counter culture

MAD Museum Grooves With Craft-Inspired, 1970s Crochet and Beyond Fashion Exhibition

For guest curator Michael Cepress, this exhibition is a reflection of his lifelong obsession with 1970s counterculture fashion. Originally exhibited by the Bellevue Arts Museum in Bellevue, Washington, Counter Couture “brings together over two dozen artists working in the 60s and 70s

By Michelle Honig

D.C. Punks Priests on Outrage, Organizing, and Fighting Trump

"Right now more than ever it’s important to find role models of thought and action, who can teach us about cultural resistance."

By Justin Joffe

Review: Yoko Ono, Artist?: A Reputation in Flux at MoMA

The artist and critic reviews the MoMA survey of 125 of Ms. Ono’s best-known word pieces, objects, and films.

By Walter Robinson

Yetta Raises With Peter Max

By Colin Campbell

How Wesleyan’s Counter Culture Came To Rule New York’s Tech Scene

By Ben Popper

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