Kimberly Brooks

What Climate Change Might Look Like: Chris Larson's Deep North

Kimberly Brooks | Posted 02.15.2012

Kimberly Brooks

Every now and then an artist so vividly articulates a quiet fear that it takes my breath away. Fresh from the celebration of Earth Day, I wanted to share "Deep North" by artist Chris Larson.

PHOTOS: Celebs Get Creative

Posted 11.22.2011

On a cozy Sunday afternoon, celebrities escaped the rain storm in the Barker Hanger at the Santa Monica Airport for Express Yourself 2011 hosted by P....

Wake Me Up When September Ends: This Artweek.LA (September 5-11, 2011)

Bill Bush | Posted 11.07.2011

Bill Bush

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Street Art Stories: A MOCA Symposium From Brooklyn Street Art And HuffPost Arts

Jaime Rojo & Steven Harrington | Posted 10.22.2011

Jaime Rojo & Steven Harrington

HuffPost Arts and The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (MOCA) hosted a presentation and panel discussion given by Brooklyn Street Art founders ...

Happy Anniversary, HuffPost Arts!

Kimberly Brooks | Posted 08.15.2011

Kimberly Brooks

Today marks the first year since we launched HuffPost Arts. What a long way we've come.

Huffington Post Arts: Celebrating Bloggers and Design Thursdays

Kimberly Brooks | Posted 05.26.2011

It was only nine months ago that the Arts page launched on the Huffington Post, and just five months that Huffington Post Arts' Design Thursdays went ...

PHOTOS: 12 Paintings of Women, 12 Studio Visits

John Seed | Posted 05.25.2011

John Seed

Each of this week's diverse paintings is accompanied by a studio photo: in some cases it is the artist's palette along with some technical information, and in some cases the artists have provided studio views.

Miami Basel: This is Your Brain on Art

Kimberly Brooks | Posted 05.25.2011

Kimberly Brooks

2010-11-29-brain.jpgWhat would it look like if we could all walk around with MRI scans hovering above our heads as we took in art? Do different parts of our brains light up when we're taking in a beautiful painting or coveting a cashmere coat?

Artforum: Slowly Sinking in a Sea of Bloggers? Not Quite...

John Seed | Posted 05.25.2011

John Seed

Embarkation from the Island of Artforum (with apologies to Watteau...) Magazines are in trouble, right? Readers are migrating to the web, where i...

The Gap Logo, New Coke and the Legendary Walter Landor

Kimberly Brooks | Posted 05.25.2011

Kimberly Brooks

The introduction and subsequent rescinding of The Gap Logo unleashed a series memories of my younger self and the visionary designer Walter Landor.

Introducing Haiku Reviews

Kimberly Brooks | Posted 05.25.2011

Kimberly Brooks

Haiku reviews are a quick and easy way for our bloggers to express their opinions -- a series of Tweet-able art reviews coming to you every Friday.

HUFFPOST EXCLUSIVE: A Painter and a Poet Walk into a Bar...

Kimberly Brooks | Posted 05.25.2011

Kimberly Brooks

In Katie Roiphe's recent article "The Allure of Messy Lives" about Mad Men this past Sunday, Roiphe speaks of the current fascination and wistful aw...

Angelina Jolie, Afghanistan, The New Arts Page

Kimberly Brooks | Posted 05.25.2011

Kimberly Brooks

We launched the Huffington Post art page only five weeks ago. Every time I see the tag line below the masthead saying "News and Opinion," I feel the phrase warrants some refinement and clarification.

PAINTING EVOLUTION: Interview with Artist Liat Yossifor

Kimberly Brooks | Posted 05.25.2011

Kimberly Brooks

"Falling Into Ends" New Paintings by Liat Yossifor. June 11- August 30 Galerie Anita Beckers, Frankfurt Germany | Frankenallee 74 | D-60327 Frankfurt...

HuffPost Arts Week 2: It's Alive

Kimberly Brooks | Posted 05.25.2011

Kimberly Brooks

I ask you, is it not refreshing to go to the Huffington Post, skip along the tabs and and go from seeing celebrities, politicians, oil spills, stock photography, the Kardashians and Sarah Palin to Art?

Welcome to the New Huffington Post Arts Page

Kimberly Brooks | Posted 05.25.2011

Kimberly Brooks

The Arts Section will cover the full range of arts and culture -- from painting to music to theater. By engaging artists, critics and arts writers with all the other Huffington Post conversations -- politics, media, style and more -- I hope to ignite even more sparks among readers.

Kimberly Brooks' The Stylist Project Debuts In Los Angeles

Posted 05.25.2011

Imagine if you went to a museum, and all the people in the paintings were alive and interactive. That's exactly what happened Monday and it was fascinating.

Plan ForYourArt, February 25-March 3

Bettina Korek | Posted 05.25.2011

Bettina Korek

Each Week, ForYourArt highlights select cultural offerings throughout the week ahead to help you Plan ForYourArt, from post-feminist Mary Kelly to artist Mark Grotjahn.

Kimberly Brooks Paints Stylists: 'I Use Paint, They Use Prada'

wwd.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Stylists like Rachel Zoe, Arianne Phillips and Nancy Steiner are used to earning top dollar to make celebrities look camera-ready. But recently they h...

Marilyn Minter Splashes Los Angeles (PHOTOS)

Kimberly Brooks | Posted 04.26.2012

Kimberly Brooks

Luscious. Naughty. Saturated. Decadent. Such is the moment we are immersed in when we stand in front of the art of Marilyn Minte

Fear And Faith: The Art Of Rebecca Campbell

Kimberly Brooks | Posted 04.26.2012

Kimberly Brooks

There is a passage in Victor Hugo's Les Miserables that makes me think of Rebecca Campbell's installations and paintings -- both are at once familiar and menacing.

The Man Who Attended His Own Funeral

Kimberly Brooks | Posted 02.15.2012

Kimberly Brooks

There was my father on a huge screen next to the platform in the center of the synagogue. He said, "I always wanted to attend my own funeral. Well...I'm here!"

A Vigil for My Father, Leonard Shlain

Kimberly Brooks | Posted 02.15.2012

Kimberly Brooks

I asked him the other day while I was helping him add quotes to his newest book: "Are you afraid to die?" "No" he said." I'm not afraid to die. I just want to live."

Curb The Swine Flu: Lose The American Handshake

Kimberly Brooks | Posted 02.15.2012

Kimberly Brooks

With global travel, chronic antibiotic overuse and an ever greater means by which a virus can spread across the globe, why must we touch hands every time we meet or greet someone?

The Art Of The Headshot: Everyone's A Real Estate Agent

Kimberly Brooks | Posted 02.15.2012

Kimberly Brooks

Whether an activist, writer, blogger, student or artist, everyone has a headshot. Now, let us examine a couple rules, shall we?