Wednesday, 30 April 2025
Saturday, 26 April 2025
Friday, 25 April 2025
LINKED UP 121
Psycho visionaries, declining NYC coolness, the TikTok-to-Soho cycle and more with writer Ezra Marcus. (Blackbird Spyplane)
I’d Like to Report a Murder
Lauren Oyler and Brandon Taylor talk to hannah baer about the dark art of literary takedowns. (Pioneer Works)
Killer Threads: The Sartorial Legacy of American Psycho at 25
To celebrate the cult film’s anniversary, Esquire spoke to its costume designer. (Esquire)
A Deep Dive on Vintage American Outerwear
How this BEAMS buyer wrote a book after digging through thousands of outerwear catalogs. (Sprezza)
It’s worn by everyone from French mechanics to Harry Styles. What is it about the chore jacket that makes it so enduring – and can a modern version ever be truly authentic? (The Guardian)
You might not guess what it is, but it makes a lot of sense. (NYT)
Supreme in Miami
You can’t deny that Miami is the place to be. With a new shop and a hot new vid produced on-site in South Florida, Supreme captures the city’s vice and virtue in this gritty photo feature from our June ’25 mag. Check the photos and read on for an exclusive Zion Effs interview by the GOAT himself Mark Gonzales. (Thrasher)
The Material Review: Issue 083
Cultural vanguards Lawrence Schlossman and James Harris are co-hosts of the #1 global men’s fashion and lifestyle podcast, Throwing Fits. We tapped into their “roughly child’s XL sized” noggins to discuss some of their recent purchases, style trends (both good and bad) and the clothing pieces they’ve owned the longest. (The Material Review)
Material Language
Samuel Ross speaks on TRANSPOSITION, his immersive installation for The Balvenie at Milan Design Week, and how craft, emotion and experience shape the next chapter of his career. (Port)
We spoke with Chris on what it means to be a creative consultant today, transatlantic culture clashes, why constraints make for better work, and how not to be an asshole in a room full of people who assume you are.(Creative Blood)
Alice McNally Is Too Cool to Post
Modelling for Eckhaus Latta and SKIMS, the 20-year-old is flouting the rules of modern fame to become one of the most in-demand faces in New York. (SSENSE)
Feed Me the Opulent Tips
Very few things are cool. Lorde's return is an exception. (Feed Me)
Girl, So Inspiring! Lorde’s 20 Best Songs – Ranked
As she releases euphoric new single ‘What Was That’, we assess the New Zealand singer-songwriter’s intense, irreverent oeuvre. (The Guardian)
Robyn Turns 20 (Stereogum)
How Robyn’s ‘Dancing On My Own’ Became An All-Time Classic
From spawning iconic covers to influencing a generation of pop stars, take a look at how Robyn’s ‘Dancing On My Own’ still remains impactful 15+ years after its release. (Grammy)
Going for ‘Glory’ With Perfume Genius
For the release of his critically-acclaimed new album, Mike Hadreas a.k.a. Perfume Genius and photographer/director Cody Critcheloe sit down with Éditions to talk trust, tarps, tiny trucks, the colour blue and everything else it took to bring the world of Glory to life. (Éditions)
Let Me Show You How to Bip: Tracing the Origins of Hip-Hop’s Favourite New Word
How a part of Baltimore lingo is entering the wider underground rap lexicon through artists from the Mid-Atlantic. (Pitchfork)
Notes on practice, learning how to hate better, and some questions for you. (Herb Sundays)
YouTube Turns 20: From Lazy Sunday to Hot Ones
The video-streaming platform has revolutionised how we watch things. Here’s a timeline of its biggest moments. (NYT)
(Stereogum)
Are We Still Living in 1999?
A new book argues that late-20th-century lowbrow culture created the modern world. (Reason)
Requiem for a Scene
The Albion Rooms. Queens of Noize. The Hawley Arms. A musician remembers London in 2002. (The Fence)
Culinary experiences in the artworld are on the rise, but why does food need to be framed as ‘art’ in order to be considered something special?
(ArtReview)
How the Humble Teapot Morphed From Kitchen Staple to Designer Icon
Sales of tea sets soar and artists are captivated by the symbolic and creative potential of the simple teatime essential. (The Guardian)
Why Sommeliers Are Sipping 4,000-Year-Old Iceberg Water in Atlanta
Have you ever tasted raindrops from Tasmania that never touched the Earth? Or water that's been locked inside a Norwegian iceberg for millennia? You probably haven't. But you also probably haven't been to the Fine Water Summit, a globe-trotting annual gathering of water sommeliers who live, breathe and sip the most luxurious of las aguas. (Axios Atlanta)
Wednesday, 23 April 2025
TIMES TOGETHER ‘97 W/ SHINING LIFE PRESS
Monday, 21 April 2025
Sunday, 20 April 2025
Saturday, 19 April 2025
MORRIS MANIA
“The Morris Mania exhibition at William Morris Gallery features Wallpaper (2025), a newly-commissioned work by archive documentary filmmaker Natalie Cubides-Brady, exploring how William Morris's designs have been used in screen history. A montage of scenes from film and TV will reveal the diverse and sometimes surprising range of narratives, settings and moods that Morris designs conjure up. Cameos in everything from My Fair Lady, Sunday Bloody Sunday and Django Unchained, to Gogglebox, Coronation Street and Peep Show, highlight how Morris designs form part of the fabric of 20th- and 21st-century popular culture.”
