Interview

Rene Ricard rarely ventures out of his Hotel Chelsea apartment, but when he does, the art world shows up, as they did this weekend for the "Oil Kills Poets Spill" poetry reading at New York Marble Cemetery in the East Village.  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 10/05/10

In the '80s, Swatch was the ultimate accessory-creative, addictive, pop culture-infused, and swappable with best friends and transient lovers alike. To unveil the next collection of Swatch design, The New Gent, we brought together a colorful vanguard of musicians, actors, designers, and fashionable innovators, whose creativity and friendships infuse one another's work in a thoroughly modern alchemy. Each new Swatch color represents something different to each member of this insiders' club, and we set out to find out exactly what.  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 10/01/10

You may not always want to show the world that you’ve shelled out $500-plus on the latest technological wonder—in some cases, you may even want to appear perfectly old school by carrying around those archaic things called books.  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 09/30/10

Artist and filmmaker Chris Moukarbel on keeping the Scissor Sisters unsubtle.  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 09/29/10

For Roy "Elvis" Taylor, high falls, street fighting, and riding with sword and shield–not to mention posing nude with Naomi Campbell–are all part of the nine-to-five routine.  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 09/28/10

For the third annual Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival, the titular entertainer brought together alternative comedians David Cross, Michael Showalter, and Louis CK–and one obscure instrument.  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 09/27/10

With a new photography exhibition, art dealer Steven Kasher hopes to preserve the memory of Max's Kansas City while avoiding nostalgia.  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 09/24/10

Food journalists put French cooking to the test at PS1.  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 09/24/10

The Russian sartorial instinct has always been decorative and extravagant, from the lavish costumes of the 18th-century Prussian courts to Dr. Zhivago’s rich furs at the cusp of the Bolshevik revolution.  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 09/21/10

A model who cuts her own cloth would be helpful backstage at any fashion show. A model who cuts collages, and storyboards her own videos–that's just Christina Kruse.  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 09/20/10