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Jean Pagliuso and Toni Ross: Sources of Inspiration
Structures have enormous power. The ancient Egyptians, who built burial pyramids for their kings believed the iconic shape of a mound of earth was the symbol of all life. The Burmese, whose bell-shaped...
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Drop Into Your Ancientness
walk the lavender fields of Provence through the grains of earth at lilac dawn when clouds are opalescent air barefoot drop into the sweetness that is bitter that is beautiful alongside oceans of...
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The Motivation Behind Creativity: Photographer, Rog Walker
ROG WALKER: A LONELYLEAP FILM from Rog Walker on Vimeo. What's the most organic form of communication for any individual? This doesn't necessarily have to be limited to speaking and writing. Forms of...
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In Atlanta, Freelon's New National Center for Civil and Human Rights
Architect Phil Freelon, whose Freelon Group recently merged with Perkins+Will, will be heading to Atlanta on June 23 for opening ceremonies centered around the design of his newest civic space: It's...
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The Epic Food Scene at Burning Man
In desolate northern Nevada, the massive festival Burning Man conjures a weeklong city from thin air, bringing pop-up restaurants, bakeries, and bars to a sandy no-man's-land By Kevin Farrell BURNING...
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Your Art Basel Cheat Sheet: Skip the Crowds and Go Straight to These
Every year, approximately 70,000 gallerists, collectors, curators, artists, art critics and art and design-lovers descend on Basel, Switzerland for the annual art and design fairs Art Basel and Design...
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Near and Far
(Above) Sandra Gottlieb, October Waves No. 16 (2013), archival digital c-print on Fuji paper mounted on Sintra, 20 in X 24 in (courtesy of the artist) The works by two very different artists currently...
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9 Badass Women From Science Fiction
Look at that title. Go on, lean forward and really let those six words baste your eyeballs. I know...only nine? No, I am not angling for a fistfight, thank you very much. And, no, I'm also not woefully...
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Revisiting Do The Right Thing: 25 Years Later
By Craig Carpenter and Dominic Fowler The Polish journalist and war correspondent, Ryszard Kapuściński describes in his masterpiece 1976 book, Another Day of Life, the looming transition in Angola...
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Kiran Gandhi: MBA Student By Day, M.I.A.'s Drummer By Night
Just over a month ago, Sarah Inoue Virk, a Music Business major at Berklee College of Music, hosted an event called "Balancing Musicianship and Business." This is where I met the incredibly talented...
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Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey
The reason we hold truth in such respect is because we have so little opportunity to get familiar with it. -- Mark Twain, 1898 On June 18, 2014 the American Film Institute offered audiences the...
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The Entrancing Musical Experience of Yann Tiersen
Most of the live music I see these days is a very predictable experience. Usually a four- or five- piece band with a few guitars, a bass, drums, some microphones and lyrics about the sorrow of love...
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Songwriter's Pie Anyone?
I can't believe I'm actually going to say this. I many never work in this town again. But here goes. As a professional songwriter for over 25 years, I was drawn to a piece that was put out on the wire...
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A Former Intern Returns to the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice After 30...
Last week I visited the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice and found myself weeping in front of a painting by Paul Klee. Thirty years have elapsed since I was a summer intern in this museum, housed...
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The Dangers of Acting
My training in acting has been intense. I have a Post graduate degree from the Webber Duuglass Academy which was in London. It is the same school Ben Kinglsey, Minnie Driver and Julia Armond went to, I...
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How to Get More Followers on Instagram: 16 Tips From the Pros
By Helen Anne Travis Every Monday we sit down with some of our favorite Instagrammers to chat about the art and business of mobile photography. We pick their brains on their editing process, their...
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The Footsore Painter From Missouri, Calvin Lemuel Hoole
Calvin Lemuel Hoole, "Dr. Alfred Lane Patton", 1860, oil on panel, 24 x 18 inches. Shortly after moving from Mississippi to St. Louis in 1856, Dr. Alfred Lane Patton (1819-1886) commissioned Calvin...
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Ground Zero: Memorial Museum's Invisible Ingredients
Amidst the incoming critical salvos aimed at the newly opened -- if long-delayed -- 9/11 Memorial Museum in downtown Manhattan (and still no word from most of those writers, whose outlets accord them...
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Aisle View: Holler and (Hip) Hop
There was only moderate hollerin' from the audience at the Monday night preview of Holler If Ya Hear Me, the Tupac Shakur jukebox musical at the drastically altered Palace. We could hear them, yes,...
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Art Basel in Basel 2014: Unlimited (VIDEO)
This year, Art Basel's Unlimited sector presents 78 large-scale artworks from five generations of artists. Curated by Gianni Jetzer, the show features works by artists such as Haegue Yang, Julio Le...
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