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Harry Gruyaert’s vintage, kaleidoscopic scenes of New York
14+ hour, 16+ min ago (265+ words) It is this sense of place that forms the heart and soul of Gruyaert’s work, whether walking the streets of New York, Paris, Antwerp, Moscow, Mumbai, Zanzibar, and Tokyo. Taken together, they can be seen in the new exhibition, Harry…...
Inside Lower Duck Pond, the nicest town on the internet
4+ day, 14+ hour ago (1674+ words) /r/HaveWeMet — With a population of 2,500 and no fixed location, the subreddit is a space for roleplaying citizens to solve mysteries, host fictional events and ultimately connect. In an internet that’s often divided and toxic, Vicky Jessop hangs out in…...
A major Nan Goldin exhibition is coming to London
5+ day, 15+ hour ago (391+ words) You Never Did Anything Wrong — Opening at the Hayward Gallery in November, the show will debut a new film from the artist and activist, alongside a slate of recent work. A new exhibition at the Hayward Gallery brings the work…...
Tender portraits of women serving life sentences in America
6+ day, 16+ hour ago (318+ words) Looking Inside: Women With Life Sentences by Sara Bennett is published by Kehrer Verlag. Buy your copy of Huck 83 here. Enjoyed this article? Follow Huck on Instagram for more from the cutting edge of sport, music and counterculture. Support stories…...
Joe James: “I will never be absent in my children’s lives because I…
1+ week, 4+ day ago (1267+ words) Hard Feelings — As the silky MC prepares to release his debut album ‘The Ends Never Ends’, he joins our column on fatherhood and masculinity to discuss leaving his childhood home at 16, the manosphere and his risk-embracing approach to life. Read…...
The London sword fighters reviving medieval combat
1+ week, 5+ day ago (1605+ words) Schola Gladitoria — Studying ancient textbooks and techniques, the historical European martial arts community duel with centuries old systems of engagement. Mads Jensen swings a blade in an Ealing church to find out more. For more than 20 years, this unassuming church…...
Sepia splashed memories of Britain’s ’90s squatting and free party…
1+ week, 6+ day ago (877+ words) Huck - Do Not Process My Personal Information Bygones — Moving into a Hackney squat at the age of 19, Tom Hunter spent years living on London’s edges, while documenting the vibrant, creative community and culture that it enabled. Huck’s art director Sam…...
A melancholic portrait of youth, rebellion and womanhood in Iran
2+ week, 17+ hour ago (309+ words) Tavakolian printed the negative, ripped the print apart, and locked the remains away in a drawer only to return to them after her father’s death. She glued the print back together, placed it in developing chemicals, and watched the colour…...
A decade of Palestinian skatepark graffiti gets turned into a…
2+ week, 3+ day ago (574+ words) Concrete canvas — SkatePal’s new collection draws on artwork left by local skaters and visiting volunteers at the Asira Ash-Shamaliya concrete skatepark – the largest of its kind in Palestine. SkatePal, a UK-based non-profit that supports skateboarding projects and youth programmes in…...
The real life mermaids of Florida’s Weeki Wachee Springs
2+ week, 4+ day ago (1340+ words) Old Florida — A relic of pre-Disney tourism in the state, the show – which sees women perform athletic underwater tricks in a natural spring – has been running since 1947. Jack Burke attends, while reflecting on the fragility and fantasy of old America....