Legendary New York street artist Jean-Michel Basquiat tagged the walls of SoHo in the 70s and 80s as part of the graffiti ... More

The Skateroom

by Jean-Michel Basquiat

The Skateroom x Jean-Michel Basquiat

A collaboration

Legendary New York street artist Jean-Michel Basquiat tagged the walls of SoHo in the 70s and 80s as part of the graffiti group SAMO. Mixing image, poetry and social commentary, his tags critiqued modern power structures and racism and made him an international star.

This January, The Skateroom is teaming up with Basquiat’s estate to produce a line of limited edition skateboards featuring some of his most famous work from 1981 – 85. Collaboration is part of The Skateroom’s mission to empower youth, and proceeds go directly to non-profits that give children the chance to explore art through skateboarding.

This collection can currently be seen at MOMA Design Stores in Manhattan and at Colette in Paris. You can purchase boards online via The Skateroom starting January 7th.

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The highly anticipated second EP from British up-and-comer Låpsley is here. The 18-year-old singer and electronic artist is known for her singles ... More

Lapsley

EP “Understudy”

Lapsley

EP “Understudy”

The highly anticipated second EP from British up-and-comer Låpsley is here. The 18-year-old singer and electronic artist is known for her singles “Station,” “Painter – Valentine,” and now “Falling Short,” which opens the 4 song EP “Understudy.”

“Understudy” EP is available January 5th via XL Recordings.

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By 2030, eight billion people will comprise the world’s population, two-thirds of whom will live in cities. The Museum of Modern Art ... More

Uneven Growth

Book by MoMA

Uneven Growth: Tactical Urbanisms for Expanding Megacities

Book by MoMA

By 2030, eight billion people will comprise the world’s population, two-thirds of whom will live in cities. The Museum of Modern Art in New York’s “Uneven Growth: Tactical Urbanisms for Expanding Megacities” is a culmination of workshop, exhibition and research on how megacities can accommodate inevitable growth. MoMA curated six teams of practitioners and scholars to develop case studies and proposals for expanding architecture in Hong Kong, Istanbul, Lagos, Mumbai, New York, and Rio de Janeiro. Presenting these studies, “Uneven Growth” seeks balance over inequality by challenging the roles of formal and informal in urban development and considering tactics to counterweight changing housing, mobility, environmental hazards, and spatial justice.

Published by The Museum of Modern Art New York

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Doug Rickard’s fascination with America’s cellphone videos constitutes “N.A.”, a photo book composed entirely of YouTube stills. For three years, the acclaimed ... More

N.A.

Book by Doug Rickard

Doug Rickard: N.A.

Book by Doug Rickard

Doug Rickard’s fascination with America’s cellphone videos constitutes “N.A.”, a photo book composed entirely of YouTube stills. For three years, the acclaimed photographer steeped himself in YouTube, capturing images of an array of pranks from illegal, to sort of illegal, to comic, to insipid. According to Rickard, possible explanations for the title include: “National Anthem”, “Not Applicable” and “North America”. “N.A.” presents itself as a social upshot to Rickard’s critically acclaimed monograph “A New American Picture”, which depicted America’s urban groundwork with themes of race, politics, technology, surveillance, and the ever-present camera society holds to its face.

Published by Verlag Kettler

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Professional skateboarder and acclaimed photographer Ed Templeton compiled “Wayward Cognitions” from his past 20 years of travel. Forgoing his usual organization by ... More

Wayward Cognitions

Book by Ed Templeton

Ed Templeton: Wayward Cognitions

Book by Ed Templeton

Professional skateboarder and acclaimed photographer Ed Templeton compiled “Wayward Cognitions” from his past 20 years of travel. Forgoing his usual organization by theme or subject, “Wayward Cognitions” presents in-between photographs of “strangers on the streets, skaters, my wife, my friends.” Templeton printed the images for “Wayward Cognitions” in his darkroom and built its layout and design entirely from his home studio. The result is a refreshing contrast to his earlier, topical publications, including his seminal 2000 collection “Teenage Smokers” and his celebrated scrapbook “Deformer”.

Published by Um Yeah Press

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Three months in 1965 marked a turning point in the civil rights movement, and history itself. “Selma” chronicles this time – from ... More

Selma

Film by Ava DuVernay

Selma

Film by Ava DuVernay

Three months in 1965 marked a turning point in the civil rights movement, and history itself. “Selma” chronicles this time – from the march between Selma and Montgomery to LBJ signing the Voting Rights act of 1965 – with a special focus on the movement’s leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

The film stars up-and-comer David Oyelowo, who gives a more intimate portrayal of Dr. King than we know from stump speeches and news footage. Directed by Ana DuVernay, “Selma” also features Tessa Thompson of “Dear White People,” Tim Roth, Carmen Ejogo, and Oprah.

“Selma” is set to release in select theaters on December 25th.

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In this biographical drama directed by Tim Burton, artist Margaret Keane moves with her daughter to 1950’s San Francisco where she meets ... More

Big Eyes

Film by Tim Burton

Big Eyes

Film by Tim Burton

In this biographical drama directed by Tim Burton, artist Margaret Keane moves with her daughter to 1950’s San Francisco where she meets her second husband and ultimate nemesis. Amy Adams portrays Keane, creator of the “big eyes” paintings, opposite Christoph Waltz as the controlling husband who claimed credit for Keane’s work.

“Big Eyes” is set to release December 25.

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Set in the striking landscape of Anatolia, Turkey, “Winter Sleep” sweeps long, harsh and lovely through its three hours, offering up a ... More

Winter Sleep

Film by Nuri Bilge Ceylan

Winter Sleep

Film by Nuri Bilge Ceylan

Cannes 2014 Palme d'Or winner
A film by: Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Haluk Bilginer
Melisa Sözen

Set in the striking landscape of Anatolia, Turkey, “Winter Sleep” sweeps long, harsh and lovely through its three hours, offering up a story of morality and guilt with a literary richness informed by the stories of Anton Chekhov. Turkish writer-director Nuri Bilge Ceylan has a career of singularly beautiful and potent films to his name, including “Once Upon a Time in Anatolia” and “Distant.” He captivates again with the sanctimonious Aydin (Haluk Bilginer), a former actor and now proprietor of a mountaintop hotel where he flourishes his pen and acts as landlord to many below. But the real core of this story is in its expansive conversations between Aydin, his unhappy young wife, lonely sister and bitter tenants. Scathing and philosophical, they reveal the characters as cold and bare as the snow-coated mountains outdoors.

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“Mr. Turner” explores the late life of great and idiosyncratic artist J.M.W. Turner (1775-1851), who must face that his career is in ... More

Mr. Turner

Film by Mike Leigh

Mr. Turner

Film by Mike Leigh

“Mr. Turner” explores the late life of great and idiosyncratic artist J.M.W. Turner (1775-1851), who must face that his career is in decline. Following his father’s death, the biopic follows grouchy Turner (Timothy Spall) through painting, traveling, brothels, anarchy and aristocracy – even once strapping himself to the mast of a sailboat to paint a snowstorm.

The film is written and directed by Mike Leigh, who is known for his critically acclaimed “Secrets and Lies” (1996), “Vera Drake” (1994) and “Happy Go Lucky” (2008).

“Mr. Turner” is set to release December 19th.

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