Shin Tanaka’s Paper AF1s @ Vacant Chi

Opening July 25th, the Chicago branch of Vacant presents the U.S. debut of paper Air Force Ones created by graffiti artist/web designer/sneaker head/funny man Shin Tanaka. We've teamed up with Vacant on this one to include a selection of reader designed Cool Hunting AF1s. So download this template, tweak it out and send it to us by 22 July at paperAF1 [at] coolhunting [dot] com. …

Food Critic

Artist Nicolas Touron’s new exhibit at the Virgil de Voldère Gallery in New York City uses most unlikely objects to tell his startling fables of global affairs. Armed primarily with sugar and ceramics, he has set out to portray the world as he sees it, a sphere where the world’s daily machinations can be both overwhelming and terrifying, and things are rarely as sweet as …

Outdoor Cinema at Socrates Sculpture Park

More in the way of open air cinema, this time in fair Long Island City. Braving Bryant Park hordes is its own brand of fun, but beyond Manhattan, the Socrates Sculpture Park, an artist-founded public space, hosts a Museum of the Moving Image-curated show of world cinema. Beginning tonight, July 6th, and running through August, the eclectic Wednesday-night lineup includes Wim Wenders' lushly shot doc, …