Music 4 rising musicians leading today’s psychedelic renaissance Vinyl Williams, Teen Daze, Sunbeam Sound Machine, and Gold Celeste discuss how they are taking a 60s sound to strange new heights.
Fashion Kris Van Assche is luxury menswear’s hopeful romantic The designer discusses the freedom and terror of being Berluti’s new man.
Art Ming Smith’s ‘Strange Fruit’ reveals the specters of American history The photographer’s experiments in shadow and light reform gender and racial boundaries in a portfolio for Document S/S 2019.
Art Photographer Mitch Epstein on the incisive eye of his mentor Garry Winogrand As ‘Garry Winogrand: Color’ opens at The Brooklyn Museum, his former student tells Document why the emotive character of Winogrand's color photography still resonates today.
Above the Fold Scientists discover traces of plastic in humans A research team from Vienna examined stool from participants in Europe, Japan, and Russia and found out that everyone who took part had ingested some form... by Caroline Christie Above the Fold Museum visits to be prescribed by doctors in Canada The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA) has partnered with Médecins francophones du Canada to offer patients and their caregivers free admission to the museum... by Caroline Christie Above the Fold India’s #MeToo movement finally takes hold Officials respond to rampant accounts of workplace sexual harassment in India, one year after the #MeToo gained momentum in the United States. by Caroline Christie Above the Fold For Freedoms launches billboard campaign set to be “largest creative collaboration in US history” Artists Theaster Gates, Trevor Paglen, Tania Brugera, Hank Willis Thomas, Rashid Johnson, encourage communities to be civically minded through through the billboards. by Caroline Christie Above the Fold United Kingdom appoints suicide minister as global experts announce international mental health crisis If left unaddressed, mental illness is set to cost the global economy $16 trillion by 2030. by Caroline Christie Above the Fold Instagram turns towards AI technology to spot bullying in images New Instagram head Adam Mosseri announced machine learning technology that proactively detects bullying in photos and captions on Instagram. by Caroline Christie Above the Fold Jakarta set to surpass Tokyo as world’s biggest city A Euromonitor International report projects that the population of the Indonesian capital will rise to 35.6 million by 2030. by Caroline Christie Above the Fold Napping during the day helps us make better decisions The Journal of Sleep Research published a report that found that short bouts of sleep during the day benefits brain function. by Caroline Christie Above the Fold Native American art finally makes an appearance in The Met’s American Wing The exhibition Art of Native America: The Charles and Valerie Diker Collection will mark the first time Native American art will be displayed in the... by Caroline Christie Above the Fold Humanoid robots transform visual artworks into sound waves at the Smithsonian Made by Japanese firm SoftBank, "Peppers" will allow the visually impaired to experience art through sound at the Washington, DC museum. by Caroline Christie Above the Fold Sexual assault accusations rise dramatically in New York a year after #MeToo The NYPD sexual assault caseload has increased by 28 percent, forcing Special Victims Unit to recruit over 30 new people to help investigate rising reports. by Caroline Christie Above the Fold The world’s view of America has plummeted since Trump came to power A new study by Pew Research found that 70 percent of those surveyed in the international community lack confidence in Trump's abilities. by Caroline Christie Above the Fold Googling Ruby Rose may land your computer a virus Actress Ruby Rose topped a list in the US of celebrities who generate the most search results linking to malicious websites released by cybersecurity firm... by Caroline Christie Above the Fold The secret to making friends online: Join as many communities as possible A Rice University study found that the more sub-communities of which you’re a part, the more likely they are to become an opportunity to forge... by Caroline Christie Above the Fold New report details the horrors of being a mother behind bars According to a study by the ACLU and Human Rights Watch, female prisoners face losing custody of their children, or hefty fees to take classes... by Caroline Christie Above the Fold Marina Abramović attacked by artist in Florence “for his art” A 51-year-old male Czech national smashed a portrait of performance artist Marina Abramović over her own head. by Caroline Christie Above the Fold 3D-gun advocate Cody Wilson released on $150,000 bond for sexual assault of a minor Cody Wilson had fled the country to Taiwan before he was extradited back to the United States to face sexual assault charges. by Caroline Christie Above the Fold It’s been a high time for marijuana stocks The reason for