Why can’t we stop looking at low poly animals?
The art, business and weird psychology of cursed virtual creatures. Somewhere in the 1997 video game Turok: Dinosaur Hunter there is a monkey that looks like an insect wearing a monkey’s skin. Its body is a clenched bundle of pipes and rhomboids. Its head is a pincer with a&nbs
FKA twigs directs a skateboarding film for the Olympics
In celebration of skateboarding being at the Games for the first time, twigs has teamed up with Facebook to document the art of longboard-dancing. If FKA twigs has proven anything over the course of her career, it’s that she really can do it all. Alongside singing, producing, songwriting and pole-
Love Island recap: will Toby keep repeating the same mistakes?
With Casa Amor approaching, we recap who got dumped, who’s giving us the ick, and the fascinating case of Toby: a man apparently doomed to an eternity of pulling ex-partners for chats until they forgive him. Well, it has been quite a week. Or rather, the Love Island producers are finally chur
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shirt. Prada make up face. Chanel, Le Gommage Exfoliating Gel, Les Beiges Foundation lip. Chanel, Rouge Coco Baume Lose yourself in the duelling hues of this Schön! online editorial shot by photographer Quentin Strohmeier. Model Laura Lundgreen wears looks from Prada, Tory Burch, Jacquemus and othe
Tom Hingston on his brand-new exhibition featuring Björk, Stormzy and Nick Cave
If you don’t have a Hingston-designed record in your collection, someone within pinging distance of you will. Now the sleeve-famous creative director has curated 21 unique works from musicians, artists and designers all in aid of Teenage Cancer Trust. In the Royal Albert Hall calendar, the BBC Pro
BALLS: when art and footie collide
Today, OOF magazine has opened its first permanent gallery space next to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, featuring work by artists Jazz Grant, Sarah Lucas and JJ Guest. Its purpose? To question our relationship with the beautiful game, one art piece at a time. It’s been three short years since art
You have five new TV shows and films to binge this weekend
Screen Time: Got a case of streaming decision paralysis? Here’s everything worth watching from 23 July onwards. How many hours have you wasted aimlessly scrolling through streaming platforms over the past year, only to repeatedly realise that, actually, you’ve already seen everything worth watch
Watch the latest Dune trailer starring Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya and Timothée Chalamet’s hair
Trailer of the Week: the first in a sporadically scheduled series dissecting the 150-second mini-blockbusters that we call “trailers”. What is it? “Dune – Official Main Trailer”. Not to be confused with “Dune Official Trailer” from September 2020, released ahead of the last-but-one
Here’s what New Yorkers are wearing in the blazin’ sun
Face It: May contain cowboy hats, Frozen, a toupée and, er, a naked OAP. Introducing our new series Face It, where we’ll be sending photographers from near and far to snap, shoot and document club nights, pop fans, night walkers, bus riders, city dwellers, gamers and everything in between. To kic
The fursuit of happiness: Furries on Netflix’s Sexy Beasts
Is Netflix’s new dating show Sexy Beasts the last frontier of concealed-identity reality TV? Probably not. It’s not even an original concept. THE FACE meets the furries who have dressed up as anthropomorphic characters for years, for friendships, dating and, yes, sex. Following the global succes