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

The iconic window displays at luxury department store Bergdorf Goodman have been a staple of New York City shopping culture for decades. The displays have featured everything from holiday decorations to a litany of collaborations with designers like DVF and Prada. From August 5 to 29, window shoppers and ... More

High highs and low lows defined New York City subculture in the 80s. While part of the decade was defined by the various forms of unchecked debauchery practiced by the scene's artists, writers, and clubbers, those hard-partying patrons became a contingent of political and health activists once the AIDS crisis ... More

Summertime in New York City can be brutally hot and overwhelmingly packed with bodies. But a five-painting series by Spanish artist Lluís Lleó along the Park Avenue Malls between 52nd and 56th Streets offers a bit of solace. The paintings, displayed on huge Catalonian sandstone slabs, depict a calming ... More

After losing his puppeteer of 27 years earlier this week, Kermit the Frog may be feeling particularly homesick. Luckily, the much-anticipated “Jim Henson Exhibition,” opening this Saturday at the Museum of the Moving Image, will provide Kermit and 46 of his fuzzy friends a stable home in ... More