the sudden so-called green rush is thanks to Canada becoming the only wealthy nation in the world to fully legalize marijuana. by Caroline Christie Above the Fold Prada invites a trio of female architects to reimagine black nylon—its signature fabric For Spring/Summer 2019, architects Cini Boeri, Elizabeth Diller and Kazuyo Sejima created new accessories in black nylon for Prada. by Caroline Christie Above the Fold Congress to vote on the Music Modernization Act If the bill passes, it will attempt to correct the discrepancies in compensation that came about as digital music platforms emerged. by Caroline Christie Above the Fold Steve McQueen to photograph an entire grade of school children across London The artist and Oscar-winning filmmaker Steve McQueen has invited every London primary school to register for a date and time to have its students sit... by Caroline Christie Above the Fold Why didn’t we learn from Anita Hill? Like the scandal 30 years ago, professor accuses Supreme Court nominee Kavanaugh of sexual assault The U.S. Supreme Court should hold itself to higher standards as Kavanaugh's nomination hangs in the balance. by Caroline Christie Above the Fold Damien Hirst’s secondary market is a “bloodbath” Of the 19 original lots from Damien Hirst's record-breaking 2008 Sotheby's sale, 17 have depreciated, adding up to a total loss of almost $3 million. by Caroline Christie Above the Fold Making it rain dollar bills could make you a terrorist in Turkey Turkish pop star Matiz is under investigation for terrorism after he threw a single stack of dollar bills in the air in a music video. by Caroline Christie Above the Fold Rising entrepreneurial star in China turns out to be social media catfish A middle school student is behind the identity of Shi Runlong, an alleged entrepreneur whose Weibo account was full of photos of global dignitaries. by Caroline Christie Above the Fold Trump dips in the polls as his job growth promises come through for barristers and bartenders Across an 18-month period, from Jan 2017 to June 2018, jobs in the food and drink sector grew by 5.6 percent. by Caroline Christie Above the Fold Russia continues to crackdown on dissent Two members of Pussy Riot were detained by police in Moscow, as a music industry insider revealed he was paid $30,000 to start a rap... by Caroline Christie Above the Fold London Fashion Week goes fur free The British Fashion Council announced that this September’s London Fashion Week will not have any animal fur on the runway. by Caroline Christie Above the Fold Russian scientists speed up the internet A group of Russian scientists, in partnership with an American university, created an algorithm that can increase internet speeds by one-and-a-half times. by Caroline Christie Above the Fold Artist Luke Turner withdraws from Athens Biennale over heated Twitter fiasco The co-founder of the #HeWillNotDivideUs roaming art project got into an intense Twitter battle with artist Daniel Keller, who defended artist Deanna Havas liking a... by Caroline Christie Above the Fold London Design Fair names plastic its Material of the Year Select designers will tackle plastic, which is lauded for its durability but condemned due to it's pollutant nature, at the London Design Fair. by Caroline Christie Above the Fold Global warming causes insects to eat more crops A new paper discovered that global warming is causing the metabolic rates of insects to rocket, resulting in yet more crop devastation. by Caroline Christie Above the Fold Detroit public schools bring in bottled water to combat contamination Detroit officials say the city's water supply is okay, and that they think the problem stems with the schools' aging infrastructure. by Caroline Christie Above the Fold Who is Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky? Google celebrates the 155th birthday of Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky, the Russian photographer and chemist who documented the Russian Empire. by Caroline Christie Above the Fold How Hungary’s far-right government is curtailing culture Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orban’s far-right party has banned skyscrapers, wants to withdraw funding for gender studies from a university, and even criticized a Frida Kahlo... by Caroline Christie Above the Fold Not just relegated to politics, Russian bots are now undermining vaccines A new piece of research from George Washington University shows that social media bots and Russian trolls have also been used to spread false information... by Caroline Christie Above the Fold And now, a geographic breakdown of America’s sexism A new survey on sexist attitudes across the U.S. analyzes misogyny's economic toll. by Caroline Christie Above the Fold UNC students are making history, not erasing it, after toppling Confederate monument This week, students at the University of North Carolina toppled Silent Sam, a Confederate statue that has stood since 1913. by Caroline Christie Above the Fold France