Status Symbols
The New York Times’s article “Montauk’s Hipster Fatigue” pinpoints the importance of visual communication in hipster culture.
Mo’ money mo’ problems.
Hipster statues at the Louvre.
French journalist Jean Abbiateci has sorted through the 270 most expensive artworks sold at auction since 2008, and the resulting interactive infographic on visualizing.org reveals a lot about the art market, not all of it pretty.
In Russia, cats double as museum guards.
Shamus Khan postulates that elitism is no longer expressed by enjoying highbrow arts, but rather by indulging a wide range of cultural preferences, from cheap Chinese food to Tchaikovsky.
Artists team up to make work inspired by each other, making for an exhibition that doubles as a who’s who of the contemporary art world.
Fifty-eight years since its first appearance, Karl Lagerfeld reinterprets Chanel’s tweed jacket in photographs of over a hundred musicians, models, actors, and other luminaries.
The Gagosian empire is growing as Larry launches his twelfth gallery in a warehouse just north of Paris (his second space in the city).
Last week, the brand-new East London eat spot Tramshed flung open its doors to present its crowning conversation piece: Cock and Bull, Damien Hirst’s latest addition to his famed Natural History series.
Shelter Serra creates all of the luxury items you need – from Hummers, to black AMEX cards, to Birkin Bags, to Rolex Submariners, and so on. But these luxury goods have a bit of a twist to them – they’re fakes.
