Ever since Taylor Swift was declared the city’s new Global Welcome Ambassador, the internet (and New Yorkers) hates her even more than it already did. And what better way to celebrate her looming internet death than a RIP mural on the Lower East Side by Chico? The muralist, whose real name is Antonio Garcia, has […]
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 26TH New York City’s Ebola skills are way more on point than Dallas’. Brooklyn church prays for Ebola… patient. Kids who live in public housing can check out the Museum of Natural History for free. Check out the flying dinosaurs exhibit. The so-called “Ground Zero mosque” is by far the New York Post’s […]
ANIMAL will be bringing you continuing coverage from The New York Film Festival, which runs Sep 26 – Oct 12 at Film Society of Lincoln Center. Inherent Vice will be released sometime around Christmas in New York, followed by a wide-release on January 9th, 2015. Paul Thomas Anderson has been consistently making one masterpiece after another since 1997, when […]
Paul Thomas Anderson returns with his first comedy since Punch Drunk Love. The filmmaker behind There Will Be Blood and Boogie Nights has adapted Thomas Pynchon’s Inherent Vice and it looks great. The trailer comes off like The Big Lebowski if it was made in the ’70s. When private eye Doc Sportello’s ex-old lady suddenly out of […]
Graffiti in the Boogie Down includes works from undisputed king, JA. (Photo: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]
Here are some kids in Straus Square, Chinatown hugging trashcans, swinging chains, hopping, and being in awe of large things on a Monday morning. You know? You know! You know. (Video: Bowery Boogie) […]
After completing the largest 360 degree mural ever earlier this month, Sao Paulo-born duo Os Gêmeos will see their legendary 2009 piece at Houston and Bowery unveiled to the public one last time. The owners of the property say construction of a new wall, which is part of a larger development plan at the site, will begin after […]
The graffiti-bombed mansion at 190 Bowery, built in 1898, was originally a bank and according to the New York Times, will likely be turned into condos with commercial space below. Since the late 60’s, the 72-room dwelling has been home to photographer Jay Maisel, who bought it for only $102,000. The insides were a kind […]
“I don’t really like it, but misery likes company,” is the general sentiment expressed by the subjects of a short documentary from the 1960’s titled How Do You Like The Bowery? The black and white video shows a seamy landscape of flophouses and bleak streets, on which the interviewees spend their time. Some tell tragic stories about […]
World renowned street artist Shepard Fairey is putting up a 30×40 foot mural on the Bowery starting today. Like most of his work, it’s likely to be very mundane, which is bad for New York, but great for the L.I.S.A. Project, as the organization looks to attract more and more high profile artists. (Image: Marina […]
