Palisades Art Disaster

from the New York Times Art Collector Says He Lost Warhols and Harings to L.A. Fire by NYT As the flames grew closer and closer to his home in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles and his teenage daughter pleaded with him over the phone to evacuate, Ron...

Legend Wade

from Semafor Citizen Wade: The secret and remarkable life of a legendary hacker who received a rare presidential pardon by Reed Albergotti Al Lucca/Semafor In early 2015, the Australian hacker Chris Wade got a visit from the fish doctor at his aquarium-filled Florida...

Back To The DeLorean

from The Telegraph Back to the Future’s time-travelling DeLorean set to return – plus five other ‘gullwing’ greats The original DMC-12 was a flop despite its on-screen stardom, but the revamped sequel will be fit for the 21st Century by Jeremy Taylor The new DeLorean...

The Disco Ball Is Back

from Architectural Digest The Disco Ball Is Making a Playful Comeback A iconic nightclub staple is entering new territory: the home By Hannah Martin Sean Rad and Lizzie Grover Rad’s L.A. pad by Jane Hallworth.Sam Frost When Louis Bernard Woeste and William A. Stephens...

How The Art World Was Woven

from artnet How Textiles Took Over the Art World This week, co-host Ben Davis speaks to curator and author Elissa Auther about the surging interest in fiber art. by Sonia Manalili & Ben Davis A Visitor looks on an art work of US artist Sheila Hicks at the Pompidou...

Always Go Balls-out

from WIRED Inside a Fusion Startup’s Insane, Top-Secret Opening Ceremony Robots! Huge capacitors! A pianist-programmer of impossible skill! One of Silicon Valley’s formative figures takes the stage at a wild event. by JARON LANIER ONCE IN A while, Silicon...