Hellin Kay

A few weeks ago MOCA Contemporaries hosted a studio visit with LA born and based artist Tofer Chin who has been preparing for his first New York solo show ("Totally") at Lu Magnus. Tofer's work is beautifully controlled and chaotic at the same time....

I saw Sascha Rice's new documentary The Legacy of Pat Brown, about her grandfather a few weeks ago at MOCA and fell in love. I am admittedly a sucker for nostalgia of any kind but it has to be done right (see Mad Men...

It was only a matter of time before the food truck trend gave birth to fashion trucks. I love what L.A.-based outdoor brand Aether is doing with their recently launched traveling shop RV, which stays true to their fashion meets function ethos.

Film producers turned

This month marks the 20-year anniversary of the Russian Coup in Moscow. In honor of all that went right (and, of course, wrong) in Russia, I wanted to share some of my old photos from Moscow over the last 15 years.

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When I went to the opening of MOCA's "Art in the Streets" show back in April I had no idea they were not only changing the landscape of art history but also partnering with Levi's to bring creative tools to the local community in Los Angeles....

"Sometimes you tell a lie long enough and you start to believe it," says Joyce McKinney in the first part of the documentary she is the subject of which opens this week on July 14th.

It's hard to tell whom this really applies to in Errol Morris' new...

I tend to gravitate towards films like this. Poetically paced, emotionally unnerving, raw and politically charged films that sometimes deal with realities I luckily never encountered in my own life. In this case, war, unrest, and a terror that has always been...

My mom once told me that my father used to spend hours in the book stores of Moscow and drag me along with him when I was a child. I like to think I take after him in that regard. Before I moved to New York City full time I...

Two of my all time favorite filmmakers John Hughes and John Waters got married, put a Riot Grrl soundtrack to it and produced a love child called Dirty Girl. The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival...

There are always rumblings about town regarding retouching and the unattainable perfection that is demanded from men and women in the public eye by the media but really by society. I am always fascinated by the debate and have mixed feelings about it. These photos of Mischa Barton are not...

Joaquin Phoenix's much-anticipated documentary I'm Still Here directed by Casey Affleck has something for everyone. A man on a journey, a fumble along the way, a cross roads, failure, and finally redemption. It's a beautiful piece of performance art. Carolee Schneemann and...

Victoria Bartlett's designs have a quiet subtlety and like the clothes themselves, an asymmetric view of the world that challenges conventional standards of what is sexy especially in regard to undergarments. I have been...