Matthew Sedacca

Luxury Week

What Will Happen to Our Faces When Plastic Surgery Is Cheap?

As the price of plastic surgery comes down, more and more people are opting for a nip here, and tuck there.
Matthew Sedacca
9.27.16
Art

Dalí, Warhol, and the Lip-Smacking Legacy of Artists and Food

A brief, sumptuous history of creative combinations of food and art.
Matthew Sedacca
1.12.16
Culture

An Evening at the Death Cafe

Death cafes continue to grow in popularity as people obsessed with mortality meet up to get morbid.
Matthew Sedacca
12.19.15
Art

Not All Art Is Visible

From Marina Abramovic's performance art to Tom Marioni's 'The Act of Drinking Beer with One's Friends Is the Highest Form of Art,' it's all art.
Matthew Sedacca
12.16.15
Music

Watch Ryan Hemsworth Play a Virtual Reality Concert in a Church [Premiere]

Hemsworth and Martin Pariseau conclude their music video saga with "Surrounded."
Matthew Sedacca
12.15.15
Internet

The Internet Café Is Alive in Queens

Old-fashioned pay-by-the hour cyber cafes are thriving in immigrant-heavy neighborhoods.
Matthew Sedacca
12.10.15
death

This Mycelium Death Shroud Will Return Your Body to the Earth

Coeio, a start for eco-friendly burials, says it will be beta-testing its mushroom death suits on 15 subjects soon.
Matthew Sedacca
12.10.15
Music

!!! (Chk Chk Chk)'s New Music Video Is Basically Live-Action Futurama

You’ll never look at the Star Wars Cantina Bar scene the same way.
Matthew Sedacca
11.23.15
street vendors

NYC Street Vendors Want to End the Black Market for Permits

In 1981, NYC permanently capped the available number of food cart permits at 3,000. While the permits originally cost $200, vendors are now renting them on the black market for up to $25,000 annually.
Matthew Sedacca
10.20.15
Art

Self-Sculpture: Is Bodybuilding an Art?

JJ PEET and Priyaanka Khatri discuss the intrinsic relationship between sculpture and bodybuilding.
Matthew Sedacca
10.19.15
Ben Schumacher

Locked: Artists Take on France's 'Bouquinistes' Culture

Saxpublishers founder Felix Gaudlitz reveals inspiration for a twist on an age-old tradition.
Matthew Sedacca
10.12.15
Art

Russian Actionist Petr Pavlensky Talks Censorship in the Motherland

An artist poked the bear... and almost got away with it.
Matthew Sedacca
9.18.15
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