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Tag: Lou Reed

1960s

A pop culture treasure trove: Freddie Hornik’s Granny Takes A Trip scrapbook

I have just filed a piece for GQ about Granny Takes A Trip and the branches of the King’s Road boutique which opened in the 70s in Manhattan and Hollywood under the stewardship of the late Freddie Hornik. The feature also scrutinises the scrapbook Hornik maintained from the mid-60s, when he worked at the rival […]

February 17, 2015
Art

Performa 13 celebrates Duck Rock’s 30th anniversary: Marclay presents McLaren Award + Vinyl Factory releases special white vinyl 7″

This year’s presentation of the Malcolm McLaren Award at the finale of performance arts biennale Performa will celebrate the 30th anniversary of the iconoclast’s game-changing LP Duck Rock. Hosted by eminent writer Glenn O’Brien and McLaren’s widow Young Kim, the event on Sunday will culminate in the presentation of the award by sound artist Christian Marclay […]

November 21, 2013
Awards

Marc Newson’s tribute to Malcolm McLaren for Performa

This is The Malcolm, the award designed by Marc Newson for the visual arts bienniale Performa; the inaugural award was presented a couple of weeks back by Greil Marcus and Lou Reed to the Icelandic artist Ragnar Kjartansson for his 12-hour piece Bliss. Honouring the late Malcolm McLaren, The Malcolm goes to artists under 40 […]

December 8, 2011