New York
The wild story of Basquiat's original partner in crime
Resurrecting an icon — Al Diaz and Basquiat rewrote the rules of street art before taking different paths: one as a hard-grafting musician, the other as an iconic artist. Both would be ravaged by drugs. Four decades on, the story is far from finished.
Written by: Cian Traynor
Life as a freelance creative in NYC
Big time or bust — Being your own boss in an unforgiving city brings all sorts of challenges. But is it worth it? A new film by photographer Daniel Soares finds out.
Written by: Cian Traynor
The photographer who defined old-school cool
Street symphony — Jamel Shabazz has spent his life documenting the city that never sleeps. But while his shots of urban street style have become iconic, the bigger picture – a world of police and prostitutes, drifters and dancers – reveals something much deeper: a commitment to community.
Written by: Alex King
Radical art show exploring sex and gender opens in New York
Beyond the binary — From September 27 to January 21, the New Museum will play host to Trigger – a new multimedia exhibition exploring gender’s place in contemporary culture.
Written by: HUCK HQ
The UK’s first major Basquiat exhibition opens today
Boom for Real — Basquiat: Boom For Real, hosted at the Barbican, offers the first comprehensive retrospective of the notorious American artist, going from his start as a graffiti artist in New York City all the way to his rise to worldwide notoriety.
Written by: Biju Belinky
Eight decades worth of protest art comes to New York
An Incomplete History — A new exhibition at the Whitney Museum of Art pulls together the most politically charged work of the last century.
Written by: Dominique Sisley
Cinematic scenes of nocturnal New York
Neon Nights — Photographer Daniel Soares has crafted an ode to the city that never sleeps: a series of late-night snapshots that distil its unmistakable energy.
Written by: Cian Traynor
Celebrating the grime and glamour of NYC’s beaches
Far, Far Rockaway — Photographer Simon Eeles captures the colour, eccentricity and diversity of Rockaway in his latest personal project.
Written by: Dominique Sisley
Cruising the streets with New York’s lowriders
Mexico meets America — Owen Harvey captures the lowriding scene in New York – the cars, men and women keeping the subculture alive.
Written by: Biju Belinky
'The rules of photography are there to be broken'
Karine Laval's reflections — Karine Laval never learnt the dos and don'ts of photography, instead she celebrates creating work that doesn't play by the rules.
Written by: Michael Segalov
