A dildo attached to a Spider-Man doll is currently hanging from an overheard wire on Eldridge Street reports Bowery Boogie. In 2013, a Barbie was strung up the same way at the same location and earlier this year, a rubber penis tied to an action figure of the Web Slinger dangled above an intersection in […]
Grantland just published “Fifteen Years Later: Tom Cruise and Magnolia,” an excerpt from Amy Nicholson’s book Tom Cruise: Anatomy of an Actor. It’s fascinating. Here’s a bit about Paul Thomas Anderson, Tom Cruise and Tom Cruise’s giant commitment. Cruise gives the role a fascinating combination of confidence and insecurity. He comes on like a gorilla — literally […]
On Sunday, the New York Times publicly endorsed the legalization of weed and this week, it followed up that op-ed with numerous articles supporting its position. The paper addressed some of the xenophobic and medically inaccurate myths surrounding the plant in the past, so we decided to take a took a look back at its archives to see how […]
Mark Panzarino is a 42-year-old artist. He draws on the pavement with chalk. He does this out in the open, during the day, while tourists and even some curious New Yorkers watch and take photos. He has done Sandy Hook tributes, dog portraits, and yoga images for a Manhattan spa. He does not condone vandalism. […]
Someone went over COPE2’s Bowery Wall mural, but this time it wasn’t a writer seeking fame. It was Goldman Properties, who owns the spot. This weekend, Goldman Properties erected scaffolding in front of the entire wall, to prepare for construction at the former location of Billy’s Antiques. Plans indicate that the new building will be 28 […]
The Olympic Restaurant on Delancey and Essex has been on a month-to-month lease for awhile, but now it seems certain that it will be demolished in the next few months and one of the best pieces put up (legally) by Parisian artist Invader is likely to get destroyed along with it. UPDATE: Invader’s spokesperson reached out to […]
Over the weekend, the developers of Essex Crossing, a forthcoming residential-commercial development on the Lower East side, confirmed it would include a museum devoted to Andy Warhol. The new outpost will operate as a satellite location of Pittsburgh’s Warhol Museum. According to museum director Eric Shiner, the New York location presents “a chance to exhibit more […]
Remember Game Boy Camera? Released in 1998, it plugged into a Game Boy like any other cartridge, transforming the handheld device into what was the smallest digital camera on the market at the time. Its capabilities weren’t great in any traditional sense, but there was something neat about the way it rendered scenes from reality […]
The Summerstage series of outdoor concerts released its 2014 lineup this week, and as usual, there’s a slew of good shows from artists across the genre spectrum. For your convenience, we’ve dug through the schedule for the best hip hop, rock, reggae, and dance music events of the summer, many of which are free. Highlights […]
For the next several weeks, you’ll be able to see new works from the sculptor Urs Fischer in Gagosian Gallery’s new digs at 821 Park Avenue on the Upper East Side. You’ll also be able to see them downtown, at 104 Delancey Street, where the gallery is holding a pop-up show in a long-since-closed Chase […]
