The point of the arts is obviously not to create jobs; the point is to help us communicate in new ways about what it is like to be human. But isn't it great to know that the arts are also a robust industry hat helps fuel America's economy?

The recent passing of the artist, musician and LA art hero has given a simple photo shoot a grave and life-changing significance.

The mistakes make the rhyme of creative bent. The drawer's inaccuracies take the visage away from just image and turns into a signpost for your heart; that turns the image away from the original source and into Art.

Right here, right now, Echo Park in Los Angeles is a mad bonfire of energy and passion, a white flame that can burn no brighter.

In the art world, the laughs are far and few between. British born poet John Tottenham has a wit as dry as my martini.

New York is filled with impromptu gallery shows. The current exhibit at 320 Studios is notable primarily for the work of two young artists: Caitlin Flynn and Danny Quirk.

In the course of a week, Yossi Dina talks to a lot of art dealers and art collectors, movie moguls and real estate investors, all of whom want him to give them a loan, using their art as collateral.