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A Break(dance) From the Elections: The Streets Hit the Kabul Stage
"It's not raqs" said Nasir, captain of a mostly boys' breakdance crew in Kabul, Afghanistan, as he raises his arms and wiggles his shoulders in a caricature of the rhythmic, upper-body dominated dance...
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Public Art and the Power of the Mural
Before the matches of the 2014 FIFA World Cup began, the Brazilian people were protesting in the streets because they knew they could not afford the $13 billion it cost to host the games. In Greece,...
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Unsettled: Portraits by Peter Zokosky at Koplin Del Rio Gallery, Los Angeles
Peter Zokosky: Photo by Karole Foreman Unsettled: Portraits by Peter Zokosky, which opened last week at Koplin Del Rio Gallery, consists of 19 paintings that feature three distinct groups of subject...
View ArticleMeet the Top 30 Most Influential Photographers on the Web
Ansel Adams once said that, "You don't make a photograph just with a camera. You bring to the act of photography all the pictures you have seen, the books you have read, the music you have heard, the...
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A Layered History Of 5 Pointz Currently On View
Peeling Back Layers of Paint Offers Inspiration of a Different Kind Typically one needs to go down underground, over a fence, through a broken window, or behind rusty chained metal doors to be an urban...
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Make Art Not War: Portraits of Artists on the U.S.-Mexico Border
Photographer Stefan Falke's project La Frontera documents artists who live and work close to the Mexican border with the United States in what used to be some of the world's most dangerous cities. He...
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Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil, and the Persistence of Experimental Popular Music
The summer of 1961 was one of my favorites: Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris were hitting home runs, Whitey Ford was winning games, and "Who Put the Bomp" was a big hit on my transistor radio. I didn't...
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Steve Martin Live
Steve Martin tells me and the other 17,000 or so of us in the sold out crowd at the historical amphitheater in the Hollywood Hills on July 4th that he is doing something different. He stands with the...
View ArticleAnne-Elizabeth Sobieski on the Imageblog
Snowfall on Hearthfire Oil on linen, 36x24 inches, 2013
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Actually Useful Tips for Becoming a Writer
"How did you become a writer?" The first time I was asked this, I felt like a fraud. I too, have asked this question. Searched the internet for insights and tips I hadn't thought of yet. Generally the...
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(R)evolution in Berlin: The David Bowie Epic Exclusively at Martin-Gropius-Bau
BOWIE IS BACK IN BERLIN! "David Bowie" at the Martin-Gropius-Bau Berliner Festpiele complete with Bowie Berlin Walk. The museum announced only six months ago that they would be hosting the exhibition...
View ArticleUrban Living and the Necessity of the Arts
American cities are thriving in ways unimaginable a generation ago. Once the places people wanted to flee, cities are now where more and more families and individuals want to live, work and play....
View ArticleBooks With (Almost) Identical Covers
Imagine if all book covers are black, and the titles and the authors' names are printed in white. There is no visual language, no identity, no warmth, no genial introduction. And the feeling is not...
View ArticleIn Real Time: Richard Linklater's Boyhood Premieres at MoMA
The ecstasy around Richard Linklater's Boyhood reached climax at the premiere at MoMA this week. A two-and-three-quarter-hour epic in which a boy goes from first grade to high school graduation, this...
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Public Art in Digital Space (#ArtofY)
It's hard to imagine artists working without the generosity of wealthy patrons. So, it may seem shocking that BC Biermann and Jordan Seiler thrive on pissing those patrons off by protesting public ad...
View ArticleMusical Ambassador Gabriel Kahane Tells LA Stories
The first time I heard Gabriel Kahane make music, he was a college junior noodling tunefully and effortlessly at the piano as guests took their seats for a performance of Straight Man, a musical he...
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Michael Crouser: The Real Deal Out on the Mountain Ranch
There is something nostalgic that happens when I look at old photographs. There are those images that pull me right in to that history -- to that time. Sometimes, when flipping through history of...
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Dead Mickey: Photographer Styles and Shoots Himself Dead
Mickey Strider photographs himself as a dead body in a multitude of dramatic settings, from the profound to the profane. They are desolate, desperate, detached. They are also compellingly beautiful,...
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On the 'A' with Souleo: 3 Oral History Projects You Should Know About
An informal conversation between friends or family members discussing life "back in the day." A formal research initiative by cultural institutions to document the past. Recorded interviews via audio...
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Does Conspiracy Account for the Absence of Jesus' Jewish Identify in...
It is unarguable that Renaissance art erased Jesus' Jewish identity. Just walk through any museum gallery of Renaissance artworks or look at images of Renaissance paintings in books and you will see a...
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