Ven. Space, an in-person-only boutique in Brooklyn, can’t seem to keep the clothes on the racks. (NYT)
Retro is having a Renaissance, from pre-owned Prada to Y2K-era Abercrombie. (Sharp)
Friends Over Money: Inside the World of Verdy
The Wasted Youth and Girls Don’t Cry designer reflects on his magazine kid era and the importance of working with friends. (SSENSE)
Theophilos Constantinou's Psyche Organic is making its official New York market debut, underscored by a brand new billboard looming over Canal Street between Forsyth and Eldridge. (office)
Where Punk Meets Catholicism: Andrea Modica’s Portraits of 1980s Schoolgirls
While a photography student at Yale, Modica visited her old school and found the captivating subject she’d been looking for: teens whose big hair, eyeliner and rolled-up skirts still radiate personality decades later.
(The Guardian)
Carlos and Boogie on the Subway Heading for 42nd Street: Ricky Flores’s Best Photograph
“These are my boys on the 6 train. Carlos, on the left, had just come out of the army - and Boogie’s just being Boogie.” (The Guardian)
In Pictures: Jim Jarmusch on the Surrealist Images That Inspired His Films
The director has selected his highlights, past and present, from this year’s Paris Photo, including works by Dora Maar, Peter Hujar, Zanele Muholi, and more. (Dazed)
The Print Magazine Revival of 2024
More publishers are discovering that magazines are now a luxury good. (Bloomberg)
Hotlist 2025: The 25 Most Popular Design Studios, as Voted for by Their Peers
Looking for a little motivation today? Every creative should know about these 25 design studios and learn from their inspiring work.
(Creative Boom)
Nordic Utopia? African Americans in the 20th Century zeroes in on a far less charted corner of Black history than that of expats to Paris: the artists who ventured north. (Hyperallergic)
The Midwest Ain’t Mid
With the upcoming US election, the Midwest region has taken on an outsized role in the American mind. Jacob Wilson explores the significance of this misunderstood territory: its people, its stereotypes, its culture and its art - and the art critic looking to counter the “global non-style of Contemporary Art”. (Plaster)
Soccer Mommy Is Touching Grass
Ahead of her latest album, evergreen, Sophie Allison talks going back to her roots as she navigates loss, grief, and getting older. (The FADER)
Yasi Salek, host of the podcast Bandsplain, has made a career out of loving music. But before she was a podcaster, she was a kid in Torrance, CA, singing along to Madonna with her mom and saving her allowance money for CDs. Here, she shares the songs associated with some of her strongest memories, from first love and first-generation iPods to bad breakups and looking for the divine. (passerby)
An oral history of Lethal Bizzle's ‘Pow!’. (BBC)
On his seventh studio album, the California rapper-producer probes - and embraces - his worst impulses as he tries to cope with rap superstardom. (Hearing Things)
He was a producer and club D.J. who helped rappers find their voices and fortunes, and who later became known as a raconteur of hip-hop history. (NYT)
Fans egged on the circumstances surrounding Durk’s alleged murder-for-hire plot for years. (Rolling Stone)
The Atlanta rapper pleaded guilty to participating in criminal street gang activity, ending his role in the longest trial in Georgia history. Here is a summary of a trial plagued by violence, misconduct, and controversial rulings. (Pitchfork)
