A Vigorously Hated Show
Fifty-one years ago, critics couldn't stand Henry Wessel's parking lots. Now they're in a glass case at America's oldest book club.
Not in a Hurry
Gaudí died in a pauper's ward after cab drivers wouldn't carry him. A century later, his unfinished church just broke its own tourism record.
Fifty-Three Septembers Later
The room Nairobi's newest Pan-African architecture biennale just opened in was designed by a Norwegian, launched by hosting the World Bank, and — per the Kenyan architect who co-signed it — shaped like a donkey's penis.
What Does It Mean Anymore?
In 2000, Louis Vuitton told Supreme to burn the skate decks wearing its monogram. Seventeen years later Vuitton put Supreme's own box logo on its trunks — and streetwear's new 20-year oral history can't stop circling back to it.
Peel Slowly and Eat
A dollar sticker puts Warhol's face back on a banana, one year after somebody paid $6.2 million to eat the same joke on camera.