wants to end snobbery, democratize culture, through multimillion-dollar app The $496-million-a-year plan will target 10,000 18-year-olds, giving them €500 ($577) in credit to spend in the app. by Caroline Christie Above the Fold Rapper Killer Mike is the newest board member of Atlanta’s High Museum The rapper and social activist is one of three fresh faces shaking things up at the High Museum of Art. by Caroline Christie Above the Fold Nudists flock the Palais de Tokyo One of Paris’s most prestigious contemporary art collections opened its doors for the first time to a very marginalized group of culture lovers. by Caroline Christie Above the Fold Science attempts to explain why the rich and powerful often behave like swine Cheating, stealing, lying, and environmental disrespect are habits shared most exclusively to the wealthiest social groups, according to new research. by Caroline Christie Above the Fold The UK’s visa problems are crippling the country’s cultural scene Tightening immigration restrictions for artists seeking to enter the UK are affecting racial and religious minorities. by Caroline Christie Documented “It’s like a blood bath”: Inside the student protests rattling Bangladesh Document's New Vanguard Special Reportage winner Tahia Farhin Haque reports from the front lines of the student protests in Dhaka. by Caroline Christie Above the Fold Vegans be wary: A plant-based diet won’t be viable in the future Researchers from six American universities discovered that a future of living solely off the land isn’t the most efficient way of farming. by Caroline Christie Above the Fold Belgium fights back against Facebook’s problem with Old Master nudes The Flemish Tourism Board created a video in response to Facebook censoring nude works by Paul Rubens from the Maison de Rubens in Antwerp. by Caroline Christie Above the Fold Ai Weiwei’s studio demolished in wave of destruction against Beijing’s contemporary art community Beijing authorities destroyed Ai Weiwei's studio without warning last Friday, three years after the artist relocated from China to Berlin. by Caroline Christie Above the Fold Project depicting names of drowned refugees mysteriously disappears from Liverpool Biennial The List by Turkish artist Banu Cennetoğlu has not been seen since last Saturday when it was removed from a new development in Liverpool’s Chinatown. by Caroline Christie Above the Fold Why is our criminal justice system still failing to help the LGBT community? A study at the University of California at San Francisco discovered that sexual minority offenders are more likely to get stuck in the system. by Caroline Christie Above the Fold 20 states sue Donald Trump to curtail bizarre 3D-printed gun u-turn Washington state attorney general Bob Ferguson announced in a federal lawsuit that downloadable weapons are a serious national security threat. by Caroline Christie
Above the Fold Scientists discover traces of plastic in humans A research team from Vienna examined stool from participants in Europe, Japan, and Russia and found out that everyone who took part had ingested some form... by Caroline Christie
Above the Fold Museum visits to be prescribed by doctors in Canada The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA) has partnered with Médecins francophones du Canada to offer patients and their caregivers free admission to the museum... by Caroline Christie
Above the Fold India’s #MeToo movement finally takes hold Officials respond to rampant accounts of workplace sexual harassment in India, one year after the #MeToo gained momentum in the United States. by Caroline Christie
Above the Fold For Freedoms launches billboard campaign set to be “largest creative collaboration in US history” Artists Theaster Gates, Trevor Paglen, Tania Brugera, Hank Willis Thomas, Rashid Johnson, encourage communities to be civically minded through through the billboards. by Caroline Christie
Above the Fold United Kingdom appoints suicide minister as global experts announce international mental health crisis If left unaddressed, mental illness is set to cost the global economy $16 trillion by 2030. by Caroline Christie
Above the Fold Instagram turns towards AI technology to spot bullying in images New Instagram head Adam Mosseri announced machine learning technology that proactively detects bullying in photos and captions on Instagram. by Caroline Christie
Above the Fold Jakarta set to surpass Tokyo as world’s biggest city A Euromonitor International report projects that the population of the Indonesian capital will rise to 35.6 million by 2030. by Caroline Christie
Above the Fold Napping during the day helps us make better decisions The Journal of Sleep Research published a report that found that short bouts of sleep during the day benefits brain function. by Caroline Christie
Above the Fold Native American art finally makes an appearance in The Met’s American Wing The exhibition Art of Native America: The Charles and Valerie Diker Collection will mark the first time Native American art will be displayed in the... by Caroline Christie
