A Conversation with James Poyser
James Poyser is a star in his own right, yet his deadpan gaze often seems to attract more attention than his music.
M&D Selects: SDJ
New York City is a camera’s paradise. From the expansive architecture to the wide-ranging list of subjects, there’s no shortage of images to capture throughout the five boroughs.
Becoming A Secret Agent At David Adjaye’s SPYSCAPE
Ever wonder what it would take to be James Bond, Jason Bourne or another notorious spy? SPYSCAPE, a recently opened experiential museum in New York, provides the answer by giving attendees the opportunity to enter the world of special agents, covert operations and secret missions.
A Conversation With Hugo McCloud
A native Californian and adopted New Yorker, Hugo McCloud is a self-taught, multimedia artist inspired by urban landscapes and decay. McCloud, who has been featured in solo exhibitions in New York, Italy, and London, works largely in metals, and applies a “physical and instinctual” approach to his work.
Girls Club: A Conversation with Alda Ly and Chiara de Rege of The Wing
According to The Wing’s in-house historian, the first professional women’s club in America was founded after Fanny Fern, a popular American newspaper columnist, was turned away from a speech Charles Dickens gave at the New York Press Club and told she could, “listen through a crack in the door.” Over 100 years later, The Wing carries on the tradition.
M&D Selects: Blu DeTiger
Girls don’t play bass. DJs aren’t musicians--Just a couple of the stereotypes Blu DeTiger is trying to dispel.
M&D Selects: Mayan Rajendran
M5 Showroom is a unique space combining a showroom and retail experience. Found in New York City’s SoHo, M5 features many European and Japanese brands such as Stone Island and Herno, often acting as those brands’ entry points into the North American market.
A Conversation with Charlie Bird’s Charlie Reyes
New York City—the undisputed birthplace of hip-hop. An amalgamation of musical styles, the genre has evolved from a party in the South Bronx to a worldwide phenomena that has permeated nearly every facet of culture.
Ai WeiWei on “Good Fences Make Good Neighbors”
This fall and winter, New Yorkers might feel a bit fenced in by Ai Weiwei’s new site-specific public art exhibition Good Fences Make Good Neighbors.
Building Manhattan out of Water Tower Wood
Dutch sculptor Diederick Kraaijeveld has two important rules when it comes to his art. First, that he only uses found wood;
José Parlá Premieres ONE: Union of the Senses at the Brooklyn Academy of Music
We spoke with painter, sculptor, and filmmaker José Parlá about the premiere of his latest work, a foray into experimental documentary film.
Creative Coordinates: New York City
LA-based Leica photographer Riley Harper on what a West Coast native likes to see, eat, and do on a weekend in New York.
A Conversation with Ryan McNamara
Ryan McNamara, the Brooklyn-based performance artist whose work has graced the Whitney, the MOMA, and the Guggenheim, brings his latest piece to Frieze New York.
Do What I Want: Selections from the Arthur Russell Papers
We spoke with Nicole Will, independent curator at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, about their newest exhibit on the late composer Arthur Russell, a pioneer of electronic music.
No Sleep: Stretch Armstrong on the Halcyon Days of NYC Nightlife
We caught up with DJ Stretch Armstrong shortly after the publication of the new book he cowrote with Evan Auerbach "No Sleep: NYC Nightlife Flyers 1988-1999" to talk DJ culture and the heyday of New York nightlife.
