Art

Is this the trippiest skatepark ever?
Skate

Is this the trippiest skatepark ever?

Skate wavey — Artist Lisa Looser resurrects First World War camouflage to give skaters a mind-muddling experience in South West France.

Written by: Jason Horton

Tara Subkoff reveals LA inspiration behind Chloe Sevigny short  'Magic Hour'
Film

Tara Subkoff reveals LA inspiration behind Chloe Sevigny short 'Magic Hour'

The Californian bubble — Filmmaker Tara Subkoff explains the impetus behind her beautiful short for MOCAtv – the YouTube channel for LA's pre-eminent contemporary art gallery.

Written by: Tara Subkoff

Incredible plasticine animation imagines the worrying effect of overpopulation
Art

Incredible plasticine animation imagines the worrying effect of overpopulation

Crowded, a dystopian narrative — Andrew Khosravani and Cristina Florit Gomila collaborate on a year-long animation project that looks at the effect of industrialisation on the natural landscape.

Written by: Shelley Jones

5 things we learnt from Pussy Riot's first visit to Britain
Activism

5 things we learnt from Pussy Riot's first visit to Britain

Did the Cold War ever end? — Colourful resistance to Putin's far-right regime.

Written by: Shelley Jones

Neck Face: The Pin Hoarder
Film

Neck Face: The Pin Hoarder

Collector's corner — The most notorious face in street art breaks open his vast pin badge collection.

Written by: HUCK HQ

Short film 'Counterculture' explores relationship between art and surfing in Europe
Surf

Short film 'Counterculture' explores relationship between art and surfing in Europe

Why do surfers make pictures? — Benjamin Jeanjean, Oh Dawn, Elisa Routa and others explain how the days of crass board graphics may be over.

Written by: HUCK HQ

Iconic music critic Byron Coley looks for traces of NYC's No Wave in contemporary culture
Opinion

Iconic music critic Byron Coley looks for traces of NYC's No Wave in contemporary culture

Jim Jarmusch, The Julie Ruin, Magik Markers and more — Is the spirit of the Lower East Side's anti-capitalist underground still alive?

Written by: Byron Coley

HandpaintedType is reinvigorating Delhi’s sign-painters with a new life online
Art

HandpaintedType is reinvigorating Delhi’s sign-painters with a new life online

Virtual home of ancient art — Will the internet save this dying skill?

Written by: Amrita Riat

Is provocative Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan a genius or just a hellraiser?
Art

Is provocative Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan a genius or just a hellraiser?

New doc gets unprecedented access to the enfant terrible — Long-term project by director Maura Axelrod scheduled for a 2015 release.

Written by: HUCK HQ

Is Lebanese cartoonist Mazen at the forefront of resistance culture in the Middle East?
Art

Is Lebanese cartoonist Mazen at the forefront of resistance culture in the Middle East?

Radical art and music in Beirut — A wry take on life in Beirut into hard-edged comics and bomb-fuelled jazz.

Written by: Steve Turner

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