America

Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera and the rise of Mexican Modernism
Art

Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera and the rise of Mexican Modernism

Love revolution — A new exhibition celebrates the art, lives and love affair of the revolutionary artist couple.

Written by: Miss Rosen

Photos from California’s countercultural heyday
Photography

Photos from California’s countercultural heyday

Alien days — Back in print for the first time since 1970, Dennis Stock’s California Trip serves as a radical visual history, depicting the Sunshine State at its heady peak.

Written by: Huck

Capturing the punks and poets of ’70s California
Photography

Capturing the punks and poets of ’70s California

Breaking backstage — Throughout the decade, photographer Michael Jang made fake press passes to get access to gigs, conventions and Hollywood events.

Written by: Miss Rosen

The small coastal haven that became an outsiders’ paradise
Magazine

The small coastal haven that became an outsiders’ paradise

Postcards from Provincetown — As a young photographer, Joel Meyerowitz spent his summers in an idyllic hideaway situated at the northern tip of Cape Cod – a place where lovers, artists and runaways could live freely, without restriction or judgement.

Written by: Benjamin Cook

Arlene Gottfried’s scenes of New York nightlife
Photography

Arlene Gottfried’s scenes of New York nightlife

After dark — In the new exhibition, Arlene Gottfried: After Dark, the artists takes us into the nightclubs, strip joints, dive bars, and drug dens of the ’70s.

Written by: Miss Rosen

Lyrical portraits of Omaha, America’s Heartland
Photography

Lyrical portraits of Omaha, America’s Heartland

Chasing the dream — Magnum photographer Gregory Halpern examines the myths around Manifest Destiny and the American Dream in his new series, Omaha sketchbook.

Written by: Miss Rosen

Happy accidents: revisiting the dreamy, DIY world of Bob Ross
Art

Happy accidents: revisiting the dreamy, DIY world of Bob Ross

Make your own art — The art instructor was a quiet and unlikely revolutionary, introducing the general public to the idea that they didn’t need to go to art school to paint.

Written by: Miss Rosen

50 years on: the enduring legacy of Young Lords Party
Activism

50 years on: the enduring legacy of Young Lords Party

Puerto Rican activism — The activist group fought to empower Puerto Rican, Latinx and other colonised communities in the US. Half a century on, and their fight is far from over.

Written by: Miss Rosen

Ty Segall is a totally normal person
Music

Ty Segall is a totally normal person

‘People assume I’m a wastoid’ — The 21st-century rock veteran talks ear appointments, dogs, and why he’s considering moving to a monastery.

Written by: Nate Rogers

Down and out in east LA: vintage shots of Chicano life
Photography

Down and out in east LA: vintage shots of Chicano life

Edge of society — In the 1970s, photographer Wynn Miller joined the Arizona Maravilla gang: a disenfranchised community stuck on the margins of society.

Written by: Miss Rosen

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