Jack Garrity can still remember the first time he met Pacita Abad. In 1973, he found himself at a World Affairs Conference in Monterey, California, representing Stanford, where he was a student. Amid the sea of people there, he immediately took notice of Abad, who had a “funky, Madonna-in-the-East Village look.” “Pacita always stood out,” …
Throughout Alex Katz’s seven-decade career, fashion has been a preoccupation. “It’s like you say, ‘yes, yes, no’ to everything that comes in front of you,” the 96-year-old artist tells Vogue. “I’m painting the now, and fashion is now.” Katz’s scrutinous eye comes through vividly in his paintings, sculpture, and prints, which seem to effortlessly capture …
The pioneering visual artist Faith Ringgold, whose body of work spanned paintings, sculptures, performance art, and widely celebrated story quilts, died this week at 93. Throughout her career, Ringgold was known not only for her creative output, but also her commitment to Black liberation, feminism, the Art Workers Coalition (the group that eventually convinced MoMA …
Nolan King | MMA Junkie Max Holloway earned the “BMF” title and one of the most violent knockouts in UFC history Saturday at UFC 300. In the waning seconds of the fight, Holloway (26-7 MMA, 22-7 UFC) pointed to the center, swung, and faceplanted an obliging Justin Gaethje (25-5 MMA, 8-5 UFC) unconscious – with …
Coachella 2024: Fans rush in as gates open on Day 1 of festival The gates opened around 1:20 p.m. Friday to welcome the first fans at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. Always a maximalist, Tyler, the Creator pulled out all the stops for his headlining performance Saturday at the Coachella Valley Music and …
Mike Bohn | MMAjunkie Conor McGregor announces return to fighting this summer MMA Junkie’s Farah Hannoun breaks down Conor McGregor’s announcement that he is returning to fighting this June to fight Michael Chandler. The biggest star in MMA history will fight in the main event of UFC 303. Conor McGregor’s long-awaited, highly-anticipated return to the …
By Simon Dell / SWNS A British man who six years ago built an adorable mouse village to cope with depression has added a pub, a book shop, and Hobbit homes so he could capture even more heartwarming photos. Simon Dell began creating the ‘mini shire’ when he spotted a wild mouse in his back …
Vogue: Did the paintings themselves figure into your research for the role? Eden Espinosa: The [composition] of them—finding that hard and soft, because she has that, too, in my mind. Trying to manage two things at once—the masculine and the feminine, the drive and the want for peace—is so much a part of everything that …
Lana Del Rey’s ethereal and dreamy song stylings took over the Coachella Stage Friday night as she headlined the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. But first, she made quite the epic entrance to kick things off. She, along with her backup singers and dancers, pulled up to the stage standing on the back of …
Next up are two selections from Mikki Ferrill’s decade-long documentation of The Garage, an improvised music club that popped up in a Chicago parking garage every Sunday afternoon, when it was cleared of cars and filled with dancers. Created at a moment in US urban history that saw the vicious destruction of Black communities, with …