Art
WorldPride: Club Chrome's Intimate Pole Performance Explores Queer Identity
“Pole dancing grew from the labour of POC strippers, and yet the image of pole dance – often rebranded as ‘pole fitness’ – is whitewashed and removed from its sex worker roots."
Here's What Went Down at the MONA FOMA After Parties
I like the photos to look like your memory: pixelated, messy and a little distorted.
Give Your Place a Quick Facelift With Expensive-Looking Cheap Wall Art
From statement mirrors to "wall rugs" to vintage style Japanese posters, here are 16 shortcuts to good taste that won't break the bank.
An Artist Who Exposed the ‘Absurdity’ of China’s Zero-COVID Policy Went Missing
“I will keep shooting until I die,” he said in one of his last published interviews.
'Afro-futuristic Dreamscapes, Heavenly Wastelands': No One's Making Work Like Serwah Attafuah
"People didn't really see digital art as an artform, just as, like, stupid internet shit."
How Do You Launch A Creative Side Hustle...Without Going Bankrupt?
Tricks of the trade, according to grade school teacher-turned-professional photographer, Rachel Stern.
THIS WEEK ONLINE: Vaping is... Bad for you?
Plus: Medicinal MDMA and mushies APPROVED, AI Seinfeld transphobic, Bing is BACK, and more.
Next Time You’re in Hong Kong, Visit These Art Spaces
For collectors or novices, get your art fix in Sham Shui Po, Kowloon, or Central SoHo.
Frank Dorrey’s Pop Culture-Laden Art Has Been Catching the Eyes of Greats
“It’s like creating a place where I’m distant but also close."
I’m a Sex Worker. AI Porn Isn’t Taking My Job
"Just as erotic drawings, the printing press, photography, movies, hentai, virtual reality and robo sex dolls have not killed the demand for sex workers, neither will AI generated porn."
‘House of Whoreship’ is the Queer Short Film Made For Sex Workers By Sex Workers
"Film has a lot to answer for, because it's where most people get their information about sex work."