Nicole Acheampong

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Nicole Acheampong

The artist Qualeasha Wood can make a computer glitch look mythic. She distorts her likeness freely in her large-scale recycled cotton jacquard tapestries, which are machine- and hand-embroidered and beaded with webcam and iPhone self-portraits, as well as snapshots of memes, early aughts-style desktop screens and other digital ephemera, each pixel represented by a stitch. Sometimes she layers dozens of pictures of her face, smearing her eyes, cheeks and lips into one another.

2 months ago | nytimes.com | Nicole Acheampong

T's monthly travel series, Flocking To, highlights places you might already have on your wish list, sharing tips from frequent visitors and locals alike. Sign up here to find us in your inbox once a month, along with our weekly roundup of cultural recommendations, monthly beauty guides and the latest stories from our print issues. Have a question? You can always reach us at [email protected]. Even if you've never been to Kingston, Jamaica, you've likely heard the city's sounds.

Dec 2, 2024 | nytimes.com | Nicole Acheampong

In T's latest feature, we celebrate the singularly strange talents and iconoclastic veterans who define New York's avant-garde. It's no surprise that, when asked about their favorite freaky art, many of the subjects cited pieces that were born or first shown in the city.

Dec 2, 2024 | nytimes.com | Nicole Acheampong |Jason Chen

The people we gathered for T's freak extravaganza first arrived in New York from places as varied as Austin, Texas, and Chengdu, China, but all are deeply connected to the city. It's where they established their careers and continue to showcase their work, whether on fashion runways or gallery walls.

Dec 2, 2024 | nytimes.com | Nicole Acheampong

Artist, interior designer and writer, 71; Gramercy Park, Manhattan Why New York: "When I met Andy Warhol in Dallas [in high school], I told him I was moving to the city. He said, 'When you get there, call me.' Every time I called the Factory, he'd pick up the phone. He was old-school like that. Artists were like Jewish mothers - there was a community."Freakiest gig: "I've been driving since I was 11, so when I moved to New York in 1975, I drove delivery trucks for florists.