COMPASSION

What do a dozen grannies, a flock of nearly extinct sheep and a couple supermodels have in common? Together they are the driving force behind The North Circular, a new knitwear company that produces cozy wool sweaters and accessories for ethically-conscious customers. Early this year model friends Lily Cole and Katherine Poulton invited Central St […]

Opening at Deitch gallery on Broome Street (and on view until November 21st), STAGES is a parade-of-stars (including Ed Ruscha, Raymond Pettibon and Catherine Opie) group show conceived in collaboration with NIKE, Lance Armstrong, and Armstrong’s LIVESTRONG organization. Proceeds from the exhibition, which first premiered in Paris and will soon be traveling to Miami Basel, […]

The first time I saw an Irving Penn photograph I had no idea who’s picture I was looking at. It was an image of a man’s hand, and I knew right away the hand belonged to Miles Davis. How, I have no idea: I just knew. It made me very curious as to how it […]

Newly published by Rizzoli, SHOOT: Photography of the Moment embraces a genre of lo-fi, “caught moment” photography that depends much more on the ecstatic promise of a well-timed shutter click than on the magic of pre- and post-production tinkering. Surveying the work of 26 photographers—from legends like Nan Goldin and Boris Mikhailov to younger artists […]

The debut novel from writer Katie Kitamura follows two men—a martial arts star and his longtime coach—over three days as they prepare for the fighter’s comeback battle. It’s a frank tale of graphic violence and rough-and-tumble masculinity rendered in pared-down prose, but what’s most startling about The Longshot is the fact that it was written […]

On October 7th-10th, the American Ballet Theater will premiere three new performances by three choreographers—Aszure Barton, Alexei Ratmansky and Benjamin Millepied—at The Avery Fischer Hall at Lincoln Center. Millepied’s offering, titled “Everything Doesn’t Happen At Once,” is a large ensemble piece featuring Isabella Boylston and Marcelo Gomes, with music by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer David Lang […]

Skweee music, a genre of mid tempo electronic funk music originating from Scandinavia, might be the perfect counterpoint to the cough syrup-infused hip hop beats from the dirty South. According to Flogsta Danshall label founder Franz Carlqvist, the name came out of (original Skweee DJ) Daniel Savio’s mouth and ended up in an article, since […]

What does it mean to be a wild girl? For women, the eventual transformation from free spirit to sad mess seems too often to be predetermined. To avoid casualty status, renegade women must form an individualized identity wherein rebellion and nonconformity don’t cave in to tragedy. And it isn’t easy. Artist Naomi Fisher seeks to […]

For all the fans of Nicolas Malleville’s Coqui Coqui spots in Tulum and Valladolid, there is a new Mexican destination: Coqui Coqui – Coba. For the latest expansion in the Coqui empire, Malleville was inspired by local tradition, as always, and revisited the architectural history of the Yucatán. The resulting Coba residences, located 47 kilometers […]