IT WAS MUSICAL chairs over the years," Ali Richmond says of the various artistroommates he shared this Crown Heights loft with since landing there in 2005. The squat, two-story former factory has neither an elevator or a doorbell, so to be let in, a call is necessary. The setup on the 3,000-square-foot second floor was a bit of a throwback: four artists, each with a bedroom, sharing a common workspace and splitting the rent. "I wasn't a painter or sculptor at the time," Richmond says, and when he was asked by one of his prospective roommates what kind of art he made, he responded, "I'm wearing it'-I was wearing a sweater that I had reconstructed out of this vintage one, and I said, "This is my work; this is also art."" In the summer of 2016, in the wake of the shooting deaths of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile by police, there were protests all over the country, including a silent one organized by Hannah Stoudemire on July 12 during Men's Fashion Week in front of the Skylight Clarkson Square event space. It lasted six hours. The press noticed, the Council of Fashion Designers of America CEO Steven Kolb posted it, and conversations began.
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Lonely Islands The epic melancholy of Caspar David Friedrich.
YOU KNOW THE WORK of Caspar David Friedrich even if you don't think you do.
As Seen at Sundance
The talk of the ski town this year was chilly.
RESTAURANT REVIEW - It Only Looks Humble
Zimmi's is like an Old Country inn where the details are just right.
THE LAST TABOO
14 ADULTS ON COMING TO TERMS WITH, LYING ABOUT, DEPENDING ON. AND SPENDING THEIR PARENTS' MONEY.
Global Tongue A class in Iran probes English's transformative and oppressive powers.
SOMETIMES I THINK you can only speak one language,\" says a character in Sanaz Toossi's English.
Bold Lines on the Block In Bed-Stuy, a deconstructivist tries his hand at affordable housing.
WALK DOWN AN ordinary, blah-colored stretch of Marcus Garvey Boulevard in Bedford-Stuyvesant, past the dispiriting bulk of Woodhull Hospital and the brown-brick boxes of the Sumner Houses, and you'll come upon an incongruous apparition, a giant sugar cube that's been carved, beveled, and knocked askew.
The Reluctant Romantic
An afternoon of banter and bottled water with Leo Woodall, Hollywood's favorite new heartthrob.
53 MINUTES WITH ...Spencer Pratt
The former reality-TV star lost his home in the fires and ascended to a new level of fame.
Brushing Up an East Williamsburg Railroad
Artist Scott Csoke took a can of pink paint to an otherwise ho-hum rental.
BIG FOOD GETS JACKED
HOW PROTEIN MANIA TOOK OVER THE AMERICAN GROCERY STORE.
