We're already getting questions about artist Marilyn Minter's exclusive cover for Time Out New York, mainly: What's coming out of that mouth? Pearls? Caviar? Cocaine? "I used bakers candy—it's edible," says the Whitney Biennial star. The image fit the issue's theme perfectly—the package is about how New York artists define success. "The voraciousness of the mouth eating the candy is a metaphor for people craving success," she says. "And yes, the tongue really that long. It's Louisa from Ford Models. No Photoshop in that picture!"

See more of Marilyn's art in our series.