Directed by Michael Stipe and Dominic DeJoseph, and shot in black and white with a strong key light, both films for R.E.M.'s "We All Go Back to Where We Belong" have a simple concept: capture their subjects (John Giorno and Kirsten Dunst) reacting to the song.  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 10/27/11

In 1995, Smith was just returning to the public eye, joining Bob Dylan on tour across the United States for her first public performances in over twenty years.  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 09/14/11

"It all started one tipsy night about a year ago with artist Paul Lee, who makes these beautiful sculptures with integrated lightbulbs," recalls Felix Burrichter about the origins of The Nightstands, an exhibition opening Sunday at Phillips de Pury.  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 05/13/11

For more than three decades, R.E.M. has been one of the most perpetually forward-looking, forward-moving, and forward-thinking bands in rock, spinning pop gold out of punk inspiration, and changing the face of American independent culture in the process. But with the release of the group's sonically adventurous new album Collapse Into Now-its title a mantra as much as a message-lead singer, sometime sculptor, romantic drifter, and "natural-born optimist" Michael Stipe is ready to do a little looking back  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 05/04/11

Though it's traditionally the Chinese New Year that gets all the attention in New York, the Tibet House, a non-profit dedicated to the preservation of Tibetan culture, annually rings in the civilization's New Year by holding an annual benefit concert in New York.  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 03/02/11

After dealing with the cutthroat pirates and swindlers of the fashion industry, former Ford Models CEO Katie Ford has emerged an unlikely but appropriate heroine in the fight against slavery and human trafficking. Her benefit last night for Free the Slaves was held at The Standard's Boom Boom Room.  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 10/21/10

"The Metalball," a title that calls to mind headbanging over fundraising, is an annual art event that attracts a slightly more hardcore crowd than your standard black-tie gala.  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 10/19/10

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