Abandoned Bike Project

Bicycle skeletons evoke stories in a WNYC art display

If you live in a city you’ve likely seen one: a bicycle chained to a rack or sign post for weeks, months or years. Forsaken or simply forgotten, it rusts and decays in the elements and is pillaged for parts, losing a wheel, then the seat, the handlebars and the chain, until all that is left is a twisted metal skeleton. Of the hundreds of …

Forever: The New Tattoo

A conversation with Nick Schonberger on his new book

In part an examination of tattoo’s notable rising stars, Nick Schonberger’s “Forever: The New Tattoo” from Gestalten focuses on 16 of the industry’s most innovative artists. From prominent names like Scott Campbell to underground talents, the work is both a snapshot of evolving trends and a conversation with tattoo artists on their relationship with the genre. The foreword is written by Professor Matt Lodder, who …

Matthew Dear

The prolific musician sheds light on his new album Beams and his days in Detroit

The life of Matthew Dear is anything but black and white. Originally from Texas, the multi-faceted artist cut his teeth in the music world while studying at the University of Michigan—where he also co-founded record label Ghostly International with his pal Sam Valenti—and today calls a barn in upstate New York home. Depending on your interests, you may know him as one or all four …