Grey Days || New Balance History

The color Grey embodies everything that makes New Balance stand out as a brand. Grey reflects an independent approach, dedicated to quality and style.

The 2024 festivities kick off with Grey Days, a seven-minute film by new imprint American Haiku celebrating Grey’s origin as the signature New Balance color.

Shot and framed in 16mm black and white, Grey Days is a journey through New Balance history that explores the brand’s running heritage and its popularity in style subcultures from the DMV to Tokyo, through the lens of longtime enthusiasts, and features appearances by UK Rapper Dave, star defensive end Chase Young, and skateboarding legend Andrew Reynolds.

Written in collaboration between creative directors Thom Glover & Daniel Wolfe, alongside Elliott Power, director of photography Norm Li. Animation from Stray London and still photography by Samuel Bradley.

 

The Hazy Evolution of Cannabis || Short Film

How did such a strange plant like cannabis come to be in the first place?

When and where did we first domesticate it?

And why oh why does it get us high?

 

The Jazz Hop Café || as spring blossoms (Full Album)

Hit play and enjoy.

 

No Fixed Address || A Hawai'i Surf Film || Billabong

No Fixed Address, a surf film capturing Billabong team in Hawai’i tapping into the same feeling they’ve been chasing since ‘73.

 

Jean-Michel Basquiat at Gagosian || Full Coverage April 2024

Gagosian is pleased to announce Made on Market Street, the first exhibition focused exclusively on works that Jean-Michel Basquiat produced in Los Angeles. Curated by Fred Hoffman with Larry Gagosian, the exhibition will be on view from March 7 to June 1, 2024. With exhibition design by Stefan Beckman, Made on Market Street features loans from the Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat; Nicola Erni Collection, Steinhausen, Switzerland; the Broad Art Foundation, Los Angeles; Museum Brandhorst, Munich; Museum of Modern Art, New York; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; and other public and private collections.

Between November 1982 and May 1984, Basquiat produced approximately a hundred paintings, numerous works on paper, and six silkscreen editions in Venice, California. For an artist closely affiliated with the New York art scene of the 1980s, Basquiat was extraordinarily prolific in Los Angeles. Made on Market Street reflects on this consequential era by bringing together nearly thirty works—several of which are among his most important paintings. Larry Gagosian notes, “Los Angeles has always been a great city for artists and Jean-Michel seemed to find it a refreshing change from New York. While the immensity of his talent was immediately apparent, it was nonetheless a highlight of my own career to work with him, to introduce him to Los Angeles, and to witness the amazing impact that his art and legacy have made on our culture.”

After first meeting Basquiat in 1981, Gagosian invited him to Los Angeles. Basquiat’s solo exhibition with Larry Gagosian Gallery in LA—the first time his work was presented on the West Coast—opened in April 1982, immediately following his first solo show in New York at Annina Nosei’s gallery. The Los Angeles exhibition was seen as the arrival of a significant voice by the public and collectors alike. In November 1982 Basquiat returned to California, living and working at Gagosian’s residence on Market Street, a three-story structure with an interior courtyard open to the light and air from the beach nearby.

 

THIS IS NOT A BOOT || THE STORY OF AN ICON || TIMBERLAND 50

For decades, the Original Timberland® Boot has proven to be a timeless staple of style and culture; built to embrace and empower communities from construction to creativity, from hip-hop to homebuilding, from fashion to fine art.

In celebration of its 50th anniversary, we’re telling the story of the Original Timberland® Boot through the lens and voices of the communities that made it an icon across the world.

Visually led by a diverse team of artists - Tom Gould, Zoë Simone-Yi, and Lelani Foster - the documentary recounts stories of the boot’s humble beginnings as a construction work boot to its bold adoption across the hip-hop community and global movements such as the Milan Paninari.

It is what could be called a love letter to the boot’s rich history, featuring interviews from Jeff Staple, Bircide, Angie Martinez, Thirstin Howell III, and many other changemakers and cultural icons.

Millennium Jazz Music || Lofi & Chill vol.3 (Full Album)

Sit back, relax and hit play.