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Our November iPad issue explores the current collision between music and contemporary art — Lady Gaga going over the moon for Koons, Jay Z rapping…

"I have a history of taking trash and transforming it," says heavily bearded Brooklyn artist Michael Mahalchick. He's not kidding: Some of his more absurd…

More plugged-in than your average Tumblr-rapper, recent CalArts graduate and hip-hop enthusiast Yung Jake makes music that treats the clichés of digital culture — social-media…

Jean-Michel Basquiat's history with rap music goes deeper than Jay Z's punch lines and bragging rights. That engagement was most visible in the "Beat Bop"

"I was the only one who was able to draw in the whole class," says Maya Arulpragasam, a.k.a. pop icon M.I.A., of her earliest school…

Norwegian sound artist Jana Winderen constructs meditative pieces often played in dark rooms or austere gallery spaces — but the way she makes them is…

In a series of tweets in January 2012, Kanye West announced the formation of DONDA, a design company named after his late mother. "I want…

BiS-Kaidan is a cross-generational coup de pop, uniting two acts from opposing ends of Japan's musical spectrum. BiS (short for Brand-New Idol Society) are representatives…

From Warhol to Mapplethorpe, Basquiat to Murakami, Kim Gordon to Keith Haring, Bowie to GNR, here's an epic tribute to pop's artiest — and art's…

Maybe it’s because she fills her music with weighty ideas, or because those without BFAs remain intimidated by the world of high art, but Lady…

Yoko Ono is the muse. Not just for John Lennon, whose love and devotion for her resulted in some of the most beautiful, and most…

"I'm happy to show you these turds," beams Tim Hecker, a six-foot-tall beanpole with angelic eyes and a devilish smile.Surrounded by an orderly half-circle of…