PARIS DE NOCHE

ALEX KATZ

Legendary painter Alex Katz photographed in his studio by Jeremy Liebman for KALEIDOSCOPE's FW23 issue. Read the full interview here.

SAINTÉ - TEA OVER HENNY

ARTHUR JAFA

Arthur Jafa feature in EPOCH 02.

KEY GLOCK - LET'S GO

Monday morning motivation music.

RIP HANS FEURER

Check out more of Hans Feurer's work here.

ERIC ELMS

An ode to Dante's Divine Comedy for Carhartt Milan’s store opening.

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Attention Deficit Disorder Prosthetic Memory Program 

ADDPMP is a shape-shifting encyclopaedia of cultural and cognitive human knowledge networks by ILL-STUDIO and GENERAL_INDEX. After Paris, Miami, Tokyo, Venice, London and Berlin, ADDPMP presented its latest instalment at Spazio Maiocchi, in Milan, featuring new installations and performances. With this new edition, it’s time to ask its founder Thomas Subreville of Ill-Studio some questions. (Slam Jam)

Is Skateboarding Still a Subculture?

GQ columnist Chris Black talks to Patrick O’Dell about the return of the great skate show Epicly Later’d and why we can no longer tell the jocks apart from the skaters. (GQ)

Riding the Subway With New York’s Most Wanted Train Surfers

We met up with some of NY's notorious subway surfers to try and go beyond the cheap thrills and understand why they are literally risking it all. (Jenkem)

Elizabeth Goodspeed on Juergen Teller and How We Understand “Flawed” Images

When his shoots for W Magazine were released last week, one online viewer lamented: “Why is he employed?” Taking in history, technology and taste, our US editor-at-large explains the world’s most divisive photographer. (It's Nice That)

Cheryl Dunn: 20 Year Issue

Cheryl Dunn is into keeping things. (Monster Children)

Militarie Gun Are Doing It Faster

Vocalist Ian Shelton catches his breath and seeks perspective on a plan coming together. (Alt Press)

Nine Songs: Evan Dando

Having seen everything from roadkill in Boston mosh pits to a new generation of pop star on Martha's Vineyard, The Lemonheads chief manufacturer Evan Dando walks Will Yarbrough through one song for each of his nine lives. (The Line of Best Fit)

Favourite Rap, 2023

As previously promised, I will not be doing sprawling unannotated hundred song rap lists anymore but still I did listen to and enjoy several new rap songs in a year when many men my age tried to pretend that there were no new rap songs left for anyone to enjoy and I just wanted to make some messy notes on a few favourites before I forget about them forever. (Noz)

JASAYA NEAL

Artist Jasaya Neal photographed in his studio by Jesper Damsgaard Lund for issue three of Comfort magazine.

CHANCE LORD

Sticker collage by Chance Lord aka GUESS.

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Acting a Smoochie and Dressing in Frog Shoes: 8 Cool, Smart, and Interesting Friends Review 2023

From the best-dressed person of the year to the guiltiest of purchases, the brightest minds in the SSENSE network review 2023. (SSENSE)

The List of Lists 2023

Friends of the blog weigh in on a crazy year. (No Bells)

SNAKE Crew Top 10 of 2023 (SNAKE)

Visuals: Ted Barrow

Enjoy Ted’s musings on three choice moments that stretch from the early nineties to the cusp of the millennium, a collaborative board graphic with one of skateboarding’s true visionaries, and a bonus piece of art history… (Slam City Skates)

"We Have to Shoot in Colour or They’ll Kill Us": The Day a Young Kate Moss Hit the Fashion Stratosphere

Fresh from Croydon, the model had a ball in 1990s New York. But the carefree images, which feature in a new book, got the photographer fired. 

(The Guardian)

Corinne Day’s Unconventional Photographic Style

Corinne Day was a self-taught photographer that grew into a fashion photography legend. Known for her intimate and candid portraits and anti-fashion approach to fashion photography, her work has pushed boundaries and paddled against the flow of fashion industry norms. (Goodhood)

Conor Murgatroyd

Bradford-born London-based painter Conor Murgatroyd is known for his surrealist paintings with underlying fun tones that often run parallel to every day British life. We caught up with Conor about making a living from art, being your authentic self, style inspiration from mob bosses, and more. (Goodhood)

Drunken, Youthful Poems Unearthed From the ’90s

The artist and former gallerist Aaron Rose had the coolest indie gallery in an era of creative explosion in downtown New York. A new book (of old work) captures that long-lost moment. (NYT)

In Conversation: Brendan Yates of Turnstile

Two and a half years after the release of Glow On, Brendan Yates reflects on an intense period of change, adaptation, and growth - all while protecting his sensitivity against the harsh glare. (Anti-Matter)

Tales of the Black Underworld Fuel Hip-Hop. His Feed Recounts Them.

ValTown, an account on X and other social media platforms, spotlights gangs and drug kingpins of the 1980s and 1990s -  and how crime and celebrity often intersect. (NYT)

Mixtapes, T-Shirts and Even a Typeface Measure the Rise of Hip-Hop 

New books collecting objects central to rap’s physical history demonstrate the importance of celebrating these relics before they vanish. (NYT)

Tennis Films for Tennis Heads

Swap your racket for a remote, as we present a curated selection of films, pulled together to keep your head in the game during the off-season (and to distract from the festive chaos). (Palmes)

Possessed Magazine: The FIRSTS Issue

The FIRSTS issue, an issue that is all about things that happen, come, or otherwise occur first. (Satisfy Running)

Five Fits With: Noah Founder and J.Crew Men's Creative Director Brendon Babenzien

A longtime advocate of dressing for your true self, the fashion industry veteran gives us a look at his own personal style. (Esquire)

JASON DILL’S PLAYLIST

Dill's "Jet Lagged in Japan" playlist from 2012 is a perfect soundtrack for a chilled (hungover) New Year's Day.