In the late '80s I used to have a friend who lived near Little Ethopia, around Pico and Fairfax. We used to take the RTD from Lennox and get off in the Picfair Village (Pico/Fairfax), once home to the historic Picfair Theatre that opened in 1941 and was torched during the 1992 riots.
Of the 10,000 images he snapped of Street Art this year, photographer Jaime Rojo gives us 110 that represent some of the most compelling, interesting,...
On occasion, I meet a good artist whose work I find appealing and who, on top of that, turns out to be an engaging and even provocative speaker. Today I want to tell you about three artists I know who belong to this rare group.
Even with my Russian training, I know better than to have more than two shots of vodka at any one time. Give me a third, and inevitably a headache descends. But I swear I didn't have any vodka over the last few days, so why the pounding headache?
Pol puts forth sarcastic and sadistic observations on theology, iconography and popular culture as he interweaves high and low culture into a bloodied frenzy.
Do you remember the epic block party at the end of the 1995 cult classic, "Empire Records"? Well, now it's our turn to "Damn The Man! Save The Emp...
It's the end of an era at Houston and Bowery. For nearly three decades, an unassuming tent full of antiques has sat at this unofficial crossroads o...
It was LA-based RETNA's turn on the Bowery graffiti wall this weekend. Replacing the Faile mural, RETNA, whose real name is Marquis Lewis, painted sym...
It's been an excellent year for street art all over the world and we've had the pleasure of seeing a lot of great stuff from both big names and anonym...
West Hollywood just got some serious street cred. Last night, three gigantic, color-popping murals were unveiled at a chic party in... a parking l...
"Somebody may like a Renoir, but I like a RETNA," Adam Corlin told The Huffington Post. "I like street art. I think it is beautiful, and it sends a me...
Retna is one of the great writers to succeed in spreading his art around the world. Retna created his own take on the commonly used Old English script by interlarding it with Asian characters and hieroglyphics.
Jump!! is meant to re-invent art by expressing as much joy as possible in front of it.
West Hollywood is getting a little dose of downtown, as MOCA-selected artists Shepard Fairey, Kenny Scharf, and RETNA have just finished installing mu...
While we're all used to seeing contemporary art hang on gallery or museum walls or even on the street, we usually don't come face-to-face with it in u...
Tuesday's big money shindig went down at the brand new Mondrian SoHo hotel. The event's climax was the "money drop" from the Garden Room ceiling, when real dollar bills, drink tickets and fake Kanye cash rained down on the crowd.
Seeing these murals in person is an unexpected and unique experience. The pieces unfold almost cinematically as you move through the levels of the garage.
Karen Fiorito's Buddha Cat Press enjoyed a small survey show at the Urban Sanctuary gallery in Boyle Heights. BCP has published and produced screen print editions for an impressive panoply of artists.
An invitation to hang out with four of LA's best-known street artists at the biggest art fair in the world? Irresistible. It was an opportunity to be...