Friday, 18 April 2025
LINKED UP 120
Bobby De Keyzer the young swagged-out skating legend on his mini-masterpiece. (Blackbird Spyplane)
We caught up with legendary skater Andrew Reynolds ahead of the release of his first pro-model sneaker with New Balance. (Highsnobiety)
How Aaron Elliott Helps Private Citizens Cook Like Private Chefs
He's a straight-edge vegan from Pittsburgh who apprenticed at Noma and went on to feed superagents, A-list directors, and the Barker-Kardashians. With his new meal-delivery service, he'll show you how it's done. (GQ)
“I’d Love Keanu to Read It”: Ione Skye on Bisexuality, Infidelity and Her Wild Tell-All Memoir
The actor’s aptly named memoir, Say Everything, has been praised as raw, revealing, disarming and horny. (The Guardian)
The Los Angeles music journalist has put on his Von Dutch cap and delved into the alluringly sleazy world of ‘00s celebrity culture. (The Face)
During a very different decade in NYC, which bounced between rich creativity and sketchiness, photographer Joni Sternbach captured the idiosyncratic isolation found on its rail networks. (Huck)
A New Live Tube Map for Londoners
Ben James has created something wonderful. (The London Minute)
Britain's largest property buying agent has launched an exhaustive list ranking every large village, town and city in England and Wales. Is your town on top? (Country Life)
The 50 Best Museum Cafes in the UK
The pioneering V&A tea rooms were designed to draw people into culture, and today such spaces offer more than just sandwiches. Felicity Cloake introduces some of our favourites. (The Guardian)
The V&A is renovating one of its largest and most-visited spaces – with support from British fashion house Burberry. (Country Life)
Dandy Land: Celebrating “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style”
In honour of the Met Costume Institute’s new exhibition, GQ collaborated with Vogue for a fashion portfolio that pays homage to the eternal figure of the Black dandy, starring some of the most influential cultural figures of our time. (GQ)
Five Fits With: Interior Designer and Canadian Tuxedo Fan Jake Arnold
The L.A.-based Brit tells us how he got into the game, the similarities between his work and his personal style, and why he loves double denim.
(Esquire)
Salone Diary: A Dispatch from Milan’s Design Olympics (A Rabbit's Foot)
The People’s Graphic Design Archive
The People’s Graphic Design Archive is a crowd-sourced virtual archive that aims to expand, diversify, and preserve graphic design history. (PGDA)
The Colour-Drenched Cult of Le Creuset
The weighty cookware, which just turned 100, has inspired generations of home chefs and fans who feverishly hunt for their favourite shapes and shades. (NYT)
New York Dining Guide
New York is the food city. A glorious, chaotic, ever-evolving feast where every cuisine, craving, and culinary experiment finds a home. Here's our curated list of must-visit restaurants that define the city's gastronomic scene. (ISTO)
The New Athenians
From Issue 7, A Rabbit’s Foot Deputy Editor pens a literary dispatch from the Greek capital, painting a portrait of a city full of delicious oddities and a new wave of creatives calling it home. (A Rabbit's Foot)
A global team of gambling whizzes hatched a scheme to snag the jackpot; millions of tickets in 72 hours. (WSJ)
The ‘boom boom’ aesthetic meets the gloom and doom of market turmoil. (NYT)
Radhika Jones is stepping down as editor in chief, and the search for her replacement has begun. But as the magazine industry has contracted, many of the more decadent parts of the job are long gone. (NYT)
The Guggenheim’s ‘Kiss of Death’: How a Career High Can Spell a Market Low
Ross Bleckner reflects on the impact of his 1995 retrospective at the museum – and the lingering myth it set in motion. (Artnet)
A London Graffiti Art Show Was Shut Down Because of… Graffiti
A profane message about King Charles was not even part of the show. (Artnet)
This Might Hurt: Ed Atkins at Tate Britain
Ed Atkins’ mid-career retrospective is a chaotic mix of digital doom and family nostalgia. (Plaster)
As a Barbican retrospective celebrates the artist’s extraordinary career, we caught up with his wife Karon to hear about her fondest memories of her husband, with whom she founded LA's Underground Museum. (The Face)
He’s the much-loved, much-bearded figure of Great British art. A new Paris exhibition will show you why. (The Face)
Young Thug's Barter 6 Turns 10 (Stereogum)
The singular Los Angeles producer Jimmy Tamborello (Dntel, The Postal Service, Strictly Ballroom) delivers the “twinkly, gentle, and cozy”. Plus Enya, happy accidents, and more. (Herb Sundays)
Thursday, 17 April 2025
Wednesday, 16 April 2025
ALIFE AT DEITCH PROJECTS
In December 2002 Deitch Projects presented a joint project with Alife, an installation featuring products by sixty artists. The generation of artists that participated in Alife at Deitch Projects were committed to creating art in the form of products that could be distributed widely and sold inexpensively. As artist Ryan McGinness proclaimed, “products are the new art”.
