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If you thought the Grateful Dead were just a bunch of trippy dudes who liked to jam, you'd be missing most of the story. The Dead have long been studied by everyone from sociologists to musicologists and business professors for their surprising business savvy and groundbreaking idea to put fans... More >>

A warrior versus a warrior is a fair fight. But a warrior versus, say, a giant spider or a terrifying skeleton makes for a far more visually interesting fight that, around 150 years ago, Japanese print artist Utagawa Kuniyoshi chose to create. Taking another look at this once-popular artist,... More >>

Since the 1970s, Kiki Smith has created an impressive body of work relating to the physical and emotional experiences of women. Her new site-specific installation at the Brooklyn Museum's Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art, titled Sojourn, was inspired by a significant 18th-century... More >>

The Whitney Biennial, a massive survey of all that’s new and cutting-edge in contemporary American art, is scaling back from its sprawling 2008 show that included 81 artists in two locations. Due to the dour economic times, this year’s show, which is themed “2010,” could... More >>

Texas-born artist Rosson Crow has more than a little wanderlust. Moving from city to city, she sets up camp, researches various aspects of the city, and paints her version of its history based on what she learns. In Paris, she covered the gardens of Versailles; in Los Angeles, she was inspired... More >>

You know those kitschy girl tees that say ridiculous things like "Brunettes Have More Fun" or "My Boyfriend's Hotter Than Yours"? They sure make you perceive the owner differently, don't they? In his new show Fuck Luck, Austrian-born artist Norbert Brunner plays with that concept via... More >>

As every recent (past 20 years or so) transplant to New York invariably hears, the Village just ain't what it used to be. One could attribute that to NYU's eminency over important sites of creativity like the Bottom Line and the Provincetown Playhouse, but on the flipside, the university has... More >>

The most glamorous and classiest of women, including Jacqueline Kennedy, Marilyn Monroe, Joan Crawford, and Marlene Dietrich, have all walked in Delmans, the oldest American salon footwear brand now celebrating its 90th anniversary. Scandal Sandals & Lady Slippers: A History of Delman Shoes at... More >>

Artist and fashion illustrator Lisa Grue has created a magical black-and-white world in which owls rule the land. In her first solo exhibition Owls Have More Fun, the Copenhagen-based designer, who has created works for Anna Sui and Nylon Magazine, among others, shows off her flair for... More >>

Only Tim Burton could seamlessly take a stolen-bicycle caper and bring it to the Alamo, onto the set of a Twisted Sister video, and into a particularly hair-raising hitchhiking situation. Well that’s not totally true—Paul Reubens does deserve some credit. But it’s the poignantly... More >>