Adam Green: Hot Chicks

The musician and artist's latest gallery offering, with a cast of friends

In a vibrant, mesmerizing match of childlike wonder and moderate perversion, musician and artist Adam Green‘s latest show at NYC’s The Hole gallery features the exploratory wit for which Green has become known. Through “Hot Chicks” (running through 31 January 2014) Green explores the female form, warps beauty and indulges in bold swathes of color across 40 oil crayon and assorted pencil and pen pieces. …

Butterscotch Records

The new label celebrates its launch with cuddly theremins and Wilco's Mikael Jorgensen on white vinyl

The newest record label on the New York circuit is Butterscotch Records, the brainchild of seasoned engineer and producer Allen Farmelo. For its launch this month, Farmelo (now a label head) combined forces with contemporary artists, a designer, a gallery in Soho and electronic instrument company Moog Music—giving the sense that Butterscotch Records is pretty serious, and pretty unique. CH visited the Judith Charles Gallery …

David Reuben: “Kings & Corpses”

The British painter's colorful yet macabre US gallery debut

On 22 October, fine artist and filmmaker David King Reuben will make his US debut at 532 Gallery Thomas Jaeckel in Chelsea, NYC. The show will feature his large-scale, figure-focused paintings paired with photographer Dominic White‘s black and white photos. Reuben’s engrossing work swells with color trapped within form. Highly textured; with layered oil, acrylic and spray-paint on canvas, there’s an abundance of life in …