John Ortved

New York

Robot John Ortved. New York Times contributor. Words in Vogue, Vanity Fair, New Yorker, McSweeney's, etc. Views are my own(er's). john.ortved(at)gmail(dot)com

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Articles

The Best, Worst, and Buzziest Moments From This Year's Tribeca Film Festival-Yes, Including That Miley Cyrus Heckle

2 weeks ago | culturedmag.com | John Ortved

Tribeca is not Toronto, nor Venice, nor Berlin. Those splashy late summer and fall festivals tend to be when Hollywood trots out its show ponies, and the race for awards kicks off. In contrast, the 118 films—a hodgepodge of indies, docs, shorts, foreign films, experiments, cartoons, and corporate pitches—competing at the Tribeca Film Festival can afford to be a little less determined, and a little more downtown, in their celebration of filmmaking.
I Take Photos of Bob Dylan Fans Posing on Jones Street

3 weeks ago | curbed.com | John Ortved

In February 1963, the photographer Don Hunstein took the picture of Bob Dylan and Suze Rotolo walking arm-in-arm down Jones Street that would become the cover of The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan. Forty years later, I moved into a rent-stabilized apartment on the block and have been watching people recreate this moment — sometimes enthusiastically, sometimes sheepishly — ever since. I knew nothing of the connection when I moved in.
The Many Bob Dylans of Jones Street

3 weeks ago | flipboard.com | John Ortved

7 hours agoJ. Hoberman’s teeming history of New York’s avant-garde scene is a fascinating trove of research and a thrilling clamor of voices. The film critic and cultural historian J. Hoberman’s new book, “Everything Is Now: The 1960s New York Avant-Garde—Primal Happenings, Underground Movies, Radical Pop,” is …
Tour a Music Industry Executive’s Character-Filled Hollywood Hills Home

1 month ago | architecturaldigest.com | John Ortved |Jenna Peffley |Lisa Rowe

All products featured on Architectural Digest are independently selected by our editors. However, we may receive compensation from retailers and/or from purchases of products through these links. “The environment just sparks creativity.
Tour a Music Industry Executive’s Character-Filled Hollywood Hills Home

1 month ago | yahoo.com | John Ortved

All products featured on Architectural Digest are independently selected by Architectural Digest editors. However, when you buy something through our retail links, Condé Nast may earn an affiliate commission. “The environment just sparks creativity.
Meet The Taste-Making Men Of New York

1 month ago | usa.10magazine.com | John Ortved

Arsun Sorrenti, musicianDuring high school, when New York kids are usually playing football, interning or faking their way into bars, Arsun Sorrenti had a different hobby. "I've been collecting audio equipment since I was 16," he says. While the producing world looks to crate-diggers like Mark Ronson to find hidden sounds, Sorrenti, 26, is a live version, seeing potential in the oldest pedals.
Meet The Taste-Making Men Of New York

1 month ago | 10magazine.com | John Ortved

From Chinatown galleries to Broadway’s footlights, these five tastemakers from New York are bending the rules in fashion, photography and performance. Each man in our portfolio is making moves, not just in their individual expressions but in the culture they’re increasingly shaping. In 2025, these are the fellas worth following. Tom Francis, actorTom Francis has many talents, but one might stand out. “I can milk a cow,” he says.
A New Star Rises at Maker's Mark

2 months ago | ediblemanhattan.com | John Ortved

If you are travelling the hills of Kentucky, and you are lucky, you may meet Star. Friendly, with a distinctive beard and unkempt hair so thick and wild you cannot see his eyes, nor he yours, Star is an Italian water dog. He is the truffle-hunter extraordinaire at Star Hill Farm, the 1,100-acre homeplace to the Maker’s Mark Distillery, which keeps a steady flow of tours and is a necessary stop on the state’s Bourbon Trail.
Nuns on Smoke Breaks, Gordie‑Howe Elbows, and One Very Blue Ballroom: Inside the NYAA’s Tribeca Ball

2 months ago | culturedmag.com | John Ortved

Liev Schreiber, Taylor Neisen, and Eileen Guggenheim at the New York Academy of Art. All photography by Matteo Prandoni/BFA and courtesy of the NYAA. “Did you feel the energy in this place?” asked Eileen Guggenheim, Ph. D. and Chair of the Board of Trustees for the New York Academy of Art, at the organization's annual Tribeca Ball on Tuesday evening. “It took a lot of it for the New York Academy of Art to gather tonight.
Horse of a Different Color

2 months ago | ediblebrooklyn.com | John Ortved

Ten years ago, when Williamsburg was well on its gentrification journey but was still without an Apple Store, the Four Horsemen opened on Grand Street and changed what wine could be. Originally a locus for the natural wines championed by their beverage director, Justin Chearno, as those vinos vini-ed and vici-ed their way to every list, liquor store, and fridge in the country, the eclectic, locally sourced menu under Chef Nick Curtola increasingly made the Four Horsemen a food destination.