Monday, 14 April 2025
Sunday, 13 April 2025
Friday, 11 April 2025
LINKED UP 119
A French brasserie by definition but a New York institution by reputation, this Keith McNally wonder has been setting the standard for all-day dining since 1997. (ISTO)
When you’re working in the rag trade, the lessons are not just about how to measure inseams. (Drake's)
3 Hours in Line at the Stüssy Store, New York’s Buzziest New Attraction
In the constant queue outside of the brand’s new flagship at 50 Prince Street, all the members of the modern-day Stüssy tribe are present: “You got the old head, the online young person, and the tourist family.” GQ stopped by to see what brings them all together. (GQ)
Here are 10 of the freshest, most creative indie print magazines. Who’s driving the new interest? Is it sustainable? (NYT)
We keep hearing that print is dying, but Sophia Neophitou-Apostolou, Global Editor-in-Chief and founder of 10 Magazine, doesn’t buy it. Her business has experienced a series of global expansions in recent years, most lately with the launch of 10 Magazine DE. (032c)
Secret Stash
Editrix Isabella Burley is a collector of curiosities, from rare books to cultural artefacts. Rather than keeping them for herself, she displays her discoveries for all – and some to take home, too. (Family Style)
Curtains, Wellies, Nuclear Subs and a Tsar’s Palace: How William Morris Mania Swept the World
His unmistakable floral patterns – awash with willow, blackthorn and pimpernel – are now on everything from walking sticks to the seats submariners sit on. We go behind the scenes of a dazzling new show.
(The Guardian)
David Hockney and Me: In Search of Lost Time In the Fish and Chip Shop
Over thirty years ago, Simon Garfield passed up the opportunity to buy a lithograph from the artist's school days. He's been following it around ever since. (Esquire)
It’s Springtime in Paris for David Hockney
A huge new exhibition at the Louis Vuitton Foundation is a late-career retrospective with a sense of new beginnings. (NYT)
To celebrate their new group show at YveYANG titled sehnsucht (longing), the two New York artists got together to talk about their own subconscious desires. (Interview)
Previously Unknown Podcast Episode 13: A Conversation With Andrew Kuo
On this episode of Previously Unknown, we present a conversation between Hua Hsu, staff writer at The New Yorker and author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning memoir Stay True, in conversation with New York-based artist Andrew Kuo. (Independent)
Free Beer Tomorrow
Simultaneously of more stature than a dive bar and less stuffy than a gallery show, Free Beer Tomorrow at Mews, the newest installation by NYC-based artist Michael C. Thorpe, is a piece of work that you get to hang out in. (Monster Children)
How a Chinese-American Artist “Cowboy” Saved Graffiti for Future Generations
An artist, a gallerist, and a curator come together to discuss the legacy of Martin Wong, the self-taught painter who amassed one of the world’s most significant street art collections. (Hyperallergic)
How Atlanta Developed Its Own Unique Dance Music Sound
Atlanta's under-the-radar electronic music scene doesn't get the attention that cities like New York, Detroit and Chicago receive, but its history runs deep. Operating outside of the limelight, the city has developed its own musical vernacular which blends sonics spanning Detroit techno to Louisiana bounce to gospel house and soul. (Mixmag)
Letting Expectations Go: PinkPantheress Is Entering a New Era
On her forthcoming project, PinkPantheress is expanding her sound with more classic dance music influence, bringing in styles such as trip hop, house and big beat alongside staple inspirations of jungle and garage to make music that “sounds like a statement”. (Mixmag)
Nothing Is off Limits for Momma
2022 is the new 1999 for California-via-Brooklyn indie rockers Momma. The songwriting duo talk to Rachael Pimblett about the dizzying process of making their lightning-in-a-bottle new album Welcome to My Blue Sky.
(The Line of Best Fit)
Is Cameron Winter ready for the spotlight? He better be. (NYT)
Artist Leonard Iheagwam, known professionally as Soldier, just opened his second ever solo in Mayfair, so we thought it was the perfect opportunity to get his top tips for a fun weekend in the city. (Plaster)
Thursday, 10 April 2025
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