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Mike Ragogna | Posted 06.14.2013 | Entertainment
Mike Ragogna

Recently, critically-acclaimed alt rock band They Might Be Giants graced Iowa City's Englert Theater with their clever lyrics, energetic melodies and bizarre showmanship as part of a tour to promote their new album Nanobots.

A Very Famous Artist And His Dog

The Huffington Post | Katherine Brooks | Posted 05.12.2013 | Arts

Takashi Murakami's foray into superflat film officially began last month, with the premiere of his first feature-length movie, "Jellyfish Eyes." While...

In the Art Ring: Newcomer Artist vs. Heavyweight Champion

Edward Goldman | Posted 06.16.2013 | Arts
Edward Goldman

Two new solo exhibitions that opened over the past week in L.A. Louver and Blum & Poe couldn't be more different. After all, sculptor Matt Wedel is ...

One Luxury Billionaire Collectors Cannot Afford

Edward Goldman | Posted 05.07.2013 | Arts
Edward Goldman

The problem, as I see it, is that those extremely successful and extremely busy people simply cannot afford the luxury of spending time to educate themselves about art world beyond the headlines of the last few years.2013-03-07-koonstulippull.jpg

LOOK: Takashi Murakami Turns 51 Today

Posted 02.01.2013 | Arts

Today is the 51st birthday of Takashi Murakami, the Japanese contemporary artist and founder of Kaikai Kiki Co, Ltd. In case you aren't familiar with ...

Flea Turns 50: How Music Saved His Life and How He's Paying it Forward

Brandon Deroche | Posted 12.22.2012 | Entertainment
Brandon Deroche

When I arrived at Flea's Los Feliz house a few hours before his 50th birthday party and The Silverlake Conservatory of Music Fundraiser began, I had a feeling I'd remember everything I love about the sometimes seemingly morally decrepit city of LA.

Mr. 'Metamorphosis: Give Me Your Wings' at Lehmann Maupin Gallery (Video)

VernissageTV | Posted 11.24.2012 | Arts
VernissageTV

The current exhibition "Metamorphosis: Give Me Your Wings" at Lehmann Maupin Gallery in New York presents new works by Japanese artist Mr. The centerp...

Met Shows How Warhol Changed Everything

AP | Posted 11.18.2012 | Arts

NEW YORK — Andy Warhol's far-reaching impact on contemporary art is the subject of a new exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Regardi...

The Museum as Funhouse: Yayoi Kusama at the Whitney, Ghosts in the Machine at the New Museum, Century of the Child at MoMA

Regina Weinreich | Posted 10.04.2012 | Home
Regina Weinreich

The wow kicks in early at these exceptional shows at museums uptown and down. First at the Whitney with Yayoi Kusama, next with Bridget Riley's Ghosts in the Machine at the New Museum, and at MoMA's Century of the Child.

Pharrell Williams' New Fashion Project

Huffington Post | Michelle Marques | Posted 08.02.2012 | Black Voices

Ever since Pharrell Williams came on the music scene as half of the production company and music group The Neptunes, he has proven that he's not of th...

Revisiting Childhood Fables

Posted 04.28.2012 | Arts

Fumi Nakamura's drawings contain all of the elements of a fairytale except the narrative flow itself. The drawings invoke the traditional characters w...

An Exhibition: LOUIS VUITTON -- MARC JACOBS

Evelyne Politanoff | Posted 10.11.2012 | Style
Evelyne Politanoff

The Vuitton style patiently elaborated by Marc Jacobs swings back and forth from season to season in order to better define the "LV" woman who is always on the go, always in tune with her times.

Takashi Murakami's Ego Is Larger Than Life

The Huffington Post | Kathleen Massara | Posted 02.09.2012 | Arts

Who would have thought otaku culture would make it to the Middle East? Takashi Murakami's latest exhibition, aptly titled "Ego," opens today in Do...

Singapore Art Museum Spotlights Local Artists and Global Collectors (VIDEOS)

VernissageTV | Posted 03.27.2012 | Arts
VernissageTV

The Singapore Art Museum currently presents two exhibitions that complement each other well. One shows contemporary Asian art from private collections around the world, the other has its focus on the young generation of artists living and working in Singapore.

Artist Spotlight: René Garcia, Jr.

Jessica Hoppe | Posted 03.05.2012 | Latino Voices
Jessica Hoppe

René, a renowned artist and founding member of the Project One Gallery in San Francisco, seeks to create art that is fun and accessible to all.

PHOTOS: The Art World's Greatest Party

Posted 01.08.2012 | Arts

Imagine a party with previous guests including Brangelina, Jeff Koons, Vera Wang, James Franco, Ed Ruscha, Miuccia Prada, Devendra Banhart and John Ba...

Tim Burton Will Build Macy's Parade Float

Posted 12.21.2011 | Arts

We might associate director Tim Burton's macabre characters and gothic aesthetic more with Halloween than with Thanksgiving, but Burton's upcoming con...

Damien Hirst's Fish Sell For $2.8 million

www.bloomberg.com | Posted 12.20.2011 | Arts

A sculpture of 100 fish by Damien Hirst was snapped up with a price tag of $2.8 million. A Takashi Murakami painting of a Chinese lion dog and two wor...

Sarkozy Accused of Cronyism After Versailles Appointment

Posted 12.02.2011 | Arts

As one of France's foremost tourist attractions, the Palace of Versailles is subject to careful scrutiny; it comes as no surprise that French Presiden...

WATCH: When Great Artists Collaborate

Posted 11.23.2011 | Arts

You know the saying: they go together like peanut butter and jelly... spaghetti and meatballs... Christian Louboutin and David Lynch. When two big bra...

WATCH: Hip-Hop Artist's Project For Japan's Recovery

Posted 11.23.2011 | Arts

Earlier this month hip-hop artist Pharrell Williams teamed up with footwear company Palladium Bootsto compile individuals' stories from post-earthquak...

Famous Paintings On Naked Bodies

flavorwire.com | Posted 11.21.2011 | Arts

For his latest visual trick, Switzerland-born, New York- and Zurich-based artist Olaf Breuning has transformed a group of nude gals and fellas into ...

The 30 Harshest Artist-On-Artist Insults In History

flavorwire.com | Posted 10.29.2011 | Arts

Our recent author-on-author, filmmaker-on-filmmaker and musician-on-musician insults have proved that creative folk are only human, and occasionally e...

Street Art, Orgies & Car Crashes: The Work Of Miss Bugs

Jaime Rojo & Steven Harrington | Posted 09.19.2011 | Arts
Jaime Rojo & Steven Harrington

A stunningly horrendous car crash. A windshield smashed in by a wooden stump. A shard of white light cutting sharply through a smoke cloud which rises...

Murakami Erects Erotic Show In London

Evelyne Politanoff | Posted 09.17.2011 | Arts
Evelyne Politanoff

Takashi Murakami's latest group of paintings explores his complex ambivalence to the legacy of cosmopolitan painter Kuroda Seiki, who brought Western-...