November 24, 2021

A South African Shopping Site Where Artisans and Community Meet

At Victoria Yards in Johannesburg, artists, designers and makers of sorbet and spirits draw from their surroundings to create their products. “When I first saw it, […]
November 11, 2021

Barbara Kruger: Infinitely Copied, Still Unmatched

For decades this social critic has addressed the powerful influence of media, consumerism and politics. Her work anticipated how images and ideas are now disseminated. CHICAGO […]
October 21, 2021

An East Village Boutique Where the Avant-Garde Gathered

Knobkerry was a shop and gallery where Ornette Coleman hung out and Janis Joplin shopped. It is the subject of a new book and related exhibition. […]
July 9, 2021

Accidental Artists Declare Their Love, One Rubik’s Cube at a Time

Phil Pollack and Jenn Loeb’s love story has a twist: Surprise success born of a pandemic hobby. Phil Pollack didn’t pretend he knew a lot about […]
June 24, 2021

Artist David Choe on His New FX and Hulu Show

An hour into our interview, the artist David Choe admits that he lied about something. He said he had turned down two offers to do a […]
June 14, 2021

‘C Is for Code Switching’ and Other Lessons

The artist Topaz Jones mined his personal education to create an award-winning visual album. The rapper Topaz Jones recently decided to cut the locs he had […]
May 29, 2021

Summertime … and the Sloganeering Is a Little Awkward

Cities and states are spending millions to promote tourism as they reopen, but the marketing campaigns aren’t always the catchiest. They are the opening lines of […]
May 20, 2021

8 Ways a Modern Civil Rights Movement Moved the Culture

8 Ways a Modern Civil Rights Movement Moved the Culture From music to movies, canceled podcasts to toppled monuments, our writers take stock of the culture […]
May 13, 2021

What We Learned From a Year of Crafting

Making things — masks, quilts, ceramics, mandalas — was a practical and sometimes political response to the moment. Necessity is the mother of invention, and at […]
May 4, 2021

In New Orleans, an Art Break Hotel

This article is part of our latest Design special report, which is about expanding the possibilities of your home. Don’t call Travelers New Orleans a bed-and-breakfast. […]