New York
A tribute to New York’s DIY basketball scene
Take your shot — Photographer Larry Racioppo spent the ’90s capturing the city’s makeshift streetball courts: ’the closer I looked, the more interesting they became. Many are really a form of folk art.’
Written by: Miss Rosen
The strength and struggle of black artists in America
Soul of a nation — Gallerist Linda Goode Bryant broke convention by injecting race, politics and identity into the New York art scene, pushing the boundaries of creative expression into new and uncharted waters.
Written by: Miss Rosen
Ed Grazda’s portraits of pre-gentrification New York
No man’s land — The photographer captured life on the Bowery, when manufacturing was still done in Manhattan industrial lofts: ‘the street was free, it was a different world.’
Written by: Miss Rosen
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
Claw Money is New York City's First Lady of graffiti
'I'm the Claw!' — One of the few women in a male-dominated scene, Claudia "Claw Money" Gold has been tagging the streets of New York for three decades.
Written by: Miss Rosen
Remembering Keith Haring’s final years
A look back — To tie in with his first ever UK retrospective, artist Karey Maurice looks back on his intimate friendship with Haring: ‘he showed me through sickness you still have to work and produce and give to the world what you intended to do.’
Written by: Miss Rosen
Documenting urban underbellies across the world
From New York to Tokyo — Featuring photographs taken over the course of his career, Miguel Rio Branco’s long-term project explores cities across the world, examining our relationship with the spaces we inhabit.
Written by: Huck
How graffiti managed to take over the art world
Beyond the streets — A new show explores the evolution of street art, featuring hundreds of large scale works by over 150 contemporary artists.
Written by: Miss Rosen
Offbeat crowd shots from New York’s biggest gigs
Close encounters — In a new series, photographer Jeff Mermelstein captures the chaos of Brooklyn’s Barclay’s Centre: ‘There’s a Barbra Streisand aesthetic, a Stevie Wonder aesthetic, a Jay-Z aesthetic and a Barry Manilow aesthetic.’
Written by: Miss Rosen
A hallucinatory trip around Europe, in photos
Debauchery days — Osvaldo Chance Jimenez has spent 16 years in the notorious NYC graffiti crew Peter Pan Posse. In a new book, he shares a treasure trove of shots from the road.
Written by: Miss Rosen