New York City
Eight decades worth of protest art comes to New York
An Incomplete History — A new exhibition at the Whitney Museum of Art pulls together the most politically charged work of the last century.
Written by: Dominique Sisley
Celebrating the grime and glamour of NYC’s beaches
Far, Far Rockaway — Photographer Simon Eeles captures the colour, eccentricity and diversity of Rockaway in his latest personal project.
Written by: Dominique Sisley
Celebrating 70 years of Magnum Photos in New York
Pictures of legend — As Magnum Photos celebrates seven decades of business, a new exhibition looks back at the collective's history and the city that shaped it.
Written by: Michael Segalov
Meeting the skaters at one of New York's most loved skate parks
It's under threat — The Astoria Skate Plaza in Queens, New York, is a sanctuary for skaters in a rapidly changing city. But just like Brooklyn Banks before it, rampant gentrification now threatens to rip a community from its home.
Written by: Josh Fray
Why hundreds of activists are mass-editing Wikipedia this weekend
Do it yourself — The Art+Feminism collective organise collective edit-a-thons to take on the underrepresentation of women artists online.
Written by: Marta Bausells
Inside the best dressed gang of 1980s New York
Lo-Life: An American Classic — The streets of 1980s New York City were rough, and the fashion obsessed Lo-Life crew were at its heart, desperate to look good by any means necessary.
Written by: Sophie Church
In the studio with art maverick Raymond Pettibon
Moving in mysterious ways — From Black Flag to Sonic Youth, Raymond Pettibon helped define what punk looks like when it's hung up on a wall. Now he's taking us inside his fantasy world, where the only ticket is a pencil and a piece of paper.
Written by: Jamie Brisick
Martha Cooper: The photographer who introduced graffiti to the world
Creative Decay — Martha Cooper’s photographs of New York graffiti in the seventies and eighties helped catapult hip hop around the globe. When Huck met Martha in 2007, she showed us the kids that first took her underground.
Written by: Andrea Kurland
DAMEHT: The punks keeping NYC’s rebellious spirit alive
Resurrecting an ‘80s counterculture icon — DAMEHT team up with artist, photographer and Lower East Side legend Clayton Patterson to release a limited edition version of the iconic Clayton Cap.
Written by: Alex King
The lost street gangs of NYC’s Lower East Side
Unseen America — The uniformed street gangs who inspired cult classic The Warriors were violent pillars of community identity, before being swept away by gentrification and the commercialisation of the drug trade.
Written by: Alex King