Slowstagram: The Met Reminds Us That Photography Has Always Been a Bag of Tricks
It’s easy to think of the ability to alter a photographic image as an achievement of the digital age, but “Faking It: Manipulated Photography Before Photoshop,” at The Metropolitan Museum of Art,...
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A Petition to the Petitioners Trying to Secede East Williamsburg From Namesake
"Don't call us the W-word!" (Wikipedia)We petition the 25,000 (plus/minus 24,986) hipsters living in the McKibbin Lofts trying to secede from the "Williamsburg" portion of their neighborhood's title...
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With Busiest Travel Day of the Year Ahead, New York City Gas Rationing Will...
The traffic is usually bad enough as it is around Thanksgiving—could gas rationing make it worse? (Getty) Many New York City drivers were hoping that gas rationing might be over today, as it has...
View Article2013 Mayoral Candidates Assemble to Discuss Education Policy
Only two candidates for mayor of New York City have officially announced their campaigns so far: 2009′s Democratic nominee Bill Thompson and Manhattan Media C.E.O. Tom Allon, a newly-minted Republican...
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Former CIA Director Jim Woolsey Takes to the Stage in John Goldfarb, Please...
There are many paths one can take after leading the CIA. George H.W. Bush went on to become president; Porter Goss is a draw on the lecture circuit; Leon Panetta is now the secretary of defense; and,...
View ArticleNo Show? A Court Case About Textbooks Could Have Dire Consequences for...
Unlike many of the city’s galleries, New York’s museums made it out of Hurricane Sandy relatively unscathed. But even as the storm raged, they were quietly facing another battle— in court. Read More
View ArticleShoeless Ray: Charles Ray, Contemporary Art’s Most Obsessive Perfectionist,...
A few years ago, Los Angeles–based artist Charles Ray had heart trouble that required surgery. After he recovered, one of his doctors told him that he should start walking as much as possible. “So I...
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The Truth About Brooklyn’s Overhyped, Undercooked Restaurant Scene
Dining al fresco at the recent Le Fooding festival in Brooklyn. (EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/GettyImages) The food media, having little in the way of hard news to work with, traffics in trend stories, and...
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Northern Exposure: Alice Munro Goes Back to Canada, Offering a Glimpse at Her...
Alice Munro. Alice Munro has published 14 short story collections, but only three recent ones have come with accounts of their creation. The title story of Too Much Happiness (2009), which focuses on a...
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Bradley’s Blitz: Cooper’s Continued Growth as a Serious Actor the Only Silver...
Lawrence, left, and Cooper, right, in Silver Linings Playbook. A lot of critics have lost their proverbial cool over Silver Linings Playbook, a rom-com about mental illness, ballroom dancing and the...
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Too Pig To Fail: Two New Restaurants Exploit Our Unseemly Love Affair with Pork
Illustration by Victor Juhasz. It’s difficult to pinpoint the exact moment New York’s fascination with pork turned into a fascination with pigs. Though similar, the difference between pig and pork is...
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Bienvenue Chez Vous: In Rust and Bone, Cotillard Shines in Best Role Since...
Cotillard in Rust and Bone. Proving again that her Best Actress Academy Award for playing Edith Piaf in La Vie en Rose was no fluke, the marvellously sensual Marion Cotillard, with her wounded doe eyes...
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Id, Ego and I: Gervasi’s Hitchcock Opens a Rear Window Into the Madman Behind...
The stars of Hitchcock. There are many reasons why Alfred Hitchcock is the most famous and instantly recognizable film director of all time, and all of them are reliably, artistically realized in...
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Update: PETA Responds to American Humane Society’s Hand-Washing of Hobbit Deaths
Is this horse still alive? (Warner Brothers) Earlier today, The Observer wrote an article that detailed the controversy surrounding the deaths of 27 animals at a Warner Brothers-owned farm in New...
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Cosmo Snags Deputy Editor From Condé
Marina Khidekel. (Photo credit: Twitter) Marina Khidekel has been named the new deputy editor at Cosmopolitan, FishbowlNY reports. Ms. Khidekel comes over to the Hearst tower from Condé Nast, where she...
View ArticleNEA Chairman Rocco Landesman Announces Exit, ‘Cannot Wait to Spend More Time...
Broadway producer Rocco Landesman, who has helmed the National Endowment for the Arts since August 2009, announced today that he will leave the institution at the end of this year, according to The New...
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‘Buyer’s Gilt’: Digital Luxury Site Selling Hermès Birkin Bags for Ungodly...
If you have a spare $60,000 to spend this holiday season.(Gilt.com) Gilt Groupe wants you to treat yourself this holiday season. Why bother with Black Friday when you can experience the sensation of...
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Big Apple Idolatry: Elmo Resigns Amid Second Sex Scandal
Kevin Clash resigns. (PBS) – Kevin Clash, the voice of Elmo, has resigned from his role on Sesame Street after a second young man stepped forward to accuse the Academy Award-nominated documentary...
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Bruce Ratner Thinks His Billion-Dollar Barclays Center Is Only Worth $111 M.
That's one big loop hole. (Getty) When Bruce Ratner said, in a press release issued by the arena, that Barclays Center made "the intersection of Atlantic and Flatbush Avenues…one of the greatest...
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Simon and Schuster and HarperCollins in Merger Talks
HarperCollins's parent company News Corp is interested in acquiring Simon & Schuster from CBS, according to The Wall Street Journal, which is also owned by News Corp. The prospect of a merger...
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