Albert Maysles talks about Iris Apfel to Dazed.

“‘Benetton’s X-rated Yarn Art At Pop-Up Store Offends People (PHOTOS)’ read the headline on The Huffington Post. Of course it did.” Jon Caramanica goes shopping at Benetton.

Grieving for a beloved cat at the Millions, if you feel like crying this morning.

Alex Moore covers a lot of artistic ground in a piece for The Paris Review Daily about Los Angeles and Beth Gates Warren’s Artful Lives.

Dissent has a new look.

Molly Fischer covers the Helen Gurley Brown panel with Cat Marnell, Edith Zimmerman, and Moe Tkacik at Housing Works.

Come see Vol. 1’s own Jason Diamond read with Sasha Frere-Jones, Maura Johnston, and more at Le Poisson Rouge! Maybe, if you ask nicely, he’ll tell a story about Tori Amos.

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