Was Inflatable Furniture Really All that Bad?
As we dream of sipping an ice cold margarita on a floaty pool mattress, far…
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I Found a Belle Epoque Theatre Hiding inside a Paris Shoe Store
I‘ve been spending some time lately getting to know the quartier of Barbès a little better. Had…
That Rock and Roll Baptist Preacher Who Turned out to Be an Artistic Genius
They just don’t make ’em like the Reverend anymore. The Elvis-loving, banjo plucking, gecko-wearing Howard Finster was one of the 21st century’s most inimitable, yet misunderstood Outsider Artists— a mere novelty for art critics, who wrote him off as a mad preacher with a paintbrush, and a man to be avoided by prying neighbours in […]
The Art of Power Clashing
“Power clashing” is an art not easily learned, but Alexander Gorlizki lives, breathes, and paints…
The World’s First Solar Powered Train is a 70-Year-Old Vintage Charmer
You might have expected Japan’s next bullet train or even the Eurostar to have figured…
Where has the Dystopian Wonderland of Taxandria been Hiding all Our Lives?
Our dreams have always remained an ineffable, un-shareable experience – the kind of thing we…
Van Gogh’s Gun & other Unusual Things up for Auction this Summer
In 1960, a French farmer dug up a Belgian-manufactured Lefaucheux pinfire revolver in a field…
It’s Time You Knew about this Middle Eastern Gang of Artists
Google “famous street artists” and you won’t find these guys on the list, but Broken…
Who Was the Man That Almost Stole Frida’s Heart through his Lens?
Muses. Can’t live with ’em, can’t live without ’em. That is, not without a fair…
Hiding Homosexuality on the Cover of America’s Magazines a Century Ago
One of the first things you’ll start to notice about Joe Christian Leyendecker’s work is…
The 19th Century Escort Cards with Pick-Up Lines you definitely haven’t heard before
Without Facebook, online dating sites and lest we dare mention applications like Tinder, in the…
Meet Me at the Wigstock Festival: Remembering NYC Summers in Drag
It was the drag world’s biggest block party. From the heat of 1980s New York,…