Link About It: This Week’s Picks

Selfie performance art, a benefit auction for Syria, how our brains respond to music and more in our weekly look around the web

1. Hello! Selfie Miami Like a real-life Tumblr page, artist, author and feminist Kate Durbin created “Hello!Selfie Miami,” a performance piece that occurred last week during Miami Art Week. The response to a man’s attack on Durbin’s piece about teen girls’s selfies manifested in a bunch of young women—dressed as mermaids and covered in Hello Kitty stickers—taking selfies for hours on end, with no interaction …

Holiday Gift Guide 2015: 420 Friendly

Goods for your favorite stoners and the casual tokers in your life

Devout stoners take their cannabis consumption seriously—whether they’re fond of edibles, vaporizers or good old-fashioned joints—and that means functional, stylish and sometimes playful accessories. From roach clips to bongs and cookbooks, our complete 420 Friendly Gift Guide has plenty of presents for your favorite chiller. Ombre Pipe As much a design item as a fully effective pipe, Haciendaware’s ceramic pipe ($90) features a soothing pastel …

Miami Art Week 2015: Subverting Nature

Works that warp source inspiration or materials, found across multiple fairs and exhibits

Nature stands as the earliest form of inspiration and natural components found within became the tools of early artistic creation. In the ages since and amidst developments and extinctions, loss and discovery, artists continue to be inspired by the wonders of the natural world. And from their imaginations to their mediums, the art world is richer for it. The following six pieces were all seen …