Fizzing
Sleek, ridged and much imitated in the drink’s beginning, the Coke bottle became a patented classic in 1915. What makes it so distinctive, and loved?
Ann Binlot is a New York-based writer who has covered a gamut of subjects, including foreign affairs, politics, fashion and art. Her work has appeared in publications such as TIME, Marie Claire, Newsweek, Economist, Interview, ARTnews and CBSNews.com. She holds a B.A. in Sociology from the University of California at Berkeley and an M.S. in Journalism from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
Gin Journey
The spirits industry is all about adventurous tastes these days, but the Hendrick’s master distiller took it even further by trekking through the Amazon jungle to find a new ingredient.
Portraits
Andres Serrano isn’t an activist, but the New York-born artist wants you to see the city's growing homeless population through his eyes.
'Like'
Instead of going the typical route of hiring in-house art advisors, Facebook has established an artist-in-residence program. See some of the custom pieces decorating the office here.
Artists-in-Residence
Freedom of Speech
The Guggenheim Bilbao has ordered a mural that caricatures the museum to be taken down, but the artists are arguing the artwork's removal would violate their freedom of speech.
Signed ‘43’
Up-and-coming artist George W. Bush has graduated from paintings of his pets to thoughtful portraits of the world leaders he encountered while president. This is diplomacy, y’all.
MTV Benefit Auction
In advance of his first U.S. solo show at Dallas Contemporary, Pop artist Richard Phillips has been chosen to curate the music for this year’s MTV RE:DEFINE benefit…and he's bringing rock back.
Artist First
Playing Jessa is both a blessing and a curse for Jemima Kirke. It helped the artist/actress win her latest exhibit in San Francisco, but she’d rather be seen as, first of all, an artist.
Nexcite
Sculptors have relied on some pretty strange materials over the years. But one artist in Miami has gone even further, creating pieces made from napalm and a rare aphrodisiac soda, Nexcite.