Patti Astor, a co-founder of Fun Gallery, the famed New York space that introduced a range of graffiti artists to the wider art world, has died at 74.
(ARTnews)
A Hypnotic Portrait of New York on Edge
Miss Sara Rosen interviews photographer Wes Knoll about Fading Smile, a book that documents what growing up in New York authentically looks like through a decade-long survey of a community of kids whose lives and experiences are unavoidably interwoven, creating a universe where everybody seems to be one degree of separation from ruining someone else's life. (ANIMAL)
Dash Snow’s Confrontational Collages Grace Celine
The transgressive artist’s text works gain new life in Celine’s latest collaboration of art and couture. (Sotheby's)
Orlando Whitfield was a student when he became best friends with Inigo Philbrick, ‘the art world’s Bernie Madoff’. He talks about how their decade of hustling would lead one to a breakdown - and the other to jail.
(The Guardian)
They are East End legends and two of the capital’s greatest living artists - here they share their favourite spots from an artists pub to the station at the centre of the universe. (Evening Standard)
How British Workwear Took Over Men's Wardrobes
The Humble Item That’s Become a Restaurant Status Symbol
A flourishing cottage industry of independent British labels has hit the post-Covid menswear sweet spot. (Esquire)
Why is every server wearing a chore coat? (NYT)
Director Mike Mills on ‘Solemates’, Our Short Film Based on Air’s Music Video, ‘All I Need’, by Director Mike Mills (Monster Children)
As one-third of the production team Organized Noize, he nurtured the careers of Outkast, Goodie Mob and Future from the confines of his mother’s basement, known as the Dungeon. (NYT)
As South African electronic music infiltrates the international pop sphere, Lior Phillips highlights the country’s take on drill as a fascinating example of the country’s ability to remake genres in its own image. (The Quietus)
Our favourite Canadian duo take over the Jenkem mix this week, fresh off their feature on the Nine Club and return to the airwaves for Season 19 of their show. (Jenkem)
SNAKE Q&A 026: Sam Valenti IV/Ghostly
The Ghostly label founder on a Suede poster, CD longboxes, and arcade ephemera. (SNAKE)
