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Exploring the overlap between art, entertainment and the internet — from celebrity collectors and film crossovers to viral trends and social-media spectacle.

Pop Culture

Exploring the overlap between art, entertainment and the internet — from celebrity collectors and film crossovers to viral trends and social-media spectacle.

Pop Culture - Jun 21, 2026 Coney Island's Mermaid Parade marches on after near-shutdown — see our photos

A woman dressed as a mermaid interacts with a child at the Coney Island Mermaid Parade in New York City on Saturday, June 21, 2026

Thousands of costumed marchers flooded Surf Avenue on June 20 for the 44th edition of the nation's largest art parade.

Pop Culture - Jun 17, 2026 These photos are terrible but they just won $50,000 and a trip to Iceland

A 28-year-old Paris resident beat over 127,640 applicants on the strength of a seagull, a blurred ski jump and a smudged Statue of Liberty.

Pop Culture - Jul 18, 2026 Ukrainian band DakhaBrakha brings living archive of folk tradition to Brooklyn

The Kyiv quartet will play the free show in the Lena Horne Bandshell in Prospect Park on August 7.

by Adam Schrader

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Pop Culture - Jul 18, 2026 Ukrainian band DakhaBrakha brings living archive of folk tradition to Brooklyn

The Kyiv quartet will play the free show in the Lena Horne Bandshell in Prospect Park on August 7.

by Adam Schrader

Pop Culture - Jun 21, 2026 Coney Island's Mermaid Parade marches on after near-shutdown — see our photos

Thousands of costumed marchers flooded Surf Avenue on June 20 for the 44th edition of the nation's largest art parade.

by Adam Schrader

Pop Culture - Jun 17, 2026 These photos are terrible but they just won $50,000 and a trip to Iceland

A 28-year-old Paris resident beat over 127,640 applicants on the strength of a seagull, a blurred ski jump and a smudged Statue of Liberty.

by Adam Schrader

Pop Culture - May 14, 2026 Artists recruited for anti-ICE World Cup campaign

The campaign, called "No ICE in the Cup," is organized by The Horizons Project.

by Adam Schrader

Pop Culture - May 04, 2026 From its union to antiquities experts, Met Gala faces criticism from all sides

Most of this year's criticism focused on Jeff Bezos's involvement.

by Adam Schrader

Pop Culture - Apr 15, 2026 IcelandAir is giving a really bad photographer $50,000 and a free trip

A composite photo of two posts made to Instagram by IcelandAir promoting the "really bad photographer" competition.

If you can spell "aperture," this contest isn't for you.

by Adam Schrader

Law and Crime - Mar 12, 2026 Photographer, punk singer Amy Taylor clash in court over sale of Vogue Portugal images

A screenshot of court documents shows images of singer Amy Taylor taken by photographer Jamie Nelson.

The Amyl and the Sniffers frontwoman said her posts of images from a Vogue Portugal shoot were authorized and protected by fair use.

by Adam Schrader

Pop Culture - Feb 18, 2026 Brooklyn gallery sued over Jay-Z figurines now faces eviction

Side-by-side image of Timothy White’s portrait of Jay-Z in red-and-navy stripes and gold chains and AM:PM Gallery’s “Jaybois” figurines allegedly based on the photo,

AM:PM Gallery, accused of copying a Jay-Z portrait, has not filed a response in its federal case.

by Adam Schrader