Graffiti is the only thing that’s keeping this construction site at the Chocolate Factory from looking totally hideous. (Photo: Scott Lynch/Flickr) […]
Today, our apparel obsessed friends over at Complex posted a link-bait listicle — they got dozens of clicks out of me — entitled 50 Things You Didn’t Know About Supreme. For those of you who aren’t familiar with the scene that loves to celebrate itself, Supreme is a pretentious streetwear brand for skaters and people […]
Just a week after his inauguration, Pope Francis is already trying to revamp his image as a contemporary-art-hating wet blanket. The Vatican has announced that it will have its own contemporary art show at this year’s Venice Art Biennale, Art F City reports. Since its establishment as an independent state in 1929, the Vatican has […]
East Village residents might be against Pringle-ization, but mayoral candidate Jimmy McMillan would be fine with more 7-Eleven stores in NYC. His simple reasoning? It’s cheaper. In an interview with The Local: I applaud 7-Eleven! I hope 7-Elevens pop up all over the place. Anything that opens so people can grab a quick snack on […]
In what is surely either the most or least brootal news story of the week, London’s Victoria and Albert Museum cancelled an upcoming concert by pioneering grindcore band Napalm Death, citing worries that the ensemble’s famously prodigious volume would “damage the historic fabric of the building.” It’s a shame, really: Napalm Death were slated to play through a […]
Panic in the Chalk Cave, slang for a downward spiral into meth addiction, is the title of NY artist Zefrey Throwell‘s current solo exhibition at the Gasser Grunert. As you might suspect, the drug addiction theme heavily pervades the show, from Time Stau, a gritty short film about a couple’s drug-fueled romance, to At last… […]
TRANSFER, Brooklyn’s latest addition to the www-to-AFK gallery space experiment, opened its doors last weekend with a solo show by Alexandra Gorczynski. Steadily exhibiting several times a year, the artist created all new work for “Truisms.” Standouts? A particularly likable canvas of flirty eyes and digital strokes, a classical visual of female anatomy with a smiley face […]
Today, PETA and other animal rights activist groups held a small but vocal anti-cruelty demonstration just a block from the Ringling Bros Circus’ Elephant “Dance Party,” the event that is substituting for the usual elephant parade. While elephants in circus attire stood deliberately arranged in the street, eating fruit in front of spectators, the protestors spread the […]
British police have mailed out “scratch and sniff” cards to homes throughout England, imploring vigilant civilians to join their ongoing hunt for illicit weed growers. Apparently, merely describing the telltale signs of weed cultivation, such as “a strong and sickly sweet smell; visitors at unsociable hours; strong and constant lighting day and night and lots […]
Control Group, a design company hired by the MTA, is trying to bring the future to the New York City subway system by unveiling their touch-screen subway maps. It’s like Google Maps on steroids. Touch where you want to go, and the screen will give you ways to get there, factoring in weather, seasons, delays […]
