REMIX Summit NYC: Sree Sreenivasan of The Met

The renowned museum's first Chief Digital Officer weighs in on technology, art culture and the upcoming conference

The worlds of technology, culture and entrepreneurship have never been more connected. Success in any of the aforementioned disciplines requires not just a significant knowledge but a reverence for a diverse range of topics that were once thought unrelated. Building a new mobile banking software application? It’s necessary to know how your market is engaging with technology culturally. In light of this focus on intersections …

The Deitch Projects: Live the Art

From large-scale installations to wild birthday parties, a peep inside the SoHo gallery's colorful history

In 2010, when the enigmatic curator Jeffrey Deitch closed his SoHo gallery, the Deitch Projects, to become the director of the Museum of Contemporary Art in LA, he left a vacuum in New York’s own contemporary art community. Once the unofficial clubhouse and lab for creatives like Terence Koh, Kenny Scharf, Dan Colen and Kehinde Wiley, the Deitch Projects served as an important platform for …

Four Standout Makers at 2014 AfroPunk Festival

From fragrant body oils to punk twists on traditional attire, highlights from this year's market

by Laura Feinstein Since its humble beginnings in 2004 as a small, free concert at the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s BAMcafé in Fort Greene, Brooklyn the AfroPunk Festival has blossomed into a full, two-day cultural juggernaut with thousands of attendees. Held at Commodore Barry Park, this year’s festivities included performances by Bad Brains, D’Angelo, Shabbazz Palaces, Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, Princess Nokia and many …