Cartier creates highly coveted hardware, but for their most recent product unveiling, the legacy jewelers moved to the cloud. In concert with Paris’s contemporary art fair FIAC at the Palais de Tokyo last week, Cartier Parfums showcased a scent via an olfactory installation called Unidentified Scented Object – 1, the ... More

As a dedicated music enthusiast, I can attest to the fact that musical history can be emotional, fascinating and entertaining. From the awards and unforgettable speeches to the iconic outfits and videos that continuously work to shift our culture. There is something uniting about music that allows people of ... More

No brand blurs the line between art and fashion like Louis Vuitton, whose handbags have served as late-capitalist canvases for the likes of Takashi Murakami and Jeff Koons (the latter’s Art History-themed totes may have erased the division between art and commerce entirely). But if its de rigueur collaborations ... More

This week, the fight against opioid addiction made major strides when the Department of Justice awarded nearly $3 million dollars to a federal court district in Ohio, a state that saw over 3,000 opioid-related deaths in 2015 alone. As this highly addictive substance continues to ravage large swaths of the ... More

Like one of his “liquid marble” sculptures, design dynamo Mathieu Lehanneur seems to vibrate between categories. Basically a walking, talking dual degree, Lehanneur seamlessly weaves in and out of arts, technology, and commerce, giving Steve Jobs-ian TED Talks, serving as chief designer at telecomm company Huawei, and exhibiting at ... More

For 25 years, photographer and filmmaker Lauren Greenfield has pointed her lens at the lives of the wealthy, capturing stories of not only affluence, but of unrealistic beauty standards, corruption, fantasy, and excess. Earlier this year, Greenfield published the culmination of that work – a 500-page photographic opus called Generation ... More

To the average spectator, the art world often comes off as shamelessly moneyed and hierarchical. Which is why when the creative class attempts to document the lives of the underclass, the results are by and large disastrous. But photographer Anthony Hernandez, who spent years excavating the lives ... More

For years, the Canido neighborhood in the town of Ferrol, Spain, hindered by a slow economy and crumbling infrastructure, was hardly an artistic destination. But on September 2, it will be taken over by a guerilla-style outdoor painting festival called Las Meninas de Canido in which artists are invited to ... More

There is something both jarring and attractive about neon lights, and artist Suzy Kellems Dominik's new vulva-shaped self-portrait is a prime example of that. Dominik has long been a feminist visionary in the art world, creating work that mixes strong visuals and emotional empathy like her “BADASSERY” ... More