HIGH COURT

An oral history of master portraitist Barkley Hendricks and his almost forgotten "Basketball Paintings". (Victory Journal)

10 INDEPENDENT SPORTS MAGAZINES TO CHECK OUT

In recent years we've seen a boom in athletic aesthetics, with small, independent sport-focused publications growing both in readership and in number. Here are 10 titles that we're currently spending time with. (Weed Sport) 

YINKA ILORI

Yinka Ilori is a London-based multidisciplinary artist who fuses his British and Nigerian heritage to tell new stories in contemporary design. He began his practice in 2011 up-cycling vintage furniture, inspired by the traditional Nigerian parables and West African fabrics that surrounded him as a child.

Check out more of his work here.

LUNICE – RUN AROUND

Monday morning motivation music from Lunice.

AIMÉ LEON DORE SS21

Some of my favourite looks from Aimé Leon Dore's Spring/Summer 2021 collection “The World's Borough”. View the full collection here. 

“DECORATIVE ORTHODONTIC DEVICES (AKA GRILLZ)”

From the publisher:

In Dress Codes, Stanford law professor and cultural critic Richard Thompson Ford presents an insightful and entertaining history of the laws of fashion from the middle ages to the present day, and asks what our clothing reveals about ourselves and our society.

(Via Molly Young)

RICHARD SANDLER

A small selection from Richard Sandler's archive of '80s New York street photography. See more of his work here.

ART IN THE PARK

Despite numerous attempts over the years, Playscapes in Piedmont Park, Atlanta is famed designer and sculptor Isamu Noguchi's only playground to be built in the United States. Read the story behind it's inception, influence, and revival here.

(Via Something Special Studios' Instagram)

TORBJØRN RØDLAND

'Hood Ornament' by Norwegian photographer Torbjørn Rødland, taken from his recent show More Than Tongue Can Tell. Check out more of his work here.

BOBBY SHMURDA'S FIRST DAY OUT

The Brooklyn rapper, fresh out of prison on parole, partied with childhood friends and rap superstars, and talked to GQ about what he learned inside and where his career goes next. (GQ)

DIPSET 'MOST HATED' TEE

The Pale Girls take a trip back to 1998 Harlem and the early days of Dipset with their 'Most Hated' tee.

EXHIBITING DJ SCREW

“Slowed and Throwed: Records of the City Through Mutated Lenses is a two-part interdisciplinary exhibition orbiting around the legacy of the late Houston legend DJ Screw.”

Read an incredible feature on the exhibition here, courtesy of 032c.

HOOD CENTURY

Hood Century aka Instagram account @hoodmidcenturymodern have released the second print in their photo collection series, and they’re connecting icons to icons. As Hood Century’s creator Jerald Cooper explains: “Frank Lloyd Wright wanted the Guggenheim to be pink. I wanted Solange on top. Here goes nothing!!!”

NOAH X BARBOUR

The paisley print take on the classic Bedale jacket is easily my favourite piece from the recent Noah and Barbour collaboration. So good! Check out the rest of the collection here.

BEHIND THE SCENES OF THE NEW BIGGIE DOCUMENTARY

Monster Children interviewed director Emmett Malloy about the making of Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell and shared some of the photos Malloy shot during the filming of the documentary. Read the interview here.

FREE BOBBY SHMURDA!

Bobby Shmurda is coming home. What happens next? (NPR)