prior to Tuesday’s decision, the De Blasio administration had […]
Last time ANIMAL checked-in with Chris “CYCLE” St. John, he was working on a series of wild animal-themed paintings that served as fitting metaphors for the ferociousness of the art world. Nearly a year later, the artist continues to evolve his style with his latest exhibit. Entitled, “Organic Distortions,” it features a body of work […]
Well, this is a mash-up that was just waiting to happen: The folks at GTA Series Videos have brought together one of the most unhinged and violent movies with one of the most unhinged and violent video games, and the two are a perfect fit. Using the original audio from a Clockwork Orange, these mash-up-meisters […]
Artist Josh Begley’s most recent project is a website that collects satellite photography of all 4,916 prison facilities in the U.S. and puts them on one page for you to scroll through and weep. Begley says that he hit on the idea while he was in a data visualization class at NYU: When discussing the idea […]
If you’re a feminist, setting yourself up to have a one-on-one conversation with manosphere blogger, notorious pick-up artist, and world traveling get-laid-quick strategist Roosh V might not be an ideal situation…so how did I end up talking to him for over 2 hours? I have been seeking out the women Roosh has slept with in […]
Taylor Swift may be New York’s tourism ambassador, but it is homegrown New Yorker and actress Rosie Perez who represents the city in a new video urging the Democratic National Committee to host its 2016 convention in Brooklyn. Perez, who has been involved with the de Blasio campaign for over a year, is just one […]
