The Library of Congress has added another tour de force to its collection: Emoji Dick, welcome to the literary canon. The 735-page “book” is an adaption of Moby Dick, fully “translated” into emoji form by NYC micro-engineer Fred Benenson (along with thousands of contracted helpers). The Kickstarter-funded project is the first emoji book ever to […]
The “balding brazen” art thief who slipped past several guards and cameras at Venus Over Manhattan gallery last June with a $150,000 Salvador Dalí drawing in his bag, was taken into custody by Homeland Security at JFK on Saturday, after an undercover detective posing as a gallery manager lured him back to New York with […]
This is a 5-piece matryoshka set that you can buy on Etsy, “featuring famous Kurt Cobain Nirvana group.” Yes, all five of them. All five Cobains. This set is artisan-made by hand in Russia and, ahem, ahem… “It is a funny matryoshka doll, and each smaller piece of the set fits into the next larger one.” […]
Fifty years of crimes scene and accident photography by the legendary Enrique Metinides a.k.a. “Mexican Weegee” go on view at Aperture Gallery tonight. The work, hand-selected by Metinides and curated by Tisha Ziff, editor of the monograph 101 Tragedies of Enrique Metinides, will be paired alongside original newspaper tear sheets and other contextualizing ephemera. Accompanying […]
Chris Buck is a great photographer; that’s not an arguable statement. But Presence, Buck’s new exhibition at the Foley Gallery, is… different. Presence comprises photographs of celebrities in which the celebrities are not visible. Buck has signed witness statements that the celebrities were actually there at the time of shooting, so it’s not some hoax. […]
These warped, surreal images demonstrate what happens to 35mm nitrate film clippings after decades of decomposition. The frames, mostly from cinema’s early years (1897-1915), are among the 23,491 clippings that the late Italian film historian Davide Turconi collected throughout his lifetime. The distortion of the film clippings’ subjects — now presumably dead — creates a […]
Just one day after announcing at his final State of the City address that he’d reduce the penalty for the possession of small amounts of weed, Mayor Bloomberg took to his radio show to explain why he doesn’t support full-on legalization like what’s currently happening in Colorado and Washington. Never mind the fact that small […]
Balaclavas are the shit right now. From imprisoned Russian Pussy Riot activists to the catwalk to Spring Breakers and now, to this new music video for Diplo’s “Butter’s Theme” (ft. Gent & Jawns) directed by Reuben Dangoor. But mostly, from the imprisoned Russian Pussy Riot activists. Hey, I wouldn’t push the Pussy Riot connection if that commendable butt up there wasn’t decorated with […]
It’s only natural that in this stage of the progression of the Harlem Shake meme, someone would go to Harlem and find out what its residents thought of the ersatz Harlem Shake. Surprise! They think it’s stupid and weird, because when you put your name on something and that something looks like “humping,” as one […]
Cab Roulette is a recurring series in which comedian Dan Speiser interviews cab drivers about their experiences on the job. This is Abraham, an Egyptian youth studying in the U.S. who considers the Muslim Brotherhood to be brainless. Episode 1: Abdulai Episode 2: Tony Episode 3: Adama Episode 4: Santos Episode 5: Sam Episode 6: […]
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