Above the Fold Humanoid robots transform visual artworks into sound waves at the Smithsonian Made by Japanese firm SoftBank, "Peppers" will allow the visually impaired to experience art through sound at the Washington, DC museum. by Caroline Christie
Above the Fold Sexual assault accusations rise dramatically in New York a year after #MeToo The NYPD sexual assault caseload has increased by 28 percent, forcing Special Victims Unit to recruit over 30 new people to help investigate rising reports. by Caroline Christie
Above the Fold The world’s view of America has plummeted since Trump came to power A new study by Pew Research found that 70 percent of those surveyed in the international community lack confidence in Trump's abilities. by Caroline Christie
Above the Fold Googling Ruby Rose may land your computer a virus Actress Ruby Rose topped a list in the US of celebrities who generate the most search results linking to malicious websites released by cybersecurity firm... by Caroline Christie
Above the Fold The secret to making friends online: Join as many communities as possible A Rice University study found that the more sub-communities of which you’re a part, the more likely they are to become an opportunity to forge... by Caroline Christie
Above the Fold New report details the horrors of being a mother behind bars According to a study by the ACLU and Human Rights Watch, female prisoners face losing custody of their children, or hefty fees to take classes... by Caroline Christie
Above the Fold Marina Abramović attacked by artist in Florence “for his art” A 51-year-old male Czech national smashed a portrait of performance artist Marina Abramović over her own head. by Caroline Christie
Above the Fold 3D-gun advocate Cody Wilson released on $150,000 bond for sexual assault of a minor Cody Wilson had fled the country to Taiwan before he was extradited back to the United States to face sexual assault charges. by Caroline Christie
Above the Fold It’s been a high time for marijuana stocks The reason for the sudden so-called green rush is thanks to Canada becoming the only wealthy nation in the world to fully legalize marijuana. by Caroline Christie
Above the Fold Prada invites a trio of female architects to reimagine black nylon—its signature fabric For Spring/Summer 2019, architects Cini Boeri, Elizabeth Diller and Kazuyo Sejima created new accessories in black nylon for Prada. by Caroline Christie
Above the Fold Congress to vote on the Music Modernization Act If the bill passes, it will attempt to correct the discrepancies in compensation that came about as digital music platforms emerged. by Caroline Christie
Above the Fold Steve McQueen to photograph an entire grade of school children across London The artist and Oscar-winning filmmaker Steve McQueen has invited every London primary school to register for a date and time to have its students sit... by Caroline Christie
Above the Fold Why didn’t we learn from Anita Hill? Like the scandal 30 years ago, professor accuses Supreme Court nominee Kavanaugh of sexual assault The U.S. Supreme Court should hold itself to higher standards as Kavanaugh's nomination hangs in the balance. by Caroline Christie
Above the Fold Damien Hirst’s secondary market is a “bloodbath” Of the 19 original lots from Damien Hirst's record-breaking 2008 Sotheby's sale, 17 have depreciated, adding up to a total loss of almost $3 million. by Caroline Christie
Above the Fold Making it rain dollar bills could make you a terrorist in Turkey Turkish pop star Matiz is under investigation for terrorism after he threw a single stack of dollar bills in the air in a music video. by Caroline Christie
Above the Fold Rising entrepreneurial star in China turns out to be social media catfish A middle school student is behind the identity of Shi Runlong, an alleged entrepreneur whose Weibo account was full of photos of global dignitaries. by Caroline Christie
Above the Fold Trump dips in the polls as his job growth promises come through for barristers and bartenders Across an 18-month period, from Jan 2017 to June 2018, jobs in the food and drink sector grew by 5.6 percent. by Caroline Christie
Above the Fold Russia continues to crackdown on dissent Two members of Pussy Riot were detained by police in Moscow, as a music industry insider revealed he was paid $30,000 to start a rap... by Caroline Christie
Above the Fold London Fashion Week goes fur free The British Fashion Council announced that this September’s London Fashion Week will not have any animal fur on the runway. by Caroline Christie
Above the Fold Russian scientists speed up the internet A group of Russian scientists, in partnership with an American university, created an algorithm that can increase internet speeds by one-and-a-half times. by Caroline Christie
Above the Fold Artist Luke Turner withdraws from Athens Biennale over heated Twitter fiasco The co-founder of the #HeWillNotDivideUs roaming art project got into an intense Twitter battle with artist Daniel Keller, who defended artist Deanna Havas liking a... by Caroline Christie
Above the Fold London Design Fair names plastic its Material of the Year Select designers will tackle plastic, which is lauded for its durability but condemned due to it's pollutant nature, at the London Design Fair. by Caroline Christie
Above the Fold Global warming causes insects to eat more crops A new paper discovered that global warming is causing the metabolic rates of insects to rocket, resulting in yet more crop devastation. by Caroline Christie
Above the Fold Detroit public schools bring in bottled water to combat contamination Detroit officials say the city's water supply is okay, and that they think the problem stems with the schools' aging infrastructure. by Caroline Christie
Above the Fold Who is Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky? Google celebrates the 155th birthday of Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky, the Russian photographer and chemist who documented the Russian Empire. by Caroline Christie
Above the Fold How Hungary’s far-right government is curtailing culture Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orban’s far-right party has banned skyscrapers, wants to withdraw funding for gender studies from a university, and even criticized a Frida Kahlo... by Caroline Christie
Above the Fold Not just relegated to politics, Russian bots are now undermining vaccines A new piece of research from George Washington University shows that social media bots and Russian trolls have also been used to spread false information... by Caroline Christie
Above the Fold And now, a geographic breakdown of America’s sexism A new survey on sexist attitudes across the U.S. analyzes misogyny's economic toll. by Caroline Christie
Above the Fold UNC students are making history, not erasing it, after toppling Confederate monument This week, students at the University of North Carolina toppled Silent Sam, a Confederate statue that has stood since 1913. by Caroline Christie
Above the Fold France wants to end snobbery, democratize culture, through multimillion-dollar app The $496-million-a-year plan will target 10,000 18-year-olds, giving them €500 ($577) in credit to spend in the app. by Caroline Christie
Above the Fold Rapper Killer Mike is the newest board member of Atlanta’s High Museum The rapper and social activist is one of three fresh faces shaking things up at the High Museum of Art. by Caroline Christie
Above the Fold Nudists flock the Palais de Tokyo One of Paris’s most prestigious contemporary art collections opened its doors for the first time to a very marginalized group of culture lovers. by Caroline Christie
Above the Fold Science attempts to explain why the rich and powerful often behave like swine Cheating, stealing, lying, and environmental disrespect are habits shared most exclusively to the wealthiest social groups, according to new research. by Caroline Christie
Above the Fold The UK’s visa problems are crippling the country’s cultural scene Tightening immigration restrictions for artists seeking to enter the UK are affecting racial and religious minorities. by Caroline Christie
Documented “It’s like a blood bath”: Inside the student protests rattling Bangladesh Document's New Vanguard Special Reportage winner Tahia Farhin Haque reports from the front lines of the student protests in Dhaka. by Caroline Christie
Above the Fold Vegans be wary: A plant-based diet won’t be viable in the future Researchers from six American universities discovered that a future of living solely off the land isn’t the most efficient way of farming. by Caroline Christie
Above the Fold Belgium fights back against Facebook’s problem with Old Master nudes The Flemish Tourism Board created a video in response to Facebook censoring nude works by Paul Rubens from the Maison de Rubens in Antwerp. by Caroline Christie
Above the Fold Ai Weiwei’s studio demolished in wave of destruction against Beijing’s contemporary art community Beijing authorities destroyed Ai Weiwei's studio without warning last Friday, three years after the artist relocated from China to Berlin. by Caroline Christie
Above the Fold Project depicting names of drowned refugees mysteriously disappears from Liverpool Biennial The List by Turkish artist Banu Cennetoğlu has not been seen since last Saturday when it was removed from a new development in Liverpool’s Chinatown. by Caroline Christie
Above the Fold Why is our criminal justice system still failing to help the LGBT community? A study at the University of California at San Francisco discovered that sexual minority offenders are more likely to get stuck in the system. by Caroline Christie
Above the Fold 20 states sue Donald Trump to curtail bizarre 3D-printed gun u-turn Washington state attorney general Bob Ferguson announced in a federal lawsuit that downloadable weapons are a serious national security threat. by Caroline